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 | Jonny Gage was born in a little town outside Chicago, IL and moved to Houston, TX at an early age. Raised around a musical family, singing was a desire from the beginning. It wasn't until hardships fell upon him that Jonny picked up his first guitar and started to breathe his words through music. Clint Black and Brooks & Dunn are some of Jonny's early influences on his style. "I would have to say that Bruce Robison and Bleu Edmondson have begun the new work in me. I hope to be doing this forever cause I know I will forever have a guitar in hand and singing!"
You can contact Jonny directly via e-mail at: jonnygage@countyroad101.com |
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 | Dwayne was born and raised in Pasadena, TX. He first picked up the Bass at the age of 14. Growing up Dwayne was always around musicians and had developed a desire to play the bass guitar in a band. Dwayne never stayed with playing the bass until July of 2007 the desire to play the bass in a band had to come out. That same year Dwayne's father who was his mentor, hero and teacher all is life suddenly was stricken with paralyzes. His father no longer could play the guitar and his fathers desire was for Dwayne to continue to play music. On his fathers birthday Dwayne visited with his father and let him know that he joined a band known as County Road 101, as the bass player. "It was a great feeling to put a smile in his fathers heart!" From that day forward, Seeing smiles on peoples faces is one of the many reasons why Dwayne enjoys playing music. Some of Dwayne's early country music influences are Johnny Cash, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Earl Thomas Conely, Steve Wariner and Keith Whitley. Some classic rock favorites Lynyard Skynyrd, Georgia Satellites and Bon Jovi . Some of Dwayne's latest influences are Josh Turner, Third Day, Rascal Flatts, Randy Rogers Band, Kevin Fowler, Roger Creager, Stoney Larue and Mcbride and the Ride.
You can contact Dwayne directly via e-mail at: dwayne@countyroad101.com |
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 | Jeremy Brown was born on July 23, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born the son of a local jazz & blues guitar player. He graduated from Friendswood High School 1998. Then served his county for brief 4 year period of time in the US Navy. At the age of thirteen Jeremy picked up the guitar only to discover that like art he had discovered another way with witch he could express & entertain the world around him. His influences have largely always been contributed to his family & friends. His music & artistic observations have given him the necessary tools to put him where he is at today with “County Road 101”. Some of his musical influences are artist like: Eric Clapton, Johnny Winters, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Randy Rhoads, Zack Wylde, Dime Bag Darrell, Wes Montgomery, Eric Johnson, Carlos Santana, Slash, Chet Atkins, Billy Gibbons, Bruce Brown a.k.a. (Mufaza), and many more others as he continues playing Texas music circuits.
He’s played with local bands like “Still Standn”, “The Hunter Mckithan Band”,& now “County Road 101”. He’s opened up for Texas artist like: The Randy Rodgers Band, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Bleu Edmondson, Darrell Dodd, Aaron Watson, Wade Bowen, Rusty Weir, The Mike Mancy Band, and many more others.
You can contact Jeremy directly via e-mail at: jeremy@countyroad101.com |
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 | Mark has been a drummer and percussionist for over 25 years. Being born in Bronx, NY and raised in Gilroy, CA, drumming has been in his blood since the tender age of 4. After playing strings and sax in grade school, the beckoning for drums was too great and Mark started drumming in Junior High. He had a dedicated percussion instructor in High School that taught him Rudimental and Latin Percussion technique. Mark also played drum set in the Jazz Ensemble and Basketball Pep band.
In college, Mark studied rudimental drumming and percussion with some of the best DCI drum corps instructors. He performed with the San Jose State University Spartan Marching Band's Snare Line and secured a spot on the Snare Line with the World Famous Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps.
After college, Mark worked as Percussion Director at Watsonville High School, Watsonville, CA and took their drum line to their first WSMBC Class A Drum Line Championship in school history. Mark has been in numerous C&W, P&W, jazz bands and has recorded two CD projects. In addition to being the drummer for County Road 101, Mark serves as resident percussionist at Dickinson First United Methodist Church in Dickinson, TX.
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