| Benjamin Johnson (Bass): |
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Benjamin Johnson has always been involved in music. He played piano when he
was eleven and was always in choirs growing up. He sung opera in high school,
and then moved to guitar shortly after. Playing bass in all the bands he had
created, he decided to focus on the instrument. Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Funk
enveloped him. He then picked up the upright bass and studied Jazz at the
University of Utah. Currently teaching many private students, he writes his own
music, and plays in many musical groups all over the Salt Lake valley. He has
studied all styles of music from all over the world, and he absolutely adores
soul.
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| Stephan Tobian (Saxophone): |
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Stephen's contributions to the band bring influences from Park Stickney and Snell Harbuckel. When he is not winning friends and influencing people with his "Face Melting" solos, you may find him meditating to indie-pop while reading Dostoevsky.
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| Mike Malloy (Guitar): |
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Mike Malloy began playing guitar in 1968, playing in several So. Cal. area garage bands. Early rock and blues influences included Cream, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, and The Stones. After relocating to Moab in 1978, Mike played the Rocky Mountain ski resort circuit before migrating to SLC in 1984. He has played for the last 20 years with local bands such as Crossroads, Kid Logic, Lisa Marie & The Co-Dependents and The Sensations. |
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| Carrie Scott (Vocalist): |
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A familiar face in Utah's music scene, Carrie has performed for audiences from California to DC, from Alaska to Mexico, and has been featured on radio and television. She attended Brigham Young University where she studied classical and contemporary voice and graduated with a BM in Media Music. Carrie recently released her breakout album, Segue, which contains original roots-based tracks spanning genres from jazz to soul, blues to funk, and latin to rock. When she found out she had been selected to sing with The Soulistics, Carrie and her roommates jumped up and down on her bed. The band is THAT awesome.
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| Reed Chadwick (Trombone, Vocals): |
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Reed Chadwick has been playing Trombone with the Wasatch Front's top projects for the last 10 years. Graduating from the University of Utah music program in 1997, Reed has been sharing his Trombone, Vocal and Lyrical talents throughout the western United States. His styles range from Jazz, Be-Bop & Baroque to Ska, Swing & Soul. Reed's performance highlights are from live shows at The Whisky A Go Go in L.A., The Phoenix in Seattle, North by Northwest in Portland, Carnegie Hall & The Kennedy Center in New York and the Medals Plaza at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. |
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| Rick Jackson (Vocalist): |
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Rick Jackson has been performing in the Salt Lake City area for the past 12 years in a variety of different groups ranging from Jazz to Progressive Rock. He has performed in the jazz combo "The Saturday Night Band" and the Rock / Funk band "Weird Harold" as well as opened for Billy Squire, Bad Company & Blue Oyster Cult. Smooth enough to bring a roomful of Japanese girls to tears, Rick Jackson was born to sing this classic style. |
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| Rodney Strong (Keys, Vocals): |
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Rodney Strong, of Salt Lake City, has been playing keyboard instruments from the unbelievable age of four. He started picking up tunes by ear and playing them when he was still a child and has never stopped. Rodney has been influenced by many greats, including the Beatles, Kansas, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Chick Corea. Rodney has performed with many area bands and is also a skilled composer and arranger whose work was featured in the motion picture _Charly. |
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| Scott Devey (Trumpet, Vocals): |
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Scott resides in the Salt Lake area with his wife and children. His love of the trumpet has spanned 25 years and has included orchestral, swing, jazz, world music, as well as R&B and soul music. He has played with several acts such as Swingorillas, Nova Paradiso, and other soul bands. Scott is also the lead vocalist and trumpeter for The Meteors and is known for his amazing scat vocal improvisation. His favorite musical influences are Quincy Jones, Art Farmer, Blue Mitchell and Sting. |
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| Shaun Thomas (Drums): |
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A proud native of Salt Lake City, Shaun's interest in drumming began at a very
young age. At two years old his destiny was sealed when a visit to a chinese
restaraunt introduced him to his first pair of drum(chop)sticks. After years of
playing every imaginable style of music, Shaun feels most at home with The Soulistics,
laying down the groove for the funkiest band in town. He has toured
the Mountain West with such bands as Insatiable, Two and a Half White Guys and
PurdyMouth. Shaun's other interests include art, the outdoors and writing in the
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| Tony Plott (Bari Sax, Percussion): |
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Tony Plott plays Baritone Saxophone and Latin Percussion for The Soulistics. He has been performing soul music almost exclusively for the past ten years. His influences include Screaming Jay Hawkins, Mississippi John Hurt, and Dr. Clifton Sanders. “Phraugmann Plott”, as Tony is also known, was born in a suburban swamp in Salt Lake City. He plays on King and Jupiter Saxophones, Ernie Northway Mouthpieces, and LP Matador Congas. |
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