Some of the finest touring and/or studio musicians in the world perform in RGA shows
here are just some of our players…
ROB ASSELSTINE – Piano, Arranger, Music Director
WORLD ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Britain Rocks / RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of A Lifetime / ROCK & SOUL – I Simply Refuse To Grow Up / CRUISIN’ CLASSICS – A Night At The Diner / COUNTRY CLASSICS – Treasures From The Attic / RAVE ON / 6CHIX / FRANKENSTEIN / The Mercey Brothers / Marie Bottrell and many more.
KEN POST – Drums / Vocal
WORLD ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Britain Rocks, RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of a Lifetime, COUNTRY CLASSICS – Treasures From The Attic, CRUISIN’ CLASSICS – A Night At The Diner, 6CHIX, Rave On, Melanie Doane, the Ennis Sisters, Tracey Brown, Kelly Prescott, Colin Linden, Willy Porter, Kira Isabella, Colin James, Doc Walker, Jim Cuddy, Dallas Smith, Terri Clarke, and many more.
RICH LEVESQUE – Bass / Vocal
RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of A Lifetime, COUNTRY CLASSICS – Treasures From The Attic, WORLD ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Britain Rocks, CRUISIN’ CLASSICS – A Night At The Diner, Rave On, The Full Nine, Luke Doucet And the White Falcon and many more.
PEE WEE CHARLES (Ed Ringwald) – Steel Guitar / Dobro / Lap Steel
Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Ian Tyson, Sylvia Tyson, Western Swing Authority, Jason McCoy, George Canyon, Michelle Wright, Jim Witter, Shane Yellowbird, Good Brothers, John Landry, Bev Mahood, Jamie Warren, The Mercey Brothers, and many more.
SCOTT SHERRIF (Keys / Piano / Vocal)
Carrie Underwood, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, CRUISIN’ CLASSICS – A Night At The Diner, RAVE ON and many more.
JOHN BOHLINGER (Guitar / Steel)
Sheryl Crow, Lee Brice, Miranda Lambert, Joe Walsh, Little Big Town, Jordin Sparks, Bret Michaels of Poison, Sara Evans, Leann Rimes, Kasey Musgraves, Chris Young, Tanya Tucker, Trace Adkins, Hank Williams Jr, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Alabama, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, 6CHIX and many others. John also demo’s and reviews a wide variety of gear for Premier Guitar’s video reviews
ROBERT MARTIN (Keys / Piano / Saxophone / French Horn)
RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of A Lifetime, WORLD ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Britain Rocks, ROCK & SOUL – I Simply Refuse to Grow Up, CRUISIN’ CLASSICS – A Night At The Diner, 6CHIX, Frank Zappa, Wilson Pickett, Bette Midler, Etta James and as a studio musician was instrumental (no pun intended) in the development of “The Philadelphia Sound”.
JOHN DYMOND (Bass)
k.d. lang, Bruce Cockburn, Colin Linden, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, the “NASHVILLE” Cast In Concert (Royal Albert Hall) and many more.
JASON BARRY (Guitar / Vocal)
Dean Brody, Dallas Smith, Terri Clarke, Charlie Major, 6CHIX, Paul Brandt, Jason Blaine, Michelle Wright and many more. Awards – Five time CCMA Guitar Player of the Year, Four time CCMA Producer of the year and more (WEBSITE)
MIKE KEATES (Steel / Guitar / Vocal)
Beverly Mahood, 6CHIX, COUNTRY CLASSICS – Treasures From The Attic, Marie Bottrell, Tracey Brown, Dean Young, Tom Jackson, Larry Berrio and many more.
ERIC MAHAR (Guitar / Mandolin / Harmonica / Vocal)
“THE MERCEY BROTHERS”, COUNTRY CLASSICS – Treasures from the attic, 6CHIX, RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of A Lifetime, CRUISIN’ CLASSICS – A Night At The Diner, The Shaw Festival Theatre’s production of FLOYD COLLINS and many more.
MARC GANETAKOS (Guitar / Mandolin)
RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of A Lifetime, WORLD ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Britain Rocks, ROCK & SOUL – I Simply Refuse To Grow Up, 6CHIX, Nelly Furtado, Ashley MacIsaac and many more.
RICH ROXBOROUGH (Keys / Piano /Rhythm Guitar / Vocal)
RETURN TO GRACE – The Concert Of A Lifetime, Canadian Idol Touring Band, Alannah Myles, Aaron Lines, Jason McCoy, Carly Rae Jepson, Jason Blaine, Thomas Wade and many more.
CRAIG HARLEY (Piano / Keys)
WORLD ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Britain Rocks, Jeff Healey, Dave Young, Cate Friesen and Phil Dwyer, John Southworth and the South Seas and many more.
SHANE GUSE (Fiddle / Mandolin / Rhythm Guitar)
Dean Brody, Dallas Smith, The Western Swing Authority, George Canyon, Jason McCoy, Jason Blaine, Deric Ruttan, Richard Marx, Colin James and many more. Shane is also a five time Canadian Country Music Association Fiddle Player of the Year and is an inductee into the Canadian Country Music Musicians’s Hall of a Honour.
AL BRISCO (Steel / Dobro)
George Hamilton IV, Pure Prairie League, Ian & Sylvia Tyson, Gordie Tapp, Gary Buck, Tommy Hunter, Johnny Burke, Grant Carson, Sons Of The Saddle, Honey West, Carroll Baker, Marie Bottrell and many more.
JIMMY BOUDREAU (Drums)
David Foster, The Mamas and the Papas, The Platters, Jim Gold, Leslie Gore, Rupert Holmes, Bryan Hyland, Buddy Knox, Chris Montez, The Western Swing Authority, The Wilkinson’s, Jason McCoy, Aaron Lines, Deric Ruttan, Charlie Major, George Fox, Jamie Warren, Johnny Lee, Thomas Wade, Beverly Mahood and many more.
ANDY GINGRICH (Drums)
Thomas Wade, Jamie Warren, Gil Grand, Larry Berrio, Colin Amey, John Landry, Darcy John, Elton Lammie, Greg Hanna, Ally Howatt and many more.
DOUG JOHNSON (Steel)
Bev Mahood, Jamie Warren, Diane Chase, John Landry, Terry Sumsion, The Mercey Brothers, Gil Grand, Jake Mathews, Jason Blaine,Terry Carisse, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Carroll Baker, Lorrie Morgan,Gene Watson, Moe Bandy, Marty Haggard, Jean Sheppard, Darrell McCall, Tony Booth, Jeannie Seely.
PAUL CHAPMAN (Guitar)
George Fox, Jason McCoy, Lace, Beverley Mahood, Julian Austin, Susan Aglukark, Lisa Brokop, Aaron Pritchett, Charlie Major, High Valley, Chris Cummings, Diane Chase, the Arrogant Worms, John Landry, Michelle Wright, The Wilkinsons, Tim Hicks, Tebey, and many others
MATT KOEBEL (Keys)
World Rock Symphony Orchestra, numerous Musical Theatre titles as Keys/MD
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