ROLIN R. MAINS, piano & keyboards is a music producer and composer living in Nashville, TN. He does studio sessions around Nashville and in Indiana, and is an arranger/orchestrator. He also composes music for television and film. Rollie has played keyboards with Donna Summer, Sandy Patti, John Michael Talbot, Wayne Watson, Ray Boltz, The Young Messiah Tour, and The Emmanuel Tour. Mr. Mains composed and produced a solo CD on the Brentwood Records label entitled “A Time To Dance” with orchestra and piano. He has composed music for Dino Karstonakis, Bill Gaither’s Praise Gathering, and A&E’s Biography, as well as numerous regional and local commercial spots. Mains has orchestrated music for large symphonic ensembles as well as small chamber groups. He also writes string charts for many custom recording artists. As a producer, he won the 1997 Dove award for Instrumental Album of the Year. He was nominated again in 1998 and in 2000.
Rollie is in the current Trisha Yearwood video “This Is Me You’re Talking To”
GARY TALLEY, Guitar, began his career as a founding member of the Box Tops (The Letter, Cry Like A Baby, Soul Deep) in the late sixties. With the Box Tops, Gary toured extensively and appeared on the Johnny Carson Show and other well known programs of that era. In the seventies and eighties, Gary did many concert dates and sessions with well known artists too numerous to mention. He has also played and sang on many national TV and radio commercials. In the nineties, Gary released a guitar instruction video for songwriters and established himself as the premier guitar instructor for Nashville music folks. He is also a well respected songwriter. In 1996, Gary joined his fellow Box Tops members in the recording studio and resumed performing with them.
JUSTIN LEVENSON, Percussion, is a performer, composer, educator, and leader; earning his position among the professionals in our music community. Justin came to Nashville the summer of 2000 and immediately established himself as a first call percussionist here and in the southeast. He has worked and performed nationally and internationally with Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Jessica Andrews and other artist of similar popularity. He also keeps a solid schedule in the studios working with artists that span all genres of music. He worked with Donna Summer on a song from “Songs from the Neighborhood…the Music of Mr. Rogers,” which won a Grammy for Best Musical Album for Children. In addition to a successful performance career, Justin has written percussion arrangements for numerous local drum lines and percussion ensembles. He also passionately gives back to the community by teaching music to at-risk youth and working with several high school percussion ensembles and drum lines across the southeast.
DAVE WEBB, Bass, began playing upright bass in 6th grade school orchestra and played his first paid gig the next year. That’s when he decided he would be a professional musician. He got his first bass guitar at the age of 13 and started listening to players like Stanley Clarke, Chuck Rainey, Michael Anthony, Jaco, Wyzard, John Entwhistle and Chris Squire. Having such a diverse musical background has allowed Dave to play gigs ranging from Beethoven to BTO, Bebop to Bluegrass. Dave has worked with Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, Randall Bramblet (Widespread Panic, Steve Winwood) and Grammy nominated Blues diva Francine Reed. He has recording credits on over 30 albums, music for CMT, and numerous television commercials. He was on tour with Sugarland in support of their CD, Twice the Speed of Life. During his stint with Sugarland, Dave appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CMT Video Music Awards, Good Morning America, CMA Music Fest, the ACM Awards, Soundstage (on PBS), the CMA Awards, the RMA Awards, Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve.
WAYNE HALL, Video & Photography, is currently doing music videos and “behind the scenes” video for Big Machine Records (Taylor Swift, Trisha Yearwood, Jewel, Daniel Peck) and his work has appeared on CMT & GAC. He also does photo shoots and design for album inserts and promotional materials.
