Shannon Michelle Gladney-Gremillion was born in Metairie, La., on Oct. 12, 1970. In the early 70's her parents divorced, near the age of 7 or 8 years old she moved to Ponchatoula, La. with her father. Shannon has been singing her whole life, in fact, probably before she was able to speak. Shannon comes by her musical roots honestly, her mother Helen Judith Bengert Lonero is to this day a vocalist and performs with her husband Bobby Lonero in New Orleans, La. in the band known as Bobby Lonero and the New Orleans Express, in October of 2004 her mother and step-father were inducted into the Louisiana Musician's Hall of Fame. Her late father Charles R. Gladney, was also a vocalist and was known to posess the sweet sound of Sinatra. Shannon remembers as a small child singing with her family, with her father she'd sing the music of Charlie Rich, Frank Sinatra, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tony Orlando and many others. Shannon grew up with a broad range of musical influences as a child as her family loved music of all genres. Shannon studied briefly at Southeastern Louisiana University as a vocal music major from 1997-1998. Shannon has been given the unique ability to cover a broad range of musical styles, and her sweet melodies and harmonies are presented with stunning delivery and power. Today when not performing she enjoys spending as much time as possible with her husband Lance and children Rocky Jr., Kayla, Tyler, Emily, Zach & Aaron.
Influences: Mom & Dad, Tammy Wynette, Helen Reddy, Wynonna, Etta James, Patsy Cline, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi & many other vocalists male and female. Equipment: Microphones: Shure 58's BETA, Percussion: Rhythm Tech P.A. Gear: Peavey |
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 Lance Gremillion was born on Nov. 22, 1962 and grew up in Houston, TX, as a kid he absorbed the sounds of ZZ Top, Allman Bros, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Willie Nelson & CCR. Lance bought his 1st guitar when he was 16 and started playing seriously around the age of 18. A few years of woodshedding and he was playing Texas nightclubs, and at the age of 26 started writing songs and has been hooked ever since! More recent influences are : Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robben Ford, Doyle Bramhall II, Keb Mo, Warren Haynes, Mark May, Kirk McKim, Derek Trucks & Eric Johnson. Lance has been in various rock & blues bands over the years and is constantly working on his slide & blues guitar technique . Over the last 20 years he has shared the stage or recorded with some of the best musicians in Texas & Louisiana including Chip Arnold, Mark May, Kirk McKim, Bobby Lonero, Van Wilks, Roy Head and many more. Lance G & Co. |
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