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The
Holiday Band Bio Due to the success of the recordings made by the band the appearances increased to where the band now plays 175 plus dates each year. The Holiday Band has received several awards including a CAMMY for best album. The Rhythm & Beach top 40 count down recently awarded the band for having the most songs to chart in the past 10 years! Doug Neese has taught for years in Alamance Co. is the rock solid bass player as well as another lead vocalist. Doug has performed his whole life including an appearance with legend Bob Hope on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Mike Neese is a lead vocalist and plays guitar. His version of After The Lovin’ stayed on the R & B chart for 62 weeks. Mikes charm swoons the ladies in the audience as he performs smoothies and classic deep R&B. Mark Payne received a masters degree from UNC-G after he graduated from Elon College with a music degree. Mark has been a band director in Alamance County and Orange County for over 25 years. Mark plays Saxophone and keyboards. Bob Martin was taught to play sax by his father in Fullerton, CA., little did he know he would be performing professionally by 1972 with an eleven piece show band from LA called, "XS Baggage"! He toured the US and Canada for seven years. While living in Sante Fe, NM, he recorded a Fusion album with a jazz band called, "Touch". Bob is no stranger to big name acts such as BB King and Wilson Pickett. As a freelance musician, he has played in concert with the Coasters, the Drifters, Little Anthony, Lou Christy, BJ Thomas, and Dan Fogelberg. Whether you hear Bob playing those sweet jazz-infuenced melodies or his, sometimes, blistering solos, you will come to find a truly seasoned musician with his choice of stage instruments being Alto, Tenor and Baritone saxes! Mike
Taylor graduated from Elon with a B.S. in music as a voice
major. Mike is a lead vocalist, plays guitar, keyboards and writes
much of the Holiday Band’s music. In 2003, Mike Taylor penned
and sang “I’m Man Enough” which stayed #1 on the
R&B charts for 22 weeks, and went on to win “Song of The
Year” at the 2003 Carolina Beach Music Awards Show. Mike has
a great understanding of how to lead an audience to make everyone
have a great time. Bill Ward is the drummer for THB. After spending several years in California, Bill returned home and is a large part of the Holiday Rhythm section groove. The Holiday Band has recorded Eight cds
on Ripete Records. Their cd releases are available at 150 The
Holiday Band is proudly sponsored by McDonald’s, Pepsi,
Hayes Jewelers of Lexington, and Custom Woodworks
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