Born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Chuck D. Tilley attended the University of Alabama, graduating from the Jazz Studies program. After spending seven years drumming for the iconic country band Alabama and playing more than three hundred and fifty shows, each loaded with almost all of their forty-three number one hits, Chuck decided it was time to part ways to enable him to focus on his own band, SIXWIRE. Chuck believes the adaptability and experience he and his SIXWIRE bandmates share has been the key to their success.

A native of rural Texas and bassist for the band Sixwire, John Howard is a Nashville veteran who has appeared on hundreds of recordings, television shows and tour dates all over the world. Artists John has toured, recorded and/or performed with include Sixwire, Faith Hill, Richard Marx, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, Randy Owen (Alabama), Randy Travis, Lee Greenwood, Phil Vassar, Cliff Richard, Kenny Rogers plus countless others.

Professional touring musician, singer, and songwriter, Steve Hornbeak has been touring with major artists for 28 years and shows no signs of slowing down. Alongside his membership in the Nashville-based band SIXWIRE, Steve produces a wide variety of genres with local bands and artists in his bespoke studio, 326 Productions. When he isn’t touring or making appearances on the hit TV show Nashville, Steve operates a coffee house in downtown Anna, Illinois with his wife, Kathy.

With over 35 years’ experience in the music and entertainment industry, Andy Childs has served in just about every capacity there is. Following his stage debut as a teenager performing in a local amusement park in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, and studying Music Business at the Universtiy Of Memphis, Andy began traveling as a touring performer and music director. As both a solo recording artist, and as lead-singer and founding member of the band SIXWIRE, Childs has recorded for multiple major labels including Sony, RCA, EMI, and Warner Brothers. With successes in songwriting and record production, and a growing list of television credits – both on camera and behind the scenes – Childs is only beginning to make a larger mark on the Entertainment World.

It all began in 1974 when St. Holmes’ band Scott opened a gig for Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. After seeing, and hearing, the young St. Holmes on stage, Nugent knew what was missing and invited Derek to join his band. Derek brought a strong set of pipes, solid musicianship and songwriting skills to Nugent’s music, and in March of 1975 the world was introduced to him via Nugent’s self-titled debut album. While it was Nugent slinging down the guitar licks, it was Derek’s voice all over FM radio singing the soon to be classics “Stranglehold,” “Stormtroopin” and “Just What the Doctor Ordered.” In addition, Derek wrote, arranged and sang the classic tune “Hey Baby.” Derek quickly became regarded as one of the best voices on the international rock scene, all at the tender age of 22 years old. Nugent and St. Holmes continued their winning combination for three more iconic albums, Free for All in 1976, Cat Scratch Fever in 1977 and Double Live Gonzo in 1978. St. Holmes left the band and formed St. Paradise with ex-Nugent bassist Rob Grange in 1979, releasing one album. St. Paradise never took off as hoped, but the in-demand St. Holmes quickly teamed up with Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford to form Whitford/St. Holmes. In 1981, they released the album Whitford/St. Holmes, which was produced by the legendary Tom Allom (Judas Priest, Krokus, Def Leppard, Loverboy). In 1984, St. Holmes lent his vocal skills to German guitarist Michael Schenker’s band, MSG, on the album Built to Destroy. Derek also continued his on again/off again relationship with Nugent in both the 1980s, and ‘90s, co-writing several songs on Ted’s comeback album Spirit of Wild in 1996. On July 4, 2000 Derek released his first solo album, after a quarter century in the music business. The critically acclaimed album, titled Then & Now featured songs that demonstrated the many facets of St. Holmes talents. After years of Nugent fans begging Ted for Derek’s return, St. Holmes was invited by the Motor City Madman in 2011 to once again take his place on the Nugent stage. Derek appeared on Nugent’s 2014 album ShutUp&Jam, singing the tune “Everything Matters.” In 2015, Derek wrote and recorded new music with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Brad Whitford and released the long awaited follow up to 1981’s Whitford/St. Holmes album. The Reunion album prompted a 2016 summer tour with the band White Snake. Derek is presently playing solo on a variety of Blues Tours and traveling with his own Band, The Derek St. Holmes Band and pleasing rock and roll fans throughout the US. Derek St. Holmes is a living testament to hard work and dedication. His voice remains as powerful as it was in 1974 when Nugent knew he had to snag him for his band. His guitar skills are equal to Nugent as well, a fact often overlooked due to his stellar vocals. St. Holmes’ abilities are surpassed only by his spirit and love of music.

