Jedi Cowboy

Vocalist, Dave Bressmer, was born and raised in Greenacres, Florida. Now  currently living in Canton, Ga., Gator, (as he's known to his friends) has always loved country music. He has been entertaining on stage for a large part of his life and has earned many awards in the process.  Bressmer's first album, "Gator Tales", was recently released and is quickly gaining notoriety. Gator's mix of heart-warming and funny song lyrics along with true country and honky-tonk song stylings make him an up-and-coming singer/songwriter in the country music world. With his great singing and songwriting, success is no stranger; Gator has opened for bands such as Tracy Lawrence,Confederate Railroad, Bellamy Brothers, Perfect Stranger, David Ball, Jeff Bates, and Little Texas.  He's played shows all over the southeast from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and has traveled as far as Las Vegas to perform.  Gator is a former Male Vocalist of the Year for Palm Beach County as well as one half of the Vocal Duo of the Year for Palm Beach County.  He was most
recently nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year (Honky-tonk
Vengeance) and his high energy stage performance earned him Entertainer of the
Year nomination by AtlantaCountryMusic.com.  You can also hear him on 94.9
The Bull's Backyard Country.

Guitarist, Gene Hilbert, has over forty years of experience in the performing
arts including recording projects and theoretical studies, Off-Broadway
musicals, and thousands of live performances.  Performing solo and with full symphonic productions has placed Gene in a category far beyond those of mortal chord bangers.  Performances range from landmark theaters, resorts, country clubs and taverns from Goose Rocks Beach, Maine, to Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, Florida.


The most noted performance was for President Gerald Ford, Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.  Gene is studio & label owner of Dark Horse Productions.

Keyboardist and guitarist, Dave Lamar James, was born to musical parents. Dave's father was a guitar playin', driftin’, troubled Texas troubadour and his mother was a two-fisted, piano playin' saloon singer from Dublin, Ireland.  Dropping out of high school at age 15, Dave began playing guitar and piano throughout the land.  While still in his twenties, he played guitar for country legend Faron Young and piano for the legendary Wynn Stewart. Short stints with R&B artists Clarence Carter and Terence Lawson are also under his belt.


After touring and recording with CURB recording artists Boy Howdy, (U.S., Canada, and Japan), Dave embarked on a couple of D.O.D. Tours: 2004-IRAQ and KUWAIT and once again in 2006: Again, IRAQ and KUWAIT with additional stops in BOSNIA and KOSEVO. He continues to play wherever folks need to be entertained.

Drummer, Justin Collins, commonly referred to as "JJ", was given a toy drum
set at the tender age of 3 and became a drum thumping toddler. Coming from a musical family with deep roots in country and bluegrass in the North Georgia mountains, it did not take long for "JJ" to rebel and take notice of the 80's hard rock music on the radio. Hearing groups such as Van Halen, the Police, Whitesnake, Rush, and legendary groups such as The Who and Led Zeppelin, "JJ" quickly absorbed the style and became a young and in demand hard rock progressive style drummer----- with the big drum set----and the stick flipping showmanship. Older groups who played these styles of popular music were quick to drag the kid along to shows and bars and sneak him into the gig as a band mate-----although he was underage. Traveling all over Georgia to play exciting gigs with bands that were opening for major artists, "JJ" was initiated into the lifestyle of being a musician. JJ has played and recorded with many bands and artists at events and locations all over the map. His current music projects include Gator/David Bressmer, ESP, and Crimson Bride.

Bassist, Keith White, also known internationally as k-dub, keeperodafunk, has played bass and guitar for 42 years.  He studie music at Georgia State University and has played in Atlanta and the southeast for decades both as a leader and as asideman covering musical genres from gospel to avant-garde.  The past few years have found him studying with some of the world’s greatest bassist and musicians.   Keith has played or recorded with Tinsley Ellis, Barry Richman, Gerry Byrd (Freddy Cole), Eric Essex and Dr. Dan Matrazzo, (Aquarium Rescue Unit).  He has recorded a jazz fusion record with Steve Freeman, founder of the Atlanta Institute of Music and a straight ahead jazz record with his own group, The Jay Norem/Keith White Quartet, on which he played upright bass.  This band most recently played at the 2010 Atlanta Jazz Festival. Keith also teaches guitar, bass, upright bass and music theory and is also an instructional writer for Mel Bay’s online magazine basssessions.com and is now a  contributor to notreble.com.

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