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Meet Steve! Steve Froese  first cut his teeth in the early nineties playing with Quazi and the Motos, a high-powered Fort Worth rock, funk and blues band.  Shortly after, Steve was called to play for the Six Flags Over Texas shows at the Southern Palace Theater.  Steve then started teaching private percussion lessons and performing with the James Davis Orchestra.  He performed corporate functions, debutant balls, award ceremonies.  At the same time, Steve was doing more session work, including performing with The Image, a jazz and Latin band which performed at George W. Bush's gubernatorial inauguration.  Steve's name got out even more, getting hooked up with more studio work which he still does today.  When time permits, he is in the recording studio with legendary guitarist Manny Charlton.  He completed four of Manny's latest  solo albums.  He has recorded radio commercials and jingles, such as 106.1 KBLX in San Francisco, Star-102 in Kansas City (for singing background) and, WSIX in Nashville.  Steve started performing military tours with country singer, Penny Gilley, traveling to South Korea (twice), Japan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Alaska.  He also performed in Norway for a country music festival.  Steve is currently performing in Branson, Missouri, and teaching private percussion lessons.

Education: Bachelor of Applied Arts, University of North Texas, Denton (1994) with a major in Music Performance. Also, college course work at Grayson Community College, Denison, Texas and the University of Texas Arlington.

Performing Experience:

  • Stage and studio drummer for numerous bands and recording artists in the music business.

  • Experience in all music genres, including classic rock, jazz, fusion, R&B, top 40, Latin, country and Christian rock.

  • Drum features and vocal solos for concerts and events.

  • Successful experience in scheduled stage performances in major theatres at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, Texas, RFD-TV The Theatre, Music City Theatre, God and Country Theatre and The Americana Theatre, Branson Missouri.

  • Travel including armed forces tours with the Penny Gilley Band in South Korea, Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and many casino showrooms across the U.S.