Groundwave
Groundwave is a California-based rock and roll band that formed in November 2015, consisting of members Jason Haxton (guitar), Gary Huntzinger (drums), Casey Webb (vocals), and Richard Santaella (bass guitar).[1]
Casey Webb - Lead Vocals
Casey has been singing in church and school since childhood. Before he could afford his own music, he wore out his dad's records of classic rock and his sister's tapes of hair bands. His vocal influences include Ozzy Osbourne, Ben Harper, Jack White, Axl Rose, and Chris Cornell.[2]
Jason Haxton - Lead Guitar
Jason was raised in the California Bay Area on British Invasion music and the sounds of San Francisco bands of the early 1970s. As a child, he dabbled in acoustic guitar, having been inspired and given informal lessons by family friend and Vietnam Veteran, Lee "Rusty" Raymond. His journey into rock and roll kicked into gear on Christmas Eve 1985 when his mother gave him his first electric guitar – a metallic red Kramer Striker Mod-V. Soon after, in a faithful display of rock and roll spirit, he smashed his nearly unplayable junior steel-string acoustic guitar to pieces in the family fireplace, fired up the gas, and watched it burn to ash. Fast forward through infatuations with hair bands and prog rock as he played in high school and college bands, a 4-year patch when he stopped playing guitar altogether, his world music lead guitar club band days, and a 15-year hiatus from guitar while he focused on playing bass in the blues rock band, Strictly for Kicks – he rediscovered his passion for rock and roll guitar as the lead guitarist for the Sacramento band, Groundwave.[2]
Richard (Rick) Santaella - Bass Guitar
Rick started playing guitar at age 12, inspired by blues and Southern rock. From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Rick worked the San Francisco and Bay Area rock scenes with the legendary Derek “Zeke” Reeve and bands Hysteria, Agent and The Kwik, as well as with Tim “Red Dirt” Reeve of the Red Dirt Blues Band. Rick’s favorite band is Lynyrd Skynyrd and his favorite idol is its bassist, the late Leon Russell Wilkeson.[2]
Gary Huntzinger - Drums
Gary got his first drum kit around age 8 after destroying his mother’s pots and pans. In high school, while his contemporaries were listening to New Wave, he was listening to his father’s record collection that included Bob Dylan, Hot Tuna, and Simon & Garfunkel. Until now, Gary has played in predominantly alternative rock bands. His drum god idols include John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, Mick Fleetwood, and Keith Moon.[2]
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