Drums - Jim Dudash
Born in Cleveland, Ohio...Jim was self-taught and influenced early in life by Motown, R&B, and later in life by Progressive Rock. He was playing in a Motown band locally (the Chancellors) by the late 1960's. During the 1970's Jim was traveling the U.S. in a Disco/Funk band (Fun Factory), then a stint with a Pop group (the Core Band) where he met and played with Gladys Knight. In 2013 Jim recorded a CD titled "Crush" with a Progressive Rock band called "the Krypton Monkeys".
Jim has played with some of Cleveland's top musicians including Glenn Schwartz of the James Gang and Pacific Gas & Electric, Butch Armstrong of the Armstrong Bearcats Band, Kevin Rian of