The Band (Season 4)

## Description

During season 4, the previous band was replaced by white-suited elders to add some elegance to this season's vibe. This band has: The Bassist, The Trombonist, The Guitarist, The Pianist and The Drummer. They compose The New Introductory Theme of the Show, The Music when Eric will make a opening monologue, the guest entries and the Theme of the commercials.

# The Guitarist

Acted By: Don Peake

Prolific and versatile musician Donald Geoffrey Peake was born on June 7, 1940 in Los Angeles, California. Peake began his long and distinguished music career in 1961 as a lead guitarist for the Everly Brothers. Don holds the distinction of being the first white guitarist to play with the Ray Charles Orchestra, with whom he both recorded for and toured with for ten years. Peake played guitar on the classic Phil Spector recordings "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by the Righteous Brothers and "River Deep, Mountain High" by Ike and Tina Turner. He's the lead guitarist on the Jackson Five hit songs "ABC" and "I Want You Back." Among the other artists Don has played guitar for are John Lennon, the Commodores, Jan and Dean, the Mamas and the Papas, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, the Temptations, the Beach Boys, Billy Preston, Diana Ross, and Sonny and Cher. He's a member of an elite group of musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." Peake studied guitar with legendary guitarists Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts, and Joe Pass. Moreover, Don did the arrangements for Bobby Darin's hit rendition of Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter," Gloria Gaynor's hugely successful disco album "Love Tracks," Jermaine Jackson's "Let's Get Serious" album, and the smash disco song "Don't Take Away the Music" by Tavares. Peake has worked as an arranger for such artists as Roy Orbison, Kenny Rankin, the Monkees, Wayne Newton, Sonny and Cher, Minnie Ripperton, the Fifth Dimension, and Hank Williams, Jr. Don collaborated with director Wes Craven on the scores for the cult horror favorite "The Hills Have Eyes" and the equally creepy "The People Under the Stairs." Peake did the chillingly effective scores for the fright features "The Prey," "The House Where Death Lives," the made-for-TV vampire picture "I, Desire," and "Sandman." In addition, Don did the scores for the Academy Award-winning short live movies "Violet" and "In the Region of Ice." Peake scored 77 episodes of the hit TV series "Knight Rider," which he worked on for three and a half years. He studied composition and orchestration with Paul Glass and Dr. Albert Harris and conducting with Broadway maestro Samuel Krachmalnick. Peake has served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Composers and Lyricists and as a judge for the Grammy Awards in the arranging category. He's also a member of both the Music Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Television Academy. Don Peake was inducted into the Musician's Fall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on November 26, 2007.￼

# The Drummer

Acted By: Tony Katsaras

Tony Is a Veteran served in the USCG was born in San Francisco, where he learned the drums, He had a big hand for the topless era with Dave Rosenberg for the Condor club in SF and Carol Doda, he produced the shows and played drums at the Condor, he had a band called Sam and the Ape men 64 to 67 in 1965 Tony got a part in dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, ect. Than hook up with the famous Mary Kaye Trio who was very big in Vegas ,Tour the world doing TV, Being her MC and drummer to 71 since Tony did a movie he had the chance to join SAG moved to LA in 68 and became a member in 1973 He always had a love for acting, He study in Los Angeles, with Lee Strasberg school on Santa Monica bl West Hollywood, FIWI ,Estelle Harmon, Sid Melton, Merricks. Hollywod Academy of Actors. He also writes songs produced them had a couple on pop and country radio, he is Greek. He was signed to William Morris for 3 yrs when they cut 300 actors him being one of them, His love show's in his acting, Now as of today he lives in LA. Acting has been his choice since 73.