HISTORY

The group was formed in 2005, when Ameriprise Financial Advisors David Raj (Lead Guitar), Chas Cahn (Guitar), Kirk Vann (Bass Guitar) and Cliff Carson (Drums) decided to try it out and play at the client appreciation event. Cliff left the company shortly thereafter and Eugene Balakirov was invited to fill in for Cliff. It worked out and the band played its first gig on February 11, 2006 at Stafford Civic Center.


Throughout 2006 more changes occurred. Eugene moved to play keyboards and guitar, while Chas started playing bass guitar. At that time Lakshman Rao joined the band to play drums.

The band started to get tight and the repertoire became diverse and recognizable. We played 4 big concerts:

Stafford Civic Center - December 2, 2006
Russian Bear Hockey Leagues' Party - March 9, 2007
Rock "Shock Therapy" - September 21, 2007
Stafford Civic Center "In The Star Dust" - November 17, 2007

Diana Balakirov performed a few songs as guest singer and the band decided to experiment and invited Catherine Marshall to sing as well. At that time Chas moved to Chicago and Joey Trevino took his place. The transition took place at  the next gig we played on April 11, 2008 at Russian Bear "Spring Affair" party followed by  Ameriprise Special Event at Wyndham Hotel on May 1, 2008.
After that Catherine left the band. More equipment was purchased to provide for better sound and lighting, which made a whole lot of difference when we played our next gig at Stafford Civic Center Fundraiser Event on February 28, 2009. Norman Chu was invited for sound engineering and Eric Calderon as lighting designer. The feedback from the audience was very pleasing and the show went really well. After the show David Raj and Lakshman Rao left, and John Sixt, Mike Connor and Brian Douglas joined the band.

Pictures from the past