Longtime Tenor Lead Vocalist of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted supergroup Chicago, Scheff joined the group in 1985 replacing the iconic vocalist/bass player Peter Cetera going on to be one of the principal songwriters and main contributors throughout Chicago’s career. Scheff’s songwriting, vocals, and musicianship helped create the most successful recording era of Chicago, the 80s and 90s including hits such as Will You Still Love Me (#3 pop -lead vocals), What Kind Of Man Would I Be (#5 pop -songwriter, lead vocals/bass), Look Away (#1 Billboard song of the year -1989, background vocals/bass), I Don’t Want To Live Without Your Love (#3 pop -background vocals/bass), You’re Not Alone (#10 pop -background vocals/bass), If She Would Have Been Faithful (#17 pop -lead vocals)and We Can Last Forever (#1 AC -songwriter, lead vocals/bass). Scheff is also the voice across 4 decades, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, performing all the classic Chicago hits in thousands of concerts, television appearances, most notably his blistering performance of “25 or 6 to 4” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony for Chicago’s induction in 2016.

Ever since their debut on Warner Brothers Records, the members of Sixwire have been the busiest, hardest-working band to come out of Nashville! Not only have these guys played on countless hit records, but they’ve written hits for many top artists as well, and toured with literally hundreds of stars. They are the “go-to“ guys for television, as house-band on USA Network’s NASHVILLE STAR, FOX’s NEXT GREAT AMERICAN BAND, CMT’s NEXT SUPERSTAR, and ABC’s dramatic series “NASHVILLE”. They’ve performed at Super Bowls 51, 54, and 56, The Daytona 500, the NHL All-Star Game, and they were ESPN’s first ever “house band” for the 2019 NFL Draft.

Ed Roland could never be accused of resting on his laurels. Besides his top-shelf duties as frontman and chief songwriter for Collective Soul (“Shine,” “December,” “The World I Know,” “Right as Rain”), Roland also spearheads a number of solo-driven projects and performs solo gigs whenever he can because, well, music is his life. “Making music is all I ever want to do,” he declares. Not too long ago, Roland was able to, as he puts it, “fulfill my dream of recording and playing songs in the Americana vein” with the refreshing, down-home sounds of The Sweet Tea Project. More recently, Roland got by with a little help from some of his friends during the pandemic by laying down more than a few energizing and somewhat experimental tunes under Alien Attitude moniker that resulted in The Living Room EP, a direct homage to the sounds and sensibilities of one of his absolute favorite bands growing up. “I wanted to make a record like The Cars,” Roland readily admits, “and that’s exactly what we did.” All signposts point to a second Alien Attitude release on the horizon, so keep your ears peeled accordingly. In the meantime, Roland plans to continue venturing out on his own whenever the mood strikes. “Doing solo projects like these really helps cleanse the palate,” he believes. All of it serves to ultimately make him a stronger, more well-rounded artist overall. Come one, come all, and see Ed Roland flex his creative muscles the only way he knows how — by constructing and performing new music that soothes the soul, collectively or otherwise. —Mike Mettler, official Soulographer

With their trademark red leather pants, bandannas, big rock sound and high-energy live show, Loverboy has sold more than 10 million albums, earning four multi-platinum plaques, including the four-million-selling Get Lucky, and a trio of double-platinum releases in their self-titled 1980 debut, 1983’s Keep It Up and 1985’s Lovin’ Every Minute of It. Their string of hits includes, in addition to the anthem “Working for the Weekend,” arena rock staples as “Lovin’ Every Minute of It,” “This Could Be the Night,” “Hot Girls in Love,” “The Kid is Hot Tonite,” “Notorious”, “Turn Me Loose,” “When It’s Over,” “Heaven In Your Eyes” and “Queen of the Broken Hearts.” Reno has also contributed to various film soundtracks, such as the duet “Almost Paradise” for the movie Footloose, among many others.