Annie Gavin vocals
Born and raised in Colorado Springs Colorado, Annie’s been singing for as long as she can remember. Though she grew up singing bluegrass gospel music, Annie caught the country bug at the tender age of 16. After singing her first country song, "Blue", at a talent show as a favor to a friend, she was hooked. Goodbye Molly O’Brian, hello Miranda Lambert!
While living in Dallas, Texas, Annie honed her country chops with the bands Bulletproof Brass, Live 80, and Domino Effect. Texas’ loss was Colorado’s gain when Annie moved back to the Springs to hook up with Tumbling Dice. Just sayin...
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Bill Kerr guitar
Bill Kerr, a musician’s musician. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Bill studied at the prestigious Berkeley College of Music in Boston, before returning home to receive a degree in music from the University of Denver. Picking up the guitar at the age of seven, Bill scored his first paying gig at the age of eight! The first record he ever bought was “Walk, Don’t Run” by the Ventures and as a teen Bill led a surf band, playing instrumental covers at local dances. While his ability to cross between musical genres with ease has always kept him busy, Bill gets a special kick from the challenge of playing country guitar. He brings a wealth of experience to Tumbling Dice and is regarded by the band as an all around good guy!
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Kevin James Healey
keyboards/guitar/vocals
Name an instrument and chances are, Kevin plays it. The fact that he only plays keyboards and guitar with Tumbling Dice may have more to do with the size of his car than anything else. Growing up in Lakeville, Massachusetts there was always music playing at the Healey's house. His earliest memories are of artists like Herb Alpert and Al Hirt, so it's no surprise that he started out as a horn player before working his way through the local music store, finally settling in on keyboards. A stint in the Air Force brought Kevin to Colorado and like many before, he never left. After several years on the Colorado circuit, Kevin says it's the special camaraderie and kinship within the country music community that keeps him coming back for more.
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Tom Duke
bass/vocals
From the age of nine when he got his first guitar, Tom knew what he wanted to do. Growing up in Oklahoma he listened to everything. Motown, Country Western, the bands of The British Invasion, Tom soaked it all in. When, as a teenager, his family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, he switched from guitar to bass and soon found himself in high demand. In time, he met singer Eric Martin and formed the Eric Martin Band, featuring future members of Tesla, Mr. Big and Y&T. A record deal with Elektra Records soon followed and Tom and the band found themselves on the road, touring with the likes of ZZ Top, Journey, Foreigner and Cheap Trick, as well as an appearance on American Bandstand (no, really!).
Now a country picker, when Tom lays down a groove, it stays down!
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Lenny Campanaro
drums/vocals
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Lenny first picked up the sticks at the age of nine. His musical journey had begun two years earlier, when he convinced his mom to buy him his first album, the Beatle's "A Hard Days Night" (stereo). Joining his first band at 15, Lenny soon became a fixture on the Hollywood club circuit. Perfecting his craft on the road with the bands Badfinger and Iron Butterfly, Lenny eventually hit paydirt with the band Private Life. Signed to Warner Bros. Records and produced by Edward Van Halen, they went on to play 45 dates on Van Halen's 0U812 U.S. tour. Lenny's 1993 introduction to country music came by way of his car radio, in the form of "That Ain't No Way To Go" by an upstart duo called Brooks & Dunn. As a drummer, Lenny's first rule of thumb has always been, "Never get in the way of a good song!"
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