Adam Loftin handles the backbeat playing drums and has been doing so for 16 years. He has played with different groups in rock, funk, blues and jazz genres. His musical influences include Elvin Jones, James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Stan Getz, Nick Drake, KOOP and John Barry compositions. Recently he has started branching out by writing music and playing piano. Adam has a BSE in Science Education and an MS in Parks, Recreation and Tourism, both from the University of Missouri.
Bryan Helmig is another founding member and takes care of bass and the occasional guitar in the band. He began playing before highschool, focusing on blues which later bloomed into a hearty mix of jazz, blues, and funk. He spends most of his time working with music and technology and is the brilliant mind behind the website you behold and another called Between the Licks.
Generally a care-free guy who's handsomeness is surpassed only by his humbleness.
Wade Foster is our newest member and brings a new sound to the front of the band. Wade has been laying down Sax licks for the better part of 15 years. At the humble age of 14 he discovered hard-bop saxophonist, Cannonball Adderley, and has been playing jazz ever since. His musical influences are John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, and Orenette Coleman.
Wade currently resides in Columbia, MO where he works in Marketing during the day and continues to lay down mean sax licks through the wee small hours of the morning.
J. West plays keys for Glass Cannon and is the Band Director at Hallsville Schools in Hallsville MO. He earned his Bachelor's of Music Education from Central Methodist University in 2000 and has taught in the public schools ever since. He has co-written three original musicals including the score, music and lyrics for "Plan 9! the Musical from Outer Space".
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