WE ARE A CLASSIC ROCK BAND IN THE DUTCHESS COUNTY - POUGHKEEPSIE AREA. WE HAVE TRIED TO TAILOR OUR BAND TO APPEAL TO THE MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY. WE PLAY A LOT OF OPEN HOUSES , POKER RUNS, AND BIKE FESTS. WE ALSO DO THE LOCAL BAR SCENE, YOU'LL SEE THE DOGS AT DESTEFANO'S OLD ERIE PUB IN MIDDLETOWN, TAPPED OUT IN BLOOMINGBERG, SAND BAR IN JEFFERSON VALLEY, JOHNNY ROCKS IN PLEASANT VALLEY, THE PICKWICK IN POUGHKEEPSIE, BLEACHERS IN HYDE PARK TO NAME A FEW.
WE DO A LOT OF BENEFITS EVERY YEAR - TRYING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US. WE HAVE BEEN ON WPDH'S ROOF-A-THON - ON BIKER NIGHT , OF COURSE , MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY , BREAST CANCER , ETC. WE ALSO HAVE DONE BENEFITS FOR FALLEN BROTHERS, TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES GET OVER ROUGH TIMES - LOTS OF OTHER THINGS - AS LONG AS THE MONEY IS GOING TO A NEEDY CAUSE.
MADD DOG CONSISTS OF JIMI BASS ON VEAD VOCALS AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BILLY BEEHLER ON LEAD GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS, MIKE KEMP ON BASS AND BACKING VOCALS, AND MIKE KOVACS ON DRUMS AND BACKING VOCALS.
JIMI BASS HAS BEEN IN THE AREA FOR SOME TIME NOW , ORIGINALLY COMING OUT OF BROOKLYN, WELL KNOWN N THE COMMUNITY FOR HIS HABIT OF JUST SHOWING UP WITH HIS ACOUSTIC AND ENTERTAINING HIS "BROS" FOR THE HELL OF IT . HIS VOCAL STYLE IS KIND OF A CROSS OVER FROM SOUTHERN ROCK TO COUNTRY, BUT DON'T RULE OUT ZEPPELIN!! HE IS A GREAT ENTERTAINER, WHO GIVES IT HIS ALL , EVERY NIGHT.HE DEFINITLY SETS THE TESTOSTERONE LEVEL HIGH - AIN'T NUTTIN GIRLY ABOUT HIS VOICE!!
BILLY "THE MOUNTAIN" BEEHLER, A POUGHKEEPSIE HOME BOY, IS ANOTHER AREA STAPLE. HE HAS PLAYED IN BANDS LIKE BLACK POWDER WHISKEY AND WITCH HUNT, TO NAME A FEW. HE HAS TOURED THE EAST COAST - MAKING HIS WAY TO FLORIDA FOR SOME RECORDING PROJECTS, BUT COMING BACK HOME HIS MAJOR INFLUENCES ARE STEVIE VAI,(LIKE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT !!) JIMMY PAGE AND ZAPPA. AGAIN - ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMER , WHO GIVES IT HIS ALL EVERY NIGHT!!
BIG MIKE KEMP HAS ALSO LIVED IN THE AREA ALL HIS LIFE. HE HAS BEEN IN THE DEADBEATS, AND GOES OUT OCCASIONALLY WITH SOME MAJOR ACTS. HE IS THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE BAND , AND I GOTTA TELL YA, WE FEEL FORTUNATE TO BE PLAYING WITH HIM, HE IS AN OUTSTANDING BASS PLAYER, PROBABLY THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH , AND WHEN HE SOLO'S , WELL - YA GOTTA SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.WELCOME ABOARD!!
MIKE KOVACS HAS DRIFTED UP OVER THE YEARS FROM TRENTON, N.J. (WHERE??)THE NEWEST MEMBER TO THE AREA,HE IS THE FOUNDER OF "MADD DOG" HE USED TO PLAY WITH CRYSTAL SHIP YEARS AGO, THEN PLAYING IN N.Y. CITY IN THE BLUES CIRCUIT WITH SONNY HUDSON, AND DOING PIC-UP GIGS WITH OTHER PLAYERS. MIKE IS A ROCK SOLID DRUMMER , NUTTIN FANCY - JUST LAYING DOWN A HEAVY FOUNDATION FOR THE REST OF THE BAND TO BUILD ON
ALL IN ALL - WE ARE MORE LIKE A FAMILY THAN A BAND WHEN WE AREN'T GIGGING - WE CAN BE FOUND GETTING BLASTED TOGETHER WITH OUR FAMILIES - HAVIN' A GOOD TIME! THIS BAND HAS BROUGHT US A LOT OF FUN AND WE HAVE MET SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE THERE ARE. GOTTA LOVE THE BIKERS!! THEY KEEP IT REAL -AND THAT IS NO BULLSHIT!! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT - AND WE HOPE,TO BE ENTERTAINING YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
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