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When Bob and Alana met in 1999, the first thing they saw in each
other was a shared dream. Both had pursued a career in music as
their first choice. Both had ultimately refused to give up
their idealistic love of performing, and had turned away from
the business to succeed in other fields. United first in
marriage, their relationship ultimately led to their pursuit of
this dream together.
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Alana Miller - Lead Vocals
Alana's band, The Outcasts, was one of of Rochester's top club
bands in the eighties. She led them to New York, where they
played clubs like the Lion's Den, Atlantis and West End Gate.
When The Outcasts broke up Alana stayed on to lead other bands
and act off Broadway. Returning to Rochester via the Middle
East, she's raising a family and writing songs about love and
life. She brings a smooth, sultry presence to the band's
sound.
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Bob Miller - Guitar & Vocals
In London in the late seventies, Bob played pubs and worked as a
session guitarist. Returning to the States, he attended the
Berklee School of Music to pursue a career in the studios.
This proved to be poor timing, since live studio musicians were
quickly being displaced by computers. Deciding to switch rather
than fight, Bob built
The Rochester Group,
a software company. However, he never stopped listening and
learning. A funk and blues player by nature, Bob provides a
solid foundation for Alana's vocals. Since founding Blue
Avengers with Alana, Bob has built a recording studio and is
studying at the Eastman School of Music.
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Chris Ott - Keyboards & Vocals
Chris On Keys has been playing piano since the age of 4. He
attended the Bradley Music Institute in Niagara Falls, Ontario,
and has played in many notable bands in Rochester and Buffalo,
NY, including: The Touch, The Q, Rock Bottom, and Boys Lie and
the acoustic rock duo, Lane & Ott. He is also the proud father
of twins. They are pounding away at the keys just like
their dad.
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Chris Northington - Bass
Chris On Bass lists jazz, blues, pop, country, rock, hip-hop,
neo soul, big band, latin and gospel as his principal musical
styles. I wonder what he doesn't play. He's studied
with Bob Stata, Milt Hinton and Ray Brown and has performed
throughout the world. Chris currently studies at the Eastman
School of Music, teaches privately, and his comments have
appeared in Bass Player magazine.
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Kristen Shiner McGuire - Drums
Kristen has been the Coordinator of Percussion Studies at
Nazareth College since 1984. She is a published author and
composer as well as a performing musician and clinician. She
holds a Masters Degree in Percussion Performance and a
Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and
has studied marimba in Japan with virtuoso Keiko Abe. In
addition to Blue Avengers, she currently performs with the
Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble, the RPO Marimba Band, Kind of
Blue trio.
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