Crazy

Ric Carhart began his musical journey at age 13 as a guitar player, and started his first band at the age of 14. After College he decided to embark upon a professional music career and joined Pocono mountain area show band Thea & Company, and then later he joined the lineup in the top 40’s group Magic. Magic also served as house backing band for many headlining performers throughout the 80’s on the Pocono resorts entertainment scene, allowing him to hone his musical skills to a new level. In 1992 he joined NJ based original band Tim Carbone and The Kings In Disguise, and later in the 90‘s he worked with popular area country music bands The Cramer Brothers and Tommy Schaffer & The Blue Mountain Ramblers. Over the years Ric has shared the stage in support of many major acts from Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynrd, and Jeff Beck, to Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Sara Evans and many more. Ric has a wide range of musical influences that range from Paul McCartney and James Jamerson all the way to Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten.

Jim "JAMO" Flynn has been playing drums for his whole life.  In High School he joined a rock band called “London Fog” which worked the Central Jersey area scene and the band went on to do a TV commercial for the Boy Scouts in 1969.  Jim earned the song writing credit for scoring the music for the spot. While in high school Jim started doing recording sessions for Venture Sound Studios in Hillsborough, NJ. He later joined country & rock band “Bittersweet” and recorded an album called “High in the Wild” in 1971. The band had a successful run on the 70’s jersey rock scene. Jim went on to do a host of studio recording sessions and wrote numerous commercials, jingles, and radio music spots for corporate clients. Later on Jim played many "one-nighters" with jazz great Harry Leahey, Jim Long, & others. He joined “Breakfast of Champions” and traveled the East coast club scene for a number of years. After “Breakfast”, Jim went on the road as a hired professional, touring through 37 states recording and playing with a multitude of touring acts. Currently Jim does work for a host of local recording studios and has performed live with BB and The Stingers, Johnny Charles, Big Daddy and the Wildcats, Can't Stop Now, The Blues Brotherhood, Plainfield Slim, the Tracy Lee Band, and many others.  Jim also lends his talents to molding others as one of the area's best drum instructors.  

​​​Marc Young started playing piano at an early age. He was taught by his father, Jimi Young of the popular Lehigh Valley based group “Slim Pickins”, and his grandfather, Honky Tonk legend “Ragtime Charlie Young”, and began performing with them on stage at the age of 10. Over the years Marc has played the Northeast from N.Y. and  Boston, to the Pocono and Atlantic City Resorts, and everywhere in between. 

​Stephen Kehs - Steph is the Tech, Mother Hen, and most useful member of Big Bone Daddy. A native of West Pen Argyl, PA, Steph runs the sound for us, sets up the backline, finds everything we lose, and thinks two steps ahead of all of us. We couldn't do it without him.