THE SLUGGER TRASK BAND

THE SLUGGER TRASK BAND IS A HIGH ENERY BLUES/ROCK BAND WITH UNBELIEVABLE TALENT. FROM SLUGGERS SOULFUL VOICE, DIANAMIC ORGAN, AND KEYBOARD PARTS, SCEAMING, TASTEFUL GUITARS AND A FAT BOTTOM. IF YOU LIKE THE BLUES THIS IS A MUST LISTEN. SLUGGER HAS PLAYED WITH SOME OF THE GREATS IN THIS BUSINESS. JUST READ HIS BIO BELOW. Band Members Slugger Trask - Lead Vocals, Key Boards Mark Lockhart - Bass Guitar, Vocals The rest of the band to be added as soon as bios are completed. Keep watching

About The Slugger Trask Band Slugger Trask was raised Miami Ok. He was childhood friends With the late Steve and Cassie Gaines ( of Lynyrd Skynyrd fame ) and younger brother Bob Gaines. Ace Moreland, Barry Rapp ( of The Henry Paul Band and Ghost Riders ) so you can see this generation was loaded with musical talent for such a small town. Slugger and his brother Skipper, were born into a musical family were his mother influenced them at a young age. Slugger learned trumpet in grade school but soon found his calling on a piano. Through his early years he was in numerous band including The TNT Band which was founded by Slugger and his brother Skipper . In the early 80's Slugger and Skipper moved to Jacksonville Fl to try and jump start their music career. They met Mark Lockhart through mutual friend Bob Gaines and imediately became best of friends. Skipper returned to Ok but Mark and Slugger founded The Diamond in the Rough Band. This was a rock band with high energy. Sluggers talent spead like wild fire and his soulful voice left people amazed. It wasn't long before Slugger was recruited by Bob Greenly, owner of Kingsnake Records out of Sanford Fl, and Guitar exstrordinar Drew Lumbar and they formed Dr. Hector an the Groove Injectors. During the years with Dr. Hector Slugger played and tour with such greats as Alex and James Taylor, B.B. King, Greg Almond, Cocoa Taylor, Bo Didley, members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band, 38 Special, The Outlaws, Marshall Tucker, The Henry Paul Band, and The Kate Brothers, just to name a few. Dr Hector Recorded 4 solid albums and had, a very successful run. Slugger left Dr. Hector in the mid 90"s. He started The Slugger Grand Slam Band which lasted just a couple years. Up until 2000 Slugger had several bands which included, Stepdaddy and Mudcat with only local success. During the years of 2001 and 2002 Slugger lost his brother Skipper to a tragic accident and shortly after his mother to a terminal illness. Slugger dropped out of music until 2005 when He and Drew Lumbar were discussing putting Dr. Hector back together again when unexpectedly Drew Lumbar Past away. Slugger was devistated but in October he recieved an unexpected call from long time friend and brother from another mother Mark Lockhart. Mark and Slugger began recording tracks in Jan of 2006 and 6 weeks later the demo album Slugger Trask Groove Injected was born. Now back together with his long time friend he has been rejuvinated and the creative juices have begun to flow. Slugger is an incredible vocalist, musician, songwriter and composer. Slugger and Mark, with the help of another long time friend Bob Booth have put together an allstar lineup and will begin playing in April or May of 2006 in San Diego Ca. Slugger has never tour the west coast so we will make San Diego home for a while and see what happens. Watch out for this band. If you like a blues based music with an edge, this is a must listen. Slugger and Mark have already began writing the sequil and are also working on a chistian project. give Thank You Lord and Come And Follow My Jesus a listen. We hope you like it. Mark Lockhart hails from Oceanside Ca. Like Slugger Mark started playing music at a very youg age. Influenced by his father a world class vocalist, Mark began playing the clarinet in second grade. His music teachers were Mr. Reed, and Mr. Kimble for those of you locals who took a music program in the S.D school system. By 5th grade Mr. Richard Halseth had taken over the music program and convinced Mark to take up the sax. Which he played through High School. When Mark was in Jr. High Mr Halseth moved to Oceanside High School, (where Mark Later followed thank God) and Mr. Ritchie Langin ( of the Langin Brothers Band ) took over at Jefferson Jr. High and started teaching Mark how to play a bass guitar, Mr. Langen had Mark join his nephew, Jay Wesloh, and drummer Mike Quiros ( of Incognito ) to form The Outcast Band, where he played until high school. After high school Mark moved to Jax Fl. where he met Bob Gaines a drummer ( younger brother to the Great Steve and Cassie Gaines ). They soon became best of friends and played in several local bands together. Shortly after, Bob introduced Mark to Slugger and Skipper Trask of his home town of Miami Ok. They imediately hit it off and the four of them were inseprable. Where there was one, you were sure to see another. They had a band called TNT ( Trask&Trask ) and recorded their first album in Long Branch Recording, Tulsa Ok. ( then owned by Eric Clapton ) But soon after Slugger moved to Jax. permanently where he and Mark founded Diamond in the Rough, with guitar wizard Toni Butrum. After Slugger was signed with Kingsnake Records. Mark kicked around Jax Playing with several small groups. One of which was Mixed Nut's featuring the late Leon Wilkerson( of Lynyrd Skynyrd fame ) and Susan Clark daughter of Roy Clark. In the late 80's when Skynyrd reunited, Mark moved back to Calif where he and his brother formed The Eggmen, later changed to Blind Dog and tooled around the local clubs in S.D. for a few years. In 1991 Mark moved to L.A. He stayed out of the main stream music life until reuniting with Slugger in Oct. of 2005. He went to Ok. in Jan of 2006 where he and Slugger along with guitarists Glenn Sears and Chuck Mazio recorded their new 16 track demo. Mark is back in S.D. putting together some remarkable local talent to form The Slugger Trask Blues Band. Slugger will be joining him sometime in April. Watch out San Diego Because this band ROCKS. the rest of the bands bios will be added as soon as they are complete. Keep watching.Myspace Backgrounds

Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Lowell George and Little Feat, Crawdad, Lynyrd Skynyrd, B.B. King, The Beatles, The Eagles, oh hell there's to many to list, but you get the point.