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The Wallflowers |
Jakob Dylan
(vocals, guitar, piano, lyrics)
Birthdate: December 9, 1969 |
Birthplace:
New York, NY |
Resides:
Los Angeles, CA |
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Jakob
"Captain Midnight" Dylan is one of the original members of The Wallflowers. His interest
in music
really took off when he was just 12 years old after seeing
The Clash
performing live. He then had a small garage band called The Apples,
but left things behind when he decided to go to New York to study
art. He didn't stay there long headed back home to LA. It was there
that he hooked
up with his old band mates and met Rami Jaffee to work on the first release by The
Wallflowers. Jakob's brother Jesse directed their first video for "Ashes to
Ashes." Since then, and 3 successful albums later, he has continued to write
songs for the group as well as other projects.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Jakob's MySpace (music,
news, fan connections)
· JakobDylan.com (links to the
official Wallflowers site under Jake's name)
· JakobDylan.Moonfruit.com (fan site with lots
of Jakob pics and the band as well)
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Rami Jaffee
(keyboards, upright pianos, vox continental, hammond
organ b3, and some other things)
Birthdate: March 11, 1969 |
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA |
Resides: Los Angeles, CA |
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Rami (also
known as the Ramilama) is one of the original members of The Wallflowers. He has worked with
numerous artists as a producer and/or as a guest musician on their cds including Estero and
Jude. Most of his current involvement includes working with the band
Minibar.
He's also part of the creation of the
Trampoline Records label with
Marc Dauer and
Pete Yorn that has helps lesser known acts get exposure. It's no
wonder since he also helped the Wallflowers book their first gigs at
Canter's Deli where he was the music director back in the day.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Rami's MySpace (music,
news, fan connections)
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Trampoline Records (the co-label Rami founded)
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The Rami Lounge (fan site dedicated to the Ramilama)
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Greg Richling
(bass)
Birthdate: August 31, 1970 |
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA |
Resides: Los Angeles, CA |
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Greg was an old high school friend of Jakob and was asked to fill in as the
new bassist for the new Wallflowers grouping. They had played in the same
garage bands together in LA where their neighbors complained of the noise
level and they had to add insulation with egg cartons. It was Greg's father
who suggested that they rename the band to "Cold Fire." He has also done
some guest musician spots on Fiona Apple and
Macy Gray's cds as well as
working with many musicians featured on
Trampoline Records. He has a side
project with fellow Wallflower members Rami and Mario called the
Sake Sushi
Orchestra. He's also stepped into the role of producer for the band
Minibar.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Greg's MySpace (music,
news, fan connections)
· Greg's Picks (link to old official site with his cd picks)
· All Music Guide (a recommended link by Greg)
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Fred Eltringham
(drums, percussion, backing vocals)
Birthdate: May 10, 1971 | Birthplace: West
Chester, PA | Resides: Los Angeles, CA |
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Fred is the newest member of the Wallflowers. He started touring
with the band as a replacement drummer. With the release of Rebel,
Sweetheart, he is formally inducted into the Wallflowers (with
Converse shoes) and plays
drums on the album. He can sing as well! You may also recognize this
versatile player from working with
Ben Kweller and the Low
Stars. He also toured
with the likes of Juliana
Hatfield, Jude,
Tears for Fears, and
more recently The Dixie
Chicks. His
first recorded works with the Wallflowers included collaborations on
Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 2 and the Warren Zevon
Tribute cd, Enjoy Every Sandwich.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Fred's MySpace
(music, news, fan connections)
· Drummer Dude
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Former / Honorary
Flowers |
Mario Calire
(drums) |
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Mario is a native to California (after moving from his birthplace in New
York) and was born to a musical family (his father was a member of the band America). He was discovered by Jakob and Andy Slater
while performing in his group Two Piece. He went in to fill Peter
Yanowitz's position as the drummer for the Wallflowers and has been a member
of the band since then. He left the band in early 2003 for other projects
and is now the new drummer for . His brother Jamie has also done art direction and
photography work for the band's Red Letter Days cd. You may hear him
referred to as "Dooter" after his song "Doot's Lament" with the Sake Sushi
Orchestra. Since leaving the Wallflowers, he is currently drumming for the band
Ozomatli and has recently
appeared on Liz Phair's
self-titled album.
