Harvey - Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboard, & Vocals
Harvey learned his craft by listening to some of the local guitar players while he was living around Macon, GA. Not a bad place to get educated considering that it was the early seventies and Capricorn Records/Studios was in full swing and homebase for such bands as The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Wet Willie. What that meant was that on any given night you could walk into one of the local clubs, places like Grants Lounge
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Don "Homey" Holmquist - Drums & Vocals
Don Ho is The Blues Orchestra's first call drummer.
Don grew up on a drum throne, providing he has grown up at all. His
dad was on the UNL drum line in the 50's and was a jazz drummer when
Don was growing up in Lincoln. Childhood idols were Buddy Rich, Gene
Krupa, Keith Moon, John Bonham, and, unbeknownst to him, session
drummer Hal Blaine. Don played in school bands and stage bands, and
debuted his rock 'n' roll talents at a junior high assembly with the
Overland Vegetable Stagecoach Band playing the same 4 songs over and
over again.
Since then, he has played with a variety of bands and musicians
including the Specs with Matthew Sweet, The Community Concert band
with his father (tag-teaming in the percussion section), the Execs,
King Korn, the Rotating Power Tools, Blue Collar, Rockin Billy & the
Redhots, Mac McCune, Jim Williamson, Andy Hall, Tom Larsen and for
the Lincoln Community Playhouse. He is also currently in a rock &
blues band called The Cronin Bros.
Don has attended seminars with Ed Shaunnesey, Buddy Rich, Steve Gadd,
and Glen Valez, to name a few. He is a member of the Percussive Arts
Society and has enjoyed the PAS international conventions.
Blues music introduced Don Ho to a new musical learning curve, a
surprise because Blues music is not as easy as it sounds to play
well. He loves the diversity in The Blues Orchestra and enjoys the
high energy on stage and his fun-loving band mates, some of whom he
has known since his youth (a long time ago). Don plays Yamaha,
Slingerland, and Tama Drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads, and Vic
Firth Sticks and is currently working toward endorsements with these
companies.
Alternate instruments: xylophone, piano, mouth harp, and assorted
female body parts.
Brian Hull- Keyboard & Promotion
Brian is a top notch musician. His keys add much to the sound of The Blues Orchestra. He's energetic, creative, and a master of improvisation. Brian's style is an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, rock, country and classical music.
'B' has spent years traveling the United States, performing from coast to coast.
Having lived in Vegas and L.A., he had the opportunity to play with some of the best musicians around.
His playing style is always in high demand regardless of where he plants his roots. And his outgoing
personality and great story telling always keeps the crowd energized. Ask him what his favorite beverage
is and he'll tell you it's "the 4th one". Never underestimate the B-man. Just when you think he's given you
all he's got, he throws some tasty, unexpected lick at you.
Dave Wagner - Bass & Vocal
Dave has been playing blues around Lincoln for as long as there's been blues around Lincoln.
He's the guy that gets called when someone needs a bass player that can fill in "on the fly." No rehersal,
no time to learn the tunes, just follow along. Dave was on the road for the better part of the seventies
and the eighties. In the nineties he returned to Lincoln and played with the likes of The Honeyboy Turner
band (with current Blues Orchestra bandmate, Harvey Brindell), The Travis Wagner Band, Too Smooth, and even did a
stint with Chicago blues legend, Magic Slim while Slim's own bass player was on the mend. When Dave heard the Blues Orchestra was looking for a bass player, he approached friend and former bandmate, Harvey Brindell and asked "why dont you hire me?"
Harvey's response was "you're hired !"