Kara McKee
Ann Wilson / Pat Benatar
Kara is originally from Pittsburgh, PA where she received her BA in Dance from Point Park University and trained as a classical vocalist with instructors from Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh Opera. Kara has performed on the national tours of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Alice) and Rugrats (featured tap dancer, original cast) which took her across the United States. Kara’s regional theater credits include; Cinderella, Peter Pan, Annie Warbucks and the Pittsburgh premier of Schoolhouse Rock Live! Stock credits include Funny Girl, Ruthless, Will Roger’s Follies, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Crazy for You. Kara has been seen in Hollywood Fashion Machine (as Norma Shearer) for A&E and been featured in the film Jimmy Bones (with Costas Mandylor). She has been seen on TV as a hip hop dancer for the UK artist “Billie” during the Women’s World Cup, as A Chorus Line dancer for Japanese TV and even had the opportunity to tap dance on The Today Show. While in NYC, Kara also performed at the world famous Radio City Music Hall.
Kara’s versatile vocals took her around the world while singing for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, and Crystal Cruises. She has been a singer in a cappella groups at Disney’s California Adventure and Universal Studios. She was selected to sing the theme song for the unveiling of the new Porsche model cars and was named Best Vocalist by Callback Entertainment for her performance in The Golden Rainbow AIDS Benefit in Las Vegas.
Kara has owned and managed one of the top performing arts schools in Las Vegas. During the time that she ran the school, she won numerous national titles and awards for her choreography and instruction. She has also choreographed the musicals Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol and Little Shop of Horrors, for which she was nominated for a Gene Kelly Award.
Kara is the President of GetDancewear.com and has designed and developed numerous products for her brand Pack2Rack. She holds a US Patent on one of her designs. Kara was chosen as one of the “Remarkable Women” which is a nationwide initiative to honor women that inspire, lead and forge the way for other women.
Kara has been seen on many stages in Las Vegas, including Fremont Street and with the show Raiding the Rock Vault. Her cover band High Rocktane is one of the top bands in Vegas and has won 4 Best of Las Vegas Awards. They have performed at many venues including The M Resort, Westgate, The Strat, Excalibur, and New York New York, and Mandalay Bay Casinos.
Betsy Holm
Nancy Wilson
Betsy Holm is a singer/songwriter specializing in vocals and guitar. She was born and raised in Pasadena & Temple City, CA. where she began her career performing in rock bands all across Southern California, including popular venues like The Whiskey, The Roxy and the famous Gazzari’s.
She now resides in Las Vegas, NV and has been singing there for 30 years. Performing at almost every venue on the Las Vegas Strip over the years has enabled her to land a residency gig at The Hard Rock Cafe for their popular “Acoustic Breakfast” for the past 9 years.
Betsy has had featured interview/performances on the 3 major Las Vegas network T.V. morning shows. Much of her career has been in the studio as a session singer so you may have heard her voice on several radio/T.V. commercials across the country including her originals in CBS’s ‘A Very Married Christmas‘ and The Lifetime Channel’s ‘Odd Girl Out‘.
She was recently asked to join some performances with The American Vinyl All Star band led by ‘Skunk‘ Baxter from Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers as well as Barry Goudreau from the band Boston.
Although Betsy has been the lead singer for several bands, her favorite musical outlet is picking up her guitar and performing acoustically which can be heard on her CD ‘By Request‘.
For more information about Betsy and her performance schedule go to www.BetsyHolm.com
Julia Sara
Nancy Wilson
Julia played both Stevie Nicks and Nancy Wilson in the successful Chicago based tribute to Heart & Fleetwood Mac for 6 years at The Mirage. She has shared the stage with celebrated artists such as Cheap Trick, Grand Funk, Paul Rogers, Howard Leese (Heart!), Mickey Thomas, Joan Jett, Jim Peterik, Mike Reno, Survivor, Three Dog Night, Sammy Hagar, Sabastian Bach, Geoff Tage, and Kevin Chalfont. Most notable venues played include House of Blues, Comiskey Park, Hawthorne Racetrack, Vic Theatre, Navy Pier, World Music Theatre, OC Pavilion, Wildflower Fest, and Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience Julia also performs as Stevie Nicks and Nancy Wilson in the national tribute shows Fleetwood Nicks and Heart Alive, and the Chicago-based Fleetwood Mac/Tom Petty tribute Chasing Rumours. Julie Sara is an original artist having released 2 albums under Surrounding Sara and Love Survive. For more on Julia, please visit surroundingsara.com and lovesurvive.com.
