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The individual members of the band have
a wide range of credits including working with such artists as ELO (Electric
Light Orchestra), Jasper Carrot, The Chantelles, Moody Blues, The Move,
Jerry Lee Lewis, The Hollies, Jimmy Page, Trickster, Boston, Crazy Horse,
Weird Al Yankovic, Nightranger and many
others. Members of the band include:
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Jason Clay (lead
vocals, guitars)
For over two decades
Jason has performed to sold out shows globally such as House of blues
Chicago, New Orleans, Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, The Limelight, The China
Club, and the Cat Club, New York.
With 5 albums
released worldwide, Jason is also a prolific songwriter and producer. On
his first trip to NYC Jason was immediately signed by Bob Schwaid,
(Natalie Cole), followed by Bill Accoine, (Kiss, Billy Idol, John Waites).
Jason has numerous records released overseas. Jason ended up in LA as
the singer front man of NightRanger (Sister Christian) before embarking
on the Neil adventure.
Jason spent his life
avoiding his natural talent. He never tried to sound like Neil Diamond,
he simply does. Neil sounds like Jason or vise versa. Jason’s
performance style, songwriting and mannerisms are almost an exact
incarnation of Neil Diamonds, naturally. Jason’s passionate vocals and
songwriting skills can be heard on Jason’s original songs.
Jason Clay presents a smoke filled glittering show. A groundbreaking
blend of classics with energy reminiscent of the early Neil Diamond
glory days. Pure emotional entertainment. Energy and passion.
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| Pete Gallagher (drums,
percussion, vocals)

Pete Gallagher has been
drumming for 43 years and studied under Carmine Appice, Steve Gadd, Joe
Markowski and Bill Sporle. He has recorded with notable musicians and
producers such as Wayne Shorter, Alex Acuna, Joe Higgs, Steve Jay, Rich Harper and others.
Pete has also done
extensive recording work for the PBS Futures TV Series. He has toured
with blues guitarist Rich Harper in Scandinavia for the past 7 years as
well as touring with Weird Al Yankovic, Ak and Zuie, and others.
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John Fincham (bass,
vocals)
Born
in Birmingham, John met Bev Bevan, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy (ELO)
and Barry Pritchard (The Fortunes) in high school. They formed a band
called The Chantelles with Tandy and worked with him for 5
years. The band also included Graeme Edge (Moody Blues) in the line
up. After that John was resident at the famous Rum Runner club in
Birmingham which spawned Duran Duran, and he got to jam regularly with
stellar musicians such as Jon Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Eric Stewart and
many other notables. John Joined Trickster in 1978 and opened up for ELO in the US on their famous spaceship tour. Played and sang on
Tricksters' Back To Zero album on Jet Records. In 1979 the band
opened up for Boston on the European leg of their "Don't Look Back"
Tour playing 5 nights at The Rainbow Theatre in London.
John
has worked with Jason Clay for 5 years or so and composed all the
bands original material with co-writing from Jason. His biggest thrill
was playing at Madison Square Gardens just because of all the people
that had stood on that stage
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| Jerry Breiner
(keyboards, guitars, percussion, vocals)
A midwest native, Jerry has
called California home since 1980 and has been a mainstay of the local
Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara club and concert scenes since.
Performing professionally since the age of 8, Jerry is a
multi-instrumentalist on guitar, piano, organ, marimba/vibes, mandolin,
banjo, dobro and percussion instruments, and he has performed and
recorded as both a singer-songwriter and multi-tasking session musician
and producer in St Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville and
Orlando, FL. Jerry was signed as a staff writer to Sony-Tree Publishing
in Nashville for a number of years before moving to California, and he
has played with or opened for acts as diverse as Al Stewart, Karla Bonoff, Mama’s Pride, Heartsfield, Emmylou Harris, Billie and the
Beaters, John Batdorf (Batdorf and Rodney) and many others. Jerry
graduated Summa Cum Laude and Valedictorian from the prestigious Full
Sail Center for the Recording Arts (Orlando, FL), specializing in studio
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