Rio Grand

RIO GRAND IS FOUR TALENTED MUSICIANS WHO BLEND THEIR ROUGH EARTHY SOUND WITH THE FLAVORS OF SOUTHERN ROCK FAVORITES THE LIKES OF THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AND MARSHALL TUCKER. iT'S NEW AND FAMILIAR AT THE SAME TIME. HERE IS THEIR STORY. - Danny began his musical career as a roadie for a south Texas band. Down time between shows left room for one of the band members to show him a couple of chords on the guitar. Those three chords sparked an intrest in performing that has been going strong ever since. "Once it's in your blood - it's hard to stop" he says. Life on the road landed him a regular gig with capital recording artist Allison Paige which in turn united him with Tommy Rennick and Graham Artist Management. Two years later their combined efforts brought to life Rio Grand and a record deal with Curb Records. - Being a relative of Tex Ritter had music in Lance's blood from the day he was born. His biggest influence was Elvis and his dream was to one day become a recording artist. He had no intentions of stopping until he reached his goal, Carnegie Hall. He also performed the National Anthem for the Green Bay Packers and attended the University of Texas on two music scholarships. During his college years he appeared nightly at Herbert Graham's club Graham Central Station in San Antonio perfecting his skills as an entertainer. It was from there that he was introduced to the other members of Rio Grand and his ralization of becoming a recording artist came to fruition. - Tommy started dabbling in music at the age of 16 when his uncle bought him a red Gremlin bass. With influences from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty and the Beatles he honed his playing skills and landed his first gig at 19 with 37 South a Corpus Christi hometown band of his high school buddies. Four years at Texas A&M and a music degree later he began playing with Allison paige where he met Danny Rivera. It was a year later that the two formed what was to become Rio Grand. - The youngest of three musical brothers, Fred began playing guitar at age 11. As the boys grew they began playing nightclubs and bars from El Paso to Jacksonville. Over time they found they enjoyed the art of writing original music over performing and disbanded. Fred pressed on with various bands but found most members not too interested in maintaining a grueling tour schedule so in frustration he took a day job and a break from the business. It wasn't long after that he was approached by a member of Herbert Graham's Management team and asked him if he'd be interested in playing with a new band called Rio Grand. He'd seen them perform and his answer was "It's magic and I have to a part of it."