ACleveland area favorite, and a regular at the Rib Cookoff, Lawless is a high-energy country band whose unique sound is a blend of classic and modern styles. Based in Cleveland Ohio they have developed a reputation as the hardest working, and most popular, country band in the area. Three years of nonstop performances to bigger and bigger audiences earned Lawless an ever-growing group of faithful fans.

The guys in Lawless also have their fair share of fans amongst country’s superstars. Dwight Yoakam, Gretchen Wilson, Neal McCoy, Dierks Bentley, Joe Nichols, and Andy Griggs are just some of the country greats who have shared a stage with Lawless, coming away impressed by the band’s music, professionalism, and onstage energy.

With the release of their first cd Long Gone Lawless shows off their strong musical talent and commitment to country music. All five songs were written and composed by the band and captures their diverse country style.

For over 19 years, Shout! has been entertaining audiences for some of the most prominent public and private events in Cleveland and throughout the Midwest. 

Shout's blend of music ranges from Big Band, R&B, Rock-n-Roll, Motown, 70's disco, Funk, 80's pop, to today's current hits.  Shout recreates authentic musical styles and sounds spanning more than 70 years of the most popular music.  Shout! takes pride in playing your favorite songs the way that you remember them.

Shout! can do it all...  performing soft favorites, to high energy dance music, to a choreographed Las Vegas show.  And now, Shout! has added a  "The Legends of Soul Show" featuring four high-energy male vocalists who dance and sing like the Temptations, Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang, and Four Tops.  This is a "must see" performance for anyone who loves a great show.

Shout! has opened for such acts as The Temptations, Frankie Valli, Wilson Picket, The Grass Roots, Christopher Cross, and The Marcels.

If Anyone tells you that Shout! is just Motown, then they haven't seen Shout!

Shout! features percussionist Gerry Praizner, Rob Bell on keyboards, Tony Mangano on lead guitar, Craig Ruark on bass guitar, Dale Kirk on trumpet, and Steve Wendelken on sax. 

Vocalists include Gregg Hamilton, Paul Nowden, Butch Alexander, and Mike Bell.

Aftermath Experience the Sixties show brings the sights and sounds of the 60s to Cleveland, featuring reproductions of some of that era's most memorable songs. Each set is devoted to a distinct musical movement within the 60s. The audience will see and hear the British Invasion, the Psychedelic craze and all things Groovy. To see Experience the Sixties is to watch a generation unfold. Byrds, Beatles, Hollies, Rolling Stones, Turtles, Grass Roots, Foundations, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Doors, Vogues, Monkees and The Strawberry Alarm Clock …These are just a few of the artists’ whose music is featured during Experience the Sixties. With authentic costumes and dead-on vocal and instrumental performances, Aftermath delivers the sights and sounds of the 60s so authentically it’s easy for the audience to feel genuinely transported into that age of unparalleled creativity in music... and clothes.

Singer songwriter Alex Bevan has learned the “Rules of the Road” during the past twenty six years making friends through his music in Northern Ohio.  Born in East Cleveland, Ohio in 1950 Alex began his musical career playing the French horn at Chambers Elementary School.  His melodic imitations of rogue elephants stomping through wild savannahs came to an end in 1965 while at Shaw High School (yes, the one in East Cleveland) with the acquisition of a six string classical guitar.  Propelled by a lust to expand his musical palette, Alex haunted Cleveland’s now legendary “La Cave” and “Faragher’s Back Room” night clubs and various coffeehouses singing at all the local “hoots” (we call them “open mics” today).  While influenced on one hand by the pop icons of the day ( Beatles, Byrds, CCR), his early idols were of the “lyric folk” variety (Bob Gibson, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, Ian & Sylvia, Tom Paxton and just a smidgen of Bob Zimmerman).  By the time Alex was a ready to graduate from the hallowed halls of Shaw High School he was performing as a backup musician with Irish folk singers Gusty and Sean at Fagan’s Beacon House in the Flats of Cleveland.

