RHAN WILSON
Rhan Wilson grew up in Santa Cruz and has performed with such locals as Bob Burnett, Pipa Piñon, Daniel Lewis, Gary Regina, Erin Schwartz, and Max Drake as well as others for the past twenty years.
In 1989 he started the publication MASC (Music and Art Santa Cruz), a monthly which covered local music and art and featured interviews with local groups. The earthquake brought about the end of the publication, but not before a noticeable shift took place in local music coverage. At least one MASC knock-off briefly surfaced, but fell short in it's commitment to local arts and music.

In 1992 Rhan made the short move to San Francisco where he began playing percussion with the group Haunted By Waters, which featured other Santa Cruz locals including David Hannibal, Cait McWhir and Greg Stone. The group's CD, "Like The Dust" achieved national distribution and widespread air play.

Soon establishing himself in the SF music scene, Rhan appeared by invitation with Zakir Hussain, Pete and Sheila Escovedo, Michael Shrieve, Baba Olatunji, Mickey Hart and the rest of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead for the Polo Field Memorial for Jerry Garcia. People Magazine, The Grateful Dead Almanac, Rolling Stone Magazine, and the hardback book "Garcia" were among those publishing photos of Rhan's performance.

David Gans' book entitled, "The Online World Remembers Jerry Garcia"included Rhan's written account of the event entitled, "My View From The Stage."

Shortly thereafter, Rhan began working with the group THOTH, playing percussion and with violinist S.K. Thoth, creating "dhejuti records" which has now produced several CD's for the group THOTH.

Rhan is now living back in Santa Cruz where he continues to produce and perform music of all styles.

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BOB BURNETT
Bob Burnett moved from the East Coast to Santa Cruz, California in 1978 and started performing in a series of swing groups, influenced by Django Reinhardt and Charlie Parker. In the mid eighties, Burnett started exploring rock and world beat as well as playing in the house band for the children's television show, "Kid's Clubhouse," on San Jose's KTEH. In the late eighties, Bob worked briefly for E-Mu Systems, where he developed a strong interest in sampling technology. Since then he has played with groups ranging from Rock to African to Klezmer to Jazz, touring and recording with local and nationally known groups including Pele Juju, Pipa Piñon, and Kosono.

Bob has just released a solo CD, entitled "Loops & Lines." The project combines the acoustic guitar with sampling and loops. It also includes some of the best musicians in the Bay Area who have played and or recorded with such diverse artists as George Harrison, Mickey Hart, and Pavarotti.

For more information, you can email him at:burb@etrassociates.org

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PIPA PINON
Pipa Piñon is an innovator. She has written three one woman plays, sang with Performance Art Dance group Tandy Beal and Co. and recorded for Windham Hill artist Michael Hedges on his "Road to Return" album. Her CD 'World For The First Time' was well received by radio stations in California, Arizona and New Mexico. After touring the Southwest in '94  and Europe in '95, Pipa Piñon has returned to the San Francisco Bay area to record her next CD with her band, the Shapeshifters.
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KELVIN HAN YEE
A veteran of the San Francisco Bay Area theater, Kelvin has performed with regional companies for over 10 years. He originated the roles of Victor Iwasaki and Bradley Yamashita in Berkeley Repertory Theater's productions of Philip Kan Gotanda's two plays: Fish Head Soup and Yankee Dawg you Die (Los Angeles Theater Center). Other memorable roles include parts in: The Beaux'Stratagem and Last of the Suns, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, The Marriage of Figaro, Saint Joan, The Seagull, Hapgood, Marco Millions and Twelfth Night (American Conservatory Theater); The Two Noble Kinsmen and Fifth of July (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon); creating the role of Carlton for the San Francisco Mime Troupe and numerous productions with Asian American Theater Company. Mr. Yee's television work includes guest starring appearances in Nash Bridges with Don Johnson and Gideon Oliver with Lou Gosset Jr., as well as Tales of the City for American Playhouse and Back to the Streets of San Francisco. Film credits include starring in A Great Wall and Chalk (S.F. International Film Festival). Other appearances include roles in Copycat, So I Married an Axe Murderer, and American Sons, Robin William's True Crime and Patch Adams.

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CYOAKHA
Cyoakha, from Portland, Oregon formed the national touring tribal-trance band, Land of the Blind, and in her four years as lead singer/songwriter she wrote, recorded and produced 3 critically acclaimed award-winning albums, received national radio airplay, toured the country several times, and recently had a piece accepted for the soundtrack of an "indie" movie. She was also chosen for the award/grant ;Young American Composer Award; for her second album,;Out of Chaos,; by A.S.C.A.P. (American Society of Composers and Performers) in New York. A recent move to San Francisco includes the recording of several new projects, fronting the world-fusion band, Azigza, and work on several screenplay soundtracks.

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JANET ROITZ
Janet Roitz has studied theatre, music and dance in New York City as well as in San Francisco, where she now resides.She is active performing in plays, teaching dance, and singing on her friends CD's.

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CAZZIE CUTTING
Cazzie Cutting would like to thank his diaper service and all his stuffed animals for their support. He continues to work on his vocal technique and is particularly fond of practicing in the wee hours of the morning.

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