Gary Stacy grew up in the Suburbs of Detroit Michigan. He started his musical career at a young age influenced by his Dad who played in a band and bought him his first guitar, a sunburst Mosrite Ventures Model. Through his school years Gary played alto sax in Marching and jazz bands and singing in church choir. He later spent some time at Eastern Michigan majoring in music. Upon returning home, he played Bass Guitar primarily in country bands. Hailing from the Detroit area the Blues, rock, and Motown were also influential.

A career move to the East Coast opened great opportunities to meet & play with many talented musicians in the Delmarva area. Appaloosa was formed in the 80s where he played Lead guitar and sang for 15 years followed by 10 yrs with the Country John Band playing lead guitar, bass and vocals. Currently you can find Gary and his guitars singing and playing with Backroads.

Jack Dillard has been playing guitar and bass since 1969. He started playing in local clubs in 1970 and over the years he's played many different styles of music, Oldies, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues and Country. Some of the bands he's worked with have been Eighth and Plumb, The Crystalires, The Dixie Drifters, The Heat Waves, The New South, The Bush River Band, Turners Outlaw Band, Quick Change, Detour, The Country Breeze, Backroads, Appaloosa, Steel Force and Over The Edge. I've also worked with a couple Elvis Presley tribute artists, Lionel Ward and Michael Hoover.

Since he's played so many different types of music his influences are very diverse. He's probably been influenced by every guitarist and bassist he's ever listened to, to some degree, but some of his primary guitar influences are:

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Buddy Guy
BB King
Billy Gibbons
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Winter
John Fogerty
Charlie Christian
Don Rich
Roy Nichols
Brent Mason
Vince Gill

His bass influences are:

Mel Schacher
Randy Jo Hobbs
Stuart Hamm

February 9, 1964 is a date Keith Haight will remember forever. For it was this day The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was also the day Keith discovered his love and desire to play the drums after watching Ringo!

Fast forward to 1974 and Keith received his first drum kit from his older brother Jim. It didn't take long for Keith to pick up a variety of patterns by listening to records and imitate what the drummer was doing in the song. By 1976 at 17 years old, Keith was playing in bars.

Though he chose a career path in Engineering, Keith never lost his love to play music every chance he got. Usually as a Weekend Warrior. Through the years, Keith has played in a variety of different bands and genres like Country, Blue Grass, Pop, Rock and Blues. Some highlights in his musical journey have been opening for artists like Vern Gosdin, John Conlee and Patty Loveless.

Key drumming influencers for Keith are Ringo, Charlie Watts, Hal Blaine and Steve Gadd. In keeping with these key influencers, Keith has adopted a "less is more" attitude when playing the drums. With that, Keith considers himself as a "Pocket Drummer". Meaning, he will lay down the foundation to a song and keep a steady rhythm without a lot of fancy fills or overplaying a song.

"I'm not the most flamboyant drummer on Earth but I will do my best to keep the tempo and rhythm constant" "There's nothing like playing a solid beat and singing lead or adding a harmony part which takes a song to a great dimension" says Keith.

Seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan started it all for Lewis Porter. Lewis cut his teeth on The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals and The Yardbirds. Bands he played in opened for Nashville acts like Johnny Russell, Freddie Hart and others.

Lewis toured backing the singer/songwriter David Wills who had the top 10 hit songs "From Barrooms to Bedrooms" and "There's a Song on the Jukebox" as an artist and David Wills also co-wrote George Strait's top 10 hit "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)".

Guitar Influences:
James Burton
Chuck Berry
Eric Clapton
George Harrison


Steel Guitar Influences:
Buddy Emmons (No.1)
Jimmy Day
Dickey Overbey
Lloyd Green