The formative years from 1968 to 1970 were spent with Alex bouncing around coffeehouses and nightclubs in Ohio as an active participant, backup musician, budding songwriter and full time student at Akron University while holding various jobs as a mold setter in a plastics factory, stock boy, farm hand, truck driver and bicycle mechanic.  Through these years the desire to write and sing his own music was fueled by occasional trips to Nashville, Tennessee and Ann Arbor, Michigan’s famous folk club “The Ark”.  The result of these ramblings and fledgling expeditions was to introduce Alex to his first producer Eric Stevens.  Soon after being signed to the small but growing Big Tree Records, Alex’s first album “No Truth to Sell” was released with the single (45 rpm....little vinyl disk.....great big hole) “Linda’s Song” acquiring a small amount of airplay and allowing Alex to hit the road on the college coffeehouse circuit.  The years from 1971 to 1976 found Alex logging many thousand miles of “hard traveling around this mighty land” (driving on the interstate roads) and performing as an opening act for such headliners as the Earl Scruggs Review, Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet, Livingston Taylor, Billy Joel and quite an eclectic list of other performers.  All these influences combined  and allowed Alex to grow into his own lyric style of “folk/rock” that culminated in Alex releasing his first of twelve self produced recordings.

The release of “Springboard” with the classic “Skinny Little Boy” song propelled Alex to a that of a regional star.  Performing with an acoustic trio consisting of two guitars and electric bass, Alex became a favorite with the new FM- Album Oriented Rock stations and widened his performing base opening shows for the likes of Seals and Crofts, The Michael Stanley Band, The Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates.  It was during these years that Alex’s fast paced verbal improve skills were honed and his reputation grew on the college concert tours enabling Alex to add percussion and harmonica (in the form of Tiny Alice’s David Krauss) to his show.  The “Grand River Band” or “Alex Bevan and Friends” continued touring in various incarnations from 1979 until 1981 producing such works as “The Grand River Lullaby”, “Alex Bevan and Friends Live” and “Simple Things Done Well”.  Economic turns of the early ‘80’s changed the face of the ‘middle’ touring acts making it nearly impossible to continue to support a troupe of musicians and crew so Alex returned to solo performing with the release of “Tales of the Low Tech Troubadour Vol. 1”  (the first non-symphonic direct to disk digital recording produced in Northern Ohio at the time).

Solo singer/songwriter syndrome provided Alex with a fresh palette once again with which to work upon the imaginary canvas of his audience’s minds.  Through the middle ‘80’s he concentrated on his writing and raising of his infant son, William Cody Bevan.  The albums (yep, recordings were still 33 1/3 and groovy back then) “Best Kept Secrets” and “Cuttlefish Live”  document Alex’s forays into the studio and foreshadow the work to come in the early 90’s.

Dissatisfied with the more electric direction that his music had taken, Alex concentrated upon natural themes throughout a loosely connected body of works.  “Watersongs”  in 1991 heralded this return to a view of music more “felt than contrived” that has continued to this day.  During this period Alex and Dave Young collaborated on a musical fairytale with an environmental message titled “Who Killed the Dragon?”.  The work, while ambitious, seemed only to reach a narrow market but did set the stage for two well received and award winning critically acclaimed works.  “Magic Moments from the Children’s Nature Schoolhouse” (produced for the Lake Metroparks) and “All the Rivers Run” (Produced for the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center) mark the maturing of Alex’s “children’s educational” music into a style that is engaging to young people and not offensive to parents (Barney, watch out!).

In recent years Alex has penned and album (oops...CD) of songs about his beloved Lake Erie (“South Shore Serenade”), produced five recordings for popular Put-In-By/Key West performer Pat Dailey, written over one hundred radio and TV commercials, won and EMMY for his postscore of NBC’s “American Promise” documentary segment “The Rustbelt Blues”, re-released many of his earlier titles on compact disk and worked as vocal and guitar talent on many friend’s projects.

His most recent release “Rules of the Road” is a live recording in a small concert setting.  Once again Alex has gone to the deep well of storytelling in the acoustic tradition weaving intricate and singable melodies with words that fill the inner reaches of the heart and mind.   His guitar playing is flawless, his voice compelling and his performances are masterful. He knows the rules:

Alex lives with his golden retriever “Harp” near Lake Erie in North Madison Twp, Ohio.

