Meet Total Eclipse
Anna
drums
Anna is a San Francisco Bay Area native. Originally studying clarinet, saxophone, trumpet and piano in elementary school, she first picked up a pair of drumsticks in the 8th grade. Throughout high school and college Anna played percussion in wind ensemble, and drum set in jazz band and various original and cover bands of different genres. Anna was also a member of the Cal Band (UC Berkeley) from 2002-2006. In addition to Total Eclipse, Anna currently plays with: Go Kart Mozart (Indie Rock), West Grand Blvd (Motown/R&B/Soul), The Seth Chaplas (Instrumental Rock), and various other local groups.
Gary
bass guitar
Gary started playing music shortly after high school. He has played in
numerous bands and brings his years of experience with him. He holds
the bottom end of the rhythm section together and loves learning new
music and styles.
Jerry
keyboards, rhythm guitar
Jerry amazingly has more than twenty-five years experience playing in live bands, both cover and original, having started his first band at only age ten. Jerry has performed in venues ranging in size from a six seat living room (his friend Jenny's) to a ten thousand seat concert venues (The Concord Pavilion) and is equally entertaining in both and everything in between. Jerry plays guitar, sax, piano/keyboards, bass, and was a tuba major at San Jose State University. Jerry is proud to be one of the founding members of Total Eclipse and couldn't imagine playing with a better group of performers.
Lisa
vocals
Lisa moved to San Francisco from her home of New York City three years ago, and is thrilled to be putting her chops to use with Total Eclipse! She also sings in an all-female a cappella group, The Loose Interpretations, based in San Francisco. Her musical tastes are all over the map, ranging from soul and motown to pop and contemporary. Her all time favorite, of course, is music from the 80s!
Michael
vocals, rhythm keys, percussion
Michael is a singer and songwriter from Pittsburg, California. He joined the band in 2004, adding his versatile baritone voice to the lush three part harmony that Total Eclipse is known for. Taking the lead on songs that need a deeper voice, Michael transforms into David Byrne, Jim Morrison, and even Prince.
Mike
lead guitar
Mike has been playing music for just as long as Jerry, in fact, they have been friends and band mates since childhood. Mike was a founding member of Total Eclipse who left for New York and has since returned to take his rightful place as lead guitarist for the band. Mike is a huge fan of punk rock, 70's disco, and basically anything Paul hates.
Paul
vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul is one of the founding members of Total Eclipse. He has been performing professionally since he was 16, playing country music shows all over the midwest. He had a recording contract with Atlantic Nashville in the 90's, has had some moderate success as a songwriter, and has been playing in various bands in the bay area since 1998. He is currently also performing with Retro Rock It based in Napa, CA.
