instrument of choice. Part of the inspiration came from the “cool record collections” of his older siblings. “I would help myself to those records and throw them on. As a kid, I always heard the drums. I would say playing drums kind of found me,” he contends. Briand played in high school and “jammed” with a few bands in college. Later, while living in Maine, he was involved with several cover bands. “I really love music — and I do it to kind of escape the daily bullsh*t,” he says. “Working with these guys is easy because they are so talented.” Motivational beginnings Schrimpf and Lame share their own startup stories. The first instrument for Schrimpf was an accordion. But when he saw and heard a friend playing in a band at the end of eighth grade, the tune changed. “I said to myself, ‘This is something I’ve got to do. This is the coolest thing on Earth.’ I asked Phil, ‘What instrument is hardest for you to find?’ That’s how I decided to become a bass player.” At age 18, Schrimpf toured Wisconsin and neighboring states with a four-piece band. Many years later, after his children were grown, a new band titled The Boomers played together for seven years. In a sign of the bonds among musicians, both groups included Phil, Schrimpf’s friend from eighth grade. The beginnings for Lame also involved both family and friends. “My older brother was a bass player and his band practiced in our basement. I would sneak down and watch them,” he shares. “The drummer asked if I was going to play music like my brother. I would see all the prettiest girls with one guy. I asked: ‘What instrument does he play?’ I found out it was lead guitar and I said, ‘I’m going to be that guy.’” Lame was paid to play at age 13. Later, he was a sound man for his brother’s band that toured the U.S. and Canada. In his 20s, he played with various bands at famous venues in New York City. Later, he took on the role of Graham Nash in a Crosby Stills & Nash tribute band. He cites his “claim to fame” was playing five years in a row on the stage at what was then the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., rated one of the top amphitheaters in the country. “You name a band and they have played there.”
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