A Band With Pacific
Northwest Ties
Whit,
Larry, Frank and Sammy - RockStock 2002
The
Breaks
Kennesaw,
Georgia
1998
- 2014
Members
Larry
"Sticks" Aquilino ~ Drums
*Sammy
"Swede" Carlson ~ Bass, Vocals
*Whit
"Three Notes" Gardner ~ Guitar, Vocals
*Frank
"The Furter" Moncrief ~ Guitar, Harp, Vocals
Alumni
*Neil
"Schroeder" Davies ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Beatrice
"Lou" Eller ~ Drums, Vocals
*Steve
"Buttboy" Osterholtz ~ Drums, Vocals
Julia
Warnes-Slutz ~ Vocals
Lane
Whitfield ~ Bass
*
Original Member
The
Breaks started out in the Summer of '98 when Whit, Frank and Sammy got
together after a Weekend Warrior event at the Atlanta Sports Bar.
The first name for the band was "Sam I Am". Things just went
downhill
from there.
We added a
female
drummer who stayed with us for a short while, then brought in Steve
Osterholtz
to replace her. We don't recall her name but Sammy smiles every
time
he thinks of her. Shortly after that, Neil "Schroeder" joined us
on keys. Not long after overcoming the language barrier between
Neil
and the rest of the band (coming from Blackpool, England, Neil speaks
the
"Queen's English), Lou Eller came in on drums to replace Steve who
relocated
to North Carolina. Larry "Sticks" replaced Lou in the Summer of
2001.
They say that
it
is okay for a band to go through a thousand drummers, but when you are
on your third bass player, it is time to break up. Sammy had been
our only bass player, until he was called out of a lengthy retirement
from
the US Army to serve again between 2005 and 2010, including two
deployments
to Afghanistan. The Breaks were only on their second bass player,
so it looks like we will be around for a while longer... especially
since
the original bass player, Sammy, is back with the guys.
The Breaks is a
classic
rock band that plays just about anything that will make people tap
their
toes and get up and dance. For bookings, write to The
Breaks
