The Karma Kings
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Karma Bios
| Jeff - Bass & Vocals |
Jeff is one of North East Ohio’s most talented bassists. He started playing drums while still in elementary school and played in his Junior High School’s Concert Band. During his senior year there he found his interest moving towards the electric bass after seeing a local band play at a party, so Jeff bought a bass and never looked back. He has played many styles of music, ranging from folk music to Top40/disco in the mid to late ‘70s. Along the way Jeff has immersed himself in progressive rock (Yes, Renaissance, Genesis, Rush, etc.) and jazz fusion (Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, Elements, Miles Davis, etc.) in addition to classical and “newgrass” music by folks like Sam Bush, David Grisman and Bela Fleck.
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| Warren - Rhythm Guitar & Vocals |
When Warren was just a wee lad his parents didn't know what to do with him in the summer so they sent him to camp, where he learned how to start fires, bang nails into pieces of wood, and steal other kids' lunches. He had a camp counselor who played the guitar and this inspired him to nag his parents until they bought him one. His high school years found him still playing guitar, and when they found him they told him to "Get back to class, kid!". After graduating from high school, his parents didn't know what to do with him, so they sent him to college, where he majored in Vocal Performance, with a minor in Civil Disobedience. When Warren isn't playing guitar, he is repairing Audio gear, building high tech medical diagnostic equipment, or chauffeuring his kids around.
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| Earle - Lead Vocals, Keys, & Percussion |
Earle grew up with the rock music of the 60's and 70's. Although his early guitar playing and singing favored a more folksie acoustic sound, he could never shake that inner rocker screaming in his head. After a couple failed high school bands, he knew he would never play "House Of The Rising Sun" like The Animals, so he decided to devote his life to caring for animals and became a veterinarian. Not against self-medication, he relies on regular trips to Karaoke bars belting out Bon Jovi and Journey songs to keep the "voices" at bay. Earle can now put that all behind him and live out his rock and roll fantasy. When not singing, playing the occasional guitar chord, or beating up a tambourine with the "Kings", he can be seen performing in area musical theater, singing with the show choir "Showstoppers", or trotting around the Metro Parks on his horse.
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| Brian - Lead Guitar & Vocals |
Brian isn’t from around here, but here he is, and it
looks like he’s staying for the long haul. He has played in a few bands
around the Cleveland area but this would be his first bone fide
cover-band. He suffers unfortunate and frequent GAS attacks - Guitar
Acquisition Syndrome, that is, but appears to be immune to some
virulent forms of the disease such as Gibsonitis and Rickenbackemia. As
his playing in the band will attest, all those many, many classic
guitar lessons really have gone to waste. When Brian isn’t determining
his fate with the Kings, he tries to keep busy restringing and polishing his
guitars and developing the modern-day version of the Bionic Man.
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| Tom - Drums & Vocals |
 As you can see, Tom has got to be the happiest guy to ever play the drums. For Tom, rotten to the core, it's all about the apples. When he isn't in his studio or playing with the "Kings", or "Unknown Reason" or "Day Tripper", he can often be found pruning various varietal groves of fruit trees and maintaining his growing assortment of home-grown mechanical farm implements. |