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he Whiskey Outlaw Band (TWOB) was put together for one BIG reason -- for EVERYONE to have fun!

While we're not a "line dance" band, people do line dance to our music! While we're not a "classic country" band, we do play Haggard and Jones! While we're not a "southern rock" band, we've been known to play some Skynyrd!

What we are is an all around, let your hair down, grab a beer, get up on the dance floor, and have some FUN band!

The only reason you don't have fun is if you don't come out!

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scalade's influences include Chicago, The Beatles, Doobie Brothers, Wham, Bad Company,Ides of March, Santana, Patti Smith, ZZ Top, The Platters, Elvis, and many more !!! They play this ecclectic mix of classic rock with a mix of energy and skill that is infectious. Escalade are:

RON TUMA - LEAD GUITAR / VOCALS

Ron’s played since the 70’s – classic rock, top 40 dance, & ethnic. His versatility brings variety to Escalade. He’s played with Matrix, Blue Knight, & Crystal Tower.

JOHN REESE - RHYTHM GUITAR / VOCALS

John loves to perform before enthuiastic crowds. He brings 30+ years of lead & backing vocals and rhythm guitar covering everthing from the 50's to the present style music.

ANN WEST - BASS GUITAR / VOCALS

Anne's powerful bass goes deeper than merely part of our rhythm section. Her classical guitar training has brought her up to another level. She's been part of Valkyrie, Flyght, & Project Mojo - in which she penned two songs from their recent CD.

PHIL MAKUT - SAX / VOCALS

Phil has brought a whole new level to the band with showmanship and character. He's played with many pro-circuit acts around the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio area.

JAMES JACKSON - DRUMS

James had achieved many accomplishments thru the years working semi-pro circuit, touring in the tri-state, and also playing in the local scene. He recently played with The No Limit Band and now brings his love for music to Escalade...providing the heartbeat of our rhythm section.

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his six piece group share many common goals, the foremost being that if it isn’t fun for the players it won’t be fun for the audience. This being said, Laredo’s main objective was to play high energy current country dance music and make it fun for all. The bands enthusiasm on stage and friendly demeanor off stage has allowed Laredo in just a few short years to become one of the most sought after groups on the local circuit. A variety of the most current country hits, classic country songs and original compositions can be heard at Laredo performances. Our set list is updated monthly to reflect the current trends in the media.

Laredo has become a household name to local country fans and dancers. Yearly appearances at the Parma Rockin' Rib CookOff, Cuyahoga County Fair, Medina County Fair, Portage County Fair, Tops Great American Rib Cook Off, Avon’s Heritage Festival, A Taste of Cleveland, numerous local festivals and fairs as well as playing at the top local clubs in the area have kept Laredo in the forefront of the Cleveland Country Circuit. Most recently Laredo appeared at the 2008 Jamboree in the Hills in St. Clairsville, Ohio and was featured at the Jamboree VIP party. Laredo has performed at the WGAR Country Jam and has been the opening act for many national acts as well up and coming stars.

T here are singers and there are entertainers. Logan Wells is entertainment at its best!

The ability to capture and connect immediately with any audience is a result of her warm interactive style, a superb vocal ability, and a stage presence achieved only by seasoned performers.

Logan has performed professionally for over 8 years. She first discovered her vocal talents singing karaoke at a neighborhood block party, where she hid behind the speakers, so no one would know who was singing! Shortly after that, she entered and won countless vocal contests. Industry professionals suggested she develop not only her vocal talents, but her natural songwriting ability as well.

