Band Member Bios

  • DANNY BRASHER
  • RICK HUTTON
  • MIKE CHAPPELL
  • JERRY TRONCALE

 

GUITAR, VOCALS, HARMONICA

BACKGROUND: DANNY WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA AND NOW RESIDES IN GAINESVILLE. HE HAS BEEN PLAYING LOCALLY FOR YEARS AND FORMED THE STRINGFIELD BAND WITH JERRY TRONCALE IN 1995. THE TWO PLAYED AS A DUO IN THE GAINESVILLE AREA FOR OVER TEN YEARS. DANNY WORKS FOR JOHNSON CONTROLS.

 

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: STING, THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AND DON WILLIAMS.

EQUIPMENT:

  • TAYLOR 514 CE ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • CF MARTIN D1 ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • BLUESMAN HARMONICA
  • FENDER ACOUSTIC AMPLIFIER

 

LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS

BACKGROUND: RICK WAS BORN IN WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA. HE STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN. "I LEARNED TO PLAY 'SMOKE ON THE WATER' AND EVERYONE IN THE THIRD GRADE THOUGHT I WAS THE COOLEST! I KNEW I WAS DESTINED TO BECOME A STAR!"

REALITY EVENTUALLY SET IN AND HE DECIDED TO INSTEAD PURSUE ENGINEERING AS A PRIMARY CAREER WITH MUSIC RELEGATED AS A HOBBY. RICK GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. HE LIVED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA FROM 1991 TO 1999. WHILE IN CHARLOTTE HE PLAYED LEAD GUITAR FOR THE BAND 'SMALL TIME JOE'.
RICK HAS A WIFE (JEAN), A SON (RONNIE), AND A DAUGHTER (CLAIRE).

RICK CURRENTLY WORKS AS A WATER/WASTER WATER ENGINEER WITH GAINESVILLE REGIONAL UTILTITIES.

INFLUENCES: ERIC CLAPTON, THE EAGLES, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, AND LYNYRD SKYNYRD.

 

EQUIPMENT:

  • FENDER STRATOCASTER WITH LINDY FRALIN PICKUPS
  • GIBSON LES PAUL
  • TAMA ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • DR. Z MAZ 18 AMPLIFIER

 

 

DRUMS AND PERCUSSION, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS

BACKGROUND: MIKE HAILS FROM GAINESVILLE AND STARTED PLAYING DRUMS IN HIGH SCHOOL. BEFORE JOINING THE STRING KINGS HE PLAYED WITH THE MIDNIGHT MECHANIX AND THE USED BLUES BANDS. IN ADDITION TO DRUMS HE PLAYS PIANO AND KEYBOARDS. MIKE HAS ALSO BEEN TAKING GUITAR LESSONS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND HIS GOAL IS TO BECOME 10% AS GOOD AS RICK.

INFLUCENCES: THE BEATLES, RUSH, THE SMITHS, AND THE EAGLES.

EQUIPMENT:

ACOUSTIC SETUP

  • GRETSCH CATALINA MAPLE SIX-PIECE DRUMSET
  • DW 9002 DOUBLE BASS PEDAL
  • DW 9500 HI-HAT STAND
  • DW 9303 SNARE DRUM STAND
  • DW 9700 CYMBALS STAND
  • DW 9702 DUAL CYMBAL MULTI-STAND
  • ZILDJIAN NEW BEAT 14" HI-HAT CYMBALS
  • ZILDJIAN CUSTOM 16" THIN CRASH CYMBAL
  • PAISTE 2002 17" CRASH CYMBAL
  • PAISTE 2002 22" RIDE CYMBAL
  • ROC-N-SOC DRUM THRONE
  • VIC FIRTH DRUMSTICKS

ELECTRONIC SETUP

  • ROLAND TD-20 VDRUM KIT
  • FOUR ROLAND PD-8 DUAL TRIGGER PADS
  • ROLAND CY-15R V-CYMBAL RIDE
  • TWO ROLAND CY-14C V-CYBALS CRASH
  • ROLAND VH-12 V HI-HAT
  • TWO ROLAND CY-8 DUAL TRIGGER V-CYMBALS
  • ROLAND PM-30 VDRUM MONITOR
  • MACKIE 1530Z THREE-WAY LOUDSPEAKER

KEYBOARDS

  • KURZWEIL PC-88 MX
  • ROLAND JUNO-D

GUITARS

  • LARRIVEE D5
  • FENDER 1952 REISSUE HOT ROD TELECASTER

 

 

BASS GUITAR, VOCALS, GUITAR

BACKGROUND: JERRY WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA AND NOW RESIDES IN ARCHER, FLORIDA. JERRY HAS BEEN PLAYING LOCALLY FOR YEARS AND IN 1995 CO-FOUNDED THE STRINGFIELD BAND WITH DANNY BRASHER.
JERRY STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. IN HIS CIRCLE OF FRIENDS NO ONE PLAYED THE BASS. JERRY BORROWED HIS COUSINS BASS GUITAR AND THE REST WAS HISTORY. HE IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY PAUL MCCARTNEYS STYLE OF PLAYING. JERRY WORKS AT SHANDS HOSPITAL IN GAINESVILLE.

EQUIPMENT:

  • 1957 REISSUE FENDER P BASS GUITAR
  • FENDER JAZZ BASS GUITAR (AMERICAN)
  • 1962 REISSUE HOFNER VIOLIN BASS GUITAR
  • 1978 FENDER ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • FENDER BASSMAN 250 AMPLIFIER
  • AWG REDHEAD AMPLIFIER
  • JBL EON 15" POWERED BASS SUBWOOFER