SELECTED LINKS:
· The Mario Calire Page (link to fan site)
· Ozomatli (official site)
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Matt Chamberlain
(drums, percussion) |
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Matt has appeared on Bringing Down the Horse and Breach
playing drums. He has also appeared on numerous other cds from artists
ranging from Dave Navarro to
David Bowie and
Critters Buggin. You may know him best as being a
part of Pearl Jam or his one season stint on Saturday Night Live in the
house band. He has toured with the likes of Garbage and one of his
favorites Tori Amos. He is a Seattlite as well! Whoo hoo! :)
SELECTED LINKS:
· Matt Chamberlain (link to his
own site)
· Matt Chamberlain Original
Site (fan site)
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Malcolm Cross
(drums) |
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Mal is part of the quartet
Minibar (which opened up for The Wallflowers during selected
dates during their "Breach" tour). He was the guest drummer
for the Eastern leg of the "Red Letter Days" tour when Mario
departed from the band. He then went back to the Minibar to promote
their new cd Fly Below The Radar. He recently joined the
flowers in recording the remake of Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic.
Nowadays he can be seen working on his own musical projects,
Morello and touring with Pete Yorn.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Minibar
Fans (fan site dedicated to the band)
· MorelloMusic (Mal's own side
project Morello's official site)
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Dean Del Ray
(musician correspondent) |
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Dean Del Ray (also known as DDR for
short) was the opening act for many dates during the Wallflower's
Red Letter Days tour. This San Francisco rocker then also became
a musical correspondent with the fans (and gaining many of his own
along the way) taking photos before, during, and after the shows
with reports from the road. Some of the footage he has gathered will
be put together for a Wallflowers dvd. Dean's own musical style is
credited to the influences of Neil Young, Van Morrison, and Bruce
Springsteen. In 1999 he put out a cd titled Lone Mountain
Serenade.
SELECTED LINKS:
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Artist Direct - Dean Del Ray (information)
· MP3.com -
Dean Del Ray (music samples)
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Barrie Maguire
(bass, background vocals) |
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Barrie was the bassist and backing vocalist for the original Wallflowers. He
had joined Natalie Merchant and Peter Yanowitz when she embarked on her solo
career with her Tigerlily cd where he also picked up the acoustic
guitar. He is no longer involved with the Merchant band. |
Stuart Mathis
(guitar) |
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Stuart is currently touring with the Wallflowers for their Rebel,
Sweetheart summer tour. He has been in several bands playing with
Lifehouse,
Jewel, and many more. He also has his
own material released including Garden Party, which is now available on his
official site.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Stuart Mathis (official site)
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Tobias Miller
(producer, guitar, background vocals) |
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Tobi was the guitar player and backing vocalist for the original
Wallflowers. With Jakob, they founded The Wallflowers. Tobi continues to
take part with the band including producing the Red Letter Days
album, but also pursues his own projects like producing the band Maypole. |
Brendan O'Brien
(producer, touring guitarist) |
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Bio coming soon.
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Ben Peeler
(lap steel and slide guitars) |
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Ben Peeler is most famous for his lap steel guitar playing. He
showcased his talents with the Wallflowers during their Breach
tour and took over a number of guitar duties after Michael Ward left
the band. Ben has been in his own share of bands like Uncle Tom and
The Mavericks. On another note he is on the cover of the *NSync cd
Celebrity. Huh? You may ask. I don't have a clue, but he has
also backed many other musician up as well. He has been most
recently been spotted playing for
Josh Kelley.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Bens
Strings (Ben fan site)
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Michael Ward
(guitars, backup vocals) |
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Michael has many credits to his name. He has appeared on several albums for
other musicians including School of Fish and
John Hiatt. He also has a side
band called Tiny Buddy. He recently departed for creative differences and to
form
his own band. He has also been working with other musicians like Gavin
DeGraw as a guitarist. He has also become an author contributing with Lance
Armstrong among others for a children's book called Mike and The Bike.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Michael
Ward (official site of Michael Ward)
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Peter Yanowitz
(drums) |
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Peter was the former drummer for The Wallflowers. He left to play drums for
Natalie Merchant's cds and tours, but has since then departed from her band.
Since then he played drums for Nina Nastasia and has joined the group
Hand of Doom
and
Money Mark whom both refer to him as "Pedro Yanowitz" instead. Going
back to his roots? Lately it seems he started a new group,
Morningwood, for which not
only he wrote songs for but also does the switch from dummer to bassist and
supplements on vocals.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Morningwood
(official site)
· Hand
of Doom (official site)
· Money
Mark (official site)
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Yogi
(guitars, background vocals)8/25 |
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Yogi is the touring guitar player for The Wallflowers' Red Letter Days Tour. He used to play guitar for the band
Buckcherry
before they broke up. Recently he has joined the band
Sugar Glider.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Yogi Music (Yogi's official site)
· Yogi
Central (fan site dedicated to Yogi)
· Sugar Glider (official
band site)
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Moe Z. MD
(percussion, keys, and background vocals) |
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Moe Z. is the touring percussionist, keyboardist for The Wallflowers' Red
Letter Days Tour. You can see him grooving out in the back. He was a
part of John Mellencamp's band before hooking up with the Wallflowers.
SELECTED LINKS:
· Moe Z MD (official site for Moe
Z)
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