Logan is now very much accustomed to the spotlight. She has played a wide variety of venues - headlining her own public concert appearances at community events, fairs, festivals, as well as sharing the stage with Shenandoah, Joe Diffie, Deana Carter, Marty Stuart, JM Montgomery, Billy Dean, Sammy Kershaw, Sawyer Brown, Kevin Sharp, Sonni Geraci, Terri Clark, Marc Chesnutt and legendary artists, Bill Anderson & Ray Price. Logan joined forces with Ty Herndon & Daryl Singletary in Spring 2000 to two sold-out shows of over 10,000 fans and shared the stage with Doug Stone at the Geauga County Fair Grandstand. In 2002, Logan headlined her own sold-out productions at the Sandusky State Theatre & The Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, OH. Since then, Logan has been on the road nationally, performing with Brad Paisley at The Chataqua Institute, NY as well as performing her shows in many theaters throughout the United States. 2003 found Logan at Lakeside's Hoover Auditorium drawing over 2,000 fans, and most recently, Logan made her debut appearance at the Las Vegas Hilton main showroom in Dec. 2003 as a headliner, as well as Mandalay Bay during the CMA awards this May 2004. Logan has just finished recording with a Nashville Record Label and will be releasing her first single this Winter as well as her self-produced inspirational cd, Let It Shine. Logan has made numerous TV and radio appearances, & was invited to the Mid-Am Truck Show to be a guest and interviewed by legendary D.J./Songwriter Bill Mack on XM Satellite Radio. Bill Mack has added Logan's songs to his syndicated radio program that is played on over 800 radio stations nationwide as the "New Power Discovery Artist" sponsored by Chevron Oil and Overdrive Magazine. Most recently, Logan was asked by the White House staff to perform at President George W. Bush's election rally in Westlake, OH to over 30,000 people and was so impressed by the performance, she was asked back to perform for our first lady, Laura Bush, at the IX center in Cleveland, OH.

Her striking good looks & relaxed, warm stage presence help her to create a fast friendship with her audience. Logan has all the ingredients to emerge as the recording industry's new superstar!

Logan's outstanding performances and popularity have her performing over 250 gigs a year. Logan looks forward to going on the road with her band in 2005. They will pursue larger venues headlining her own shows at fairs, festivals, corporate functions and theatres, with greater emphasis on performing her own original songs, as well as creating a well-rounded show of country/pop/folk/big band tunes mixed with star-studded costuming/comedy/impressions and a whole lot of fun for all ages! Logan Wells has been nominated three years in a row for Best Country Band at the Northern Ohio Free Times Music Awards!

Even with a busy performance schedule, Logan feels it is important to include many hours of community service, lending a hand at various benefits, as well as performing for the elderly, less fortunate, and the sick. She has performed bi-monthly at an area cancer home for the past 9 years.

"It is personally rewarding to go to a place where people need a smile...a touch...a song. Music is healing, and I'm fortunate to be able to bring some happiness to somebody's day or comfort them with a favorite song."

"If you told me 10 years ago that I would be pursuing a professional singing career, I would have thought you were crazy! This all started quite accidentally by my singing at a block party, and a new career snowballed from there! I pray for guidance on everything, so I said a prayer early on that if this was something I was supposed to be doing, that the Lord would provide the opportunities and guide me...and He has surely done that! I know deep in my heart and soul I'm supposed to sing...and that there is a purpose in everything I'm doing. I don't know what the future holds or what I'm suppose to do with this gift when I get there, but for now, I'm going along for the ride...and enjoying every minute of it!!"

"Country music has evolved into a different sound over the past 15 years or so, and my fans are telling me they like what I'm singing because they miss the traditional sounds from the early days, where the roots of country music started."

I enjoy performing and writing songs that have a more traditional sound, rich with acoustics, like steel guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, etc. - and the "Nashville Sound" that developed in the late 1950's. I love experimenting with different sound effects, styles, and delivery."

"It's an exciting time for country music, especially for women. We've come a long way since Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline opened doors for us, and I think women are being taken much more seriously and doing very exciting things in the industry. I hope to make my mark with my sound and style, and leave a legacy for those who follow."

"I'm also having a great time performing different genre's of music this past year. We decided to offer four different shows; an all country show featuring traditional country thru current country/pop/rock tunes, our special "Tribute to Patsy Cline" biographical stage production, our newest show called Women in Country, and a Variety type show that has a little bit of all genre's to satisfy all ages and musical tastes. I've had many requests to record a gospel CD, so that has been my latest project. It's an inspirational cd fill with songs of faith, hope, love, & morality type issues, and it's called Let It Shine. It's my best work yet and I'm very excited about the new cd."