Eden Stollman
Lead Guitar / Keyboards
Born and raised in Motown, Eden has been playing guitar and singing in bands since age 16. He cut his musical teeth in grade school on the clarinet, but ultimately found influences such as Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson, Dick Wagner, and Glen Buxton more suitably inspiring than Benny Goodman. As a result, the balance of his teens were spent logging his share of “garage time” with various local bands. Soon after, Eden was a working musician, “fronting”, and playing lead guitar for some of Detroit’s biggest drawing club acts.
In addition to extensive live experience, Eden has spent countless hours honing his guitar/vocal/production skills in prominent Detroit studios, including Pearl Sound, Ambiance, Sound Suite, White Room, and Oracle.
Among Eden’s musical experiences in Detroit was playing lead guitar for Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. Eden spent five months rehearsing and developing material with the band for the album “The Fire Inside”. Eden left the band when plans for a tour to support the album were cancelled.
Soon after, Eden was touring extensively with SBK artist “The Greg Stryker Band”, playing lead guitar, singing back-up, and serving as Music Director.
Feeling stifled by his lack of national exposure in Detroit, Eden decided to follow many a musician and made the big move out to Los Angeles. Soon after arriving Eden was regularly performing at The Roxy, The Whiskey, Club Lingerie, and other Hollywood haunts with an all original band called “Swamp”. After this Eden took a decisive break from performing and concentrated on music production techniques. Itching to get out and play again, Eden was introduced to former Vixen guitarist Jan Kuehnemund. They began writing with Tom Moglovkin and Marc Dilorenzo and formed “Population 361” which Eden fronted and shared guitar duties with Jan.
While living in southern California, Eden opened Core Audio recording studio in Hermosa Beach California. The studio featured Pro Tools and Eden recorded Population 361 as well as many other projects.
In 2001 Vixen reunited and was asked to participate in “The Voices Of Metal Tour”. The tour featured Vince Neil, Ratt, and Slaughter, as well as Vixen. The tour covered much of the U. S. performing in venues as large as 17,000. Eden was asked to perform keyboard & rhythm guitar duties as well as serve as the band’s road manager.
In the spring of 2002, Eden was contacted by Paul Haynes to audition for a multimillion dollar show being developed in Las Vegas known as “SpellBinder”. Eden was originally considered for the Keyboardist/Rhythm Guitarist slot, but after hearing him play just one song on the guitar, Paul was certain he had found his lead guitarist. Soon after, Eden packed up his studio and moved to Las Vegas and started to rehearse and record what would become the first album from SpellBinder. In SpellBinder Eden performed as music director, lead guitarist, vocalist, studio engineer, and co-producer.
Barry Barnes
Bass / Vocals
Barry is currently playing with Shrapnel Recording Artist Count’s 77, Shrapnel Recording Artist The Stoney Curtis Band, and Independent Recording Artist The John Zito Band. Previously he has played in the Las Vegas shows Rock of Ages, Tenors of Rock and Raiding the Rock Vault and many others in Las Vegas.
Glenn Mungcal
Bass / Vocals
Glenn is originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia where received his Bachelors and Masters in Education from Old Dominion University and has his doctorate in Higher Education Administration. Glenn began his music training as a young child with the piano and organ lessons. At age 13 he picked up his first guitar and years later also took up the bass. He has played with many Las Vegas bands including Wildcard, Red Lyon and Dazed and Confused. Glenn is the bass player for the popular 4 time Best of Las Vegas winning band High Rocktane.
Jeff Tetrault
Drums
Hailing from Winnipeg, Canada, Jeff Tetrault started performing and touring all over Canada with many different original acts, eventually ending up acquiring a music performance diploma at MacEwan University. That led to a four year tenure at Carnival Cruise Lines, performing an array of musical styles. After meeting his wife at sea and settling in Las Vegas, Jeff has been performing non stop, playing such notable shows as Legends In Concert, Australian Bee Gees, and events with the Lucky Devil’s band. Jeff also performed at the Fremont Street Experience for 6 years with the band Crush and is now a regular there with the band Atomic Radio.