While being noted primarily for its Motown renditions, the band Cruisin's repertoire by no means stops there.  The hits of Al Green, Sly & The Family Stone, The O'Jays, Van Morrison, The Temptations, Santanna, and others are consistently performed with a flare and style second only to that of the original artists.

The band Cruisin' is the blood, sweat and tears of Ron Howard, lead singer, sax player, and founder.  Currently, Ron arranges music for  Cruisin' in addition to acting as their booking agent.  His goal, in his over 25 years in the music profession, has been to be the best entertainer possible, and to give the audiences great quality music.

To say the least, this is not your typical "let's put it together and play on weekends" group.  This is a dedicated group of professionals with a strong following in a 5-state region who regularly enhance any venue at which they appear, whether it be the club scene, weddings, private parties, or municipal events.

The Clayton Brothers Band and their style of “primitive rock and roll” have discovered, almost by accident, that they have filled the void of a long neglected audience.

The group was assembled by five musicians that simply wanted to have some fun playing some of the old songs that they enjoyed. Being “Baby Boomers,” songs from the 50’s and 60’s seemed to be a natural choice.

Rather than follow the usual “oldies dance” formula, the Claytons chose a more “primitive” approach.  Selecting lesser known songs along with some big hits and choosing songs which have a little more “attitude,” the band looked toward The Kinks, Animals, Carl Perkins, Yardbirds, Johnny Otis, Zombies, Byrds, Sonics and a number of others to compile their song list.

The band soon discovered that they weren’t alone in their enjoyment of these great songs.  One fan said to the band, “we stopped going to hear bands because no one was playing our music…”  The audiences have continued to grow each year and their feedback confirms that this era of rock and roll is truly special and still loved by people of all ages.  The connection between this music and the audience has become more than even the Claytons could have imagined.

The Brothers, all seasoned players, came together in 2004 to form the band. Brother Bill’s steady beat punctuates the three guitar sound that has become the “Clayton” trademark.  His tastes lean toward the British Invasion and other group songs of the sixties.

Brother Marc, lead guitar and vocalist, provides the guitar riffs which are the signature to so many of the songs of the era.  His knowledge and experience are key ingredients to The Clayton Brothers success.

The original Clayton is brother Terry.  In addition to bringing a solid rhythm guitar and vocals to the band, he is also a successful country-western songwriter. He helps this rock and roll outfit be “a little bit country.”

The voice most often heard at a Clayton Brothers show is that of brother John.  In addition to his rhythm guitar, bass and vocal duties he is also the link between the band and it’s audience.  John’s fondness for the British Invasion and his taste for folk rock brings out the gentler side of the band.

The Clayton Brothers Band is one of the few groups which can boast four accomplished vocalists.  Brother Rob’s taste for the blues give the band yet another dimension.  His vocal interpretations of blues based rock along with his steady bass and soaring harmonica complete the mix.

In performance The Clayton Brothers Band has a very basic goal.  Have fun and invite the audience to have fun too. Check this band out.  They make it very difficult to avoid having a great time.  The Clayton Brothers Band…Primitive Rock and Roll for the “now” generation.

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ime Trax travels nearly everywhere performing a wide variety of dance floor packing music at night clubs, casinos, resorts, hotels, festivals, and special events. Their large song list of classic and current dance music enables them to perform for nearly any audience. In most cases Time Trax plays  80’s, 90's and today’s best current music. For occasions that call for more variety Time Trax can also play 50's 60's and 70's.  Time Trax can just about do it all.  Time Trax is known for their professional  and energetic shows, sharp stage attire along with fabulous sound and lighting. Time Trax is one of the area's busiest  bands performing over 150 dates per year.  Most notably, Time Trax has performed for Carnival Cruise Lines, Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo, Cleveland's Fox 8 Morning Show, and The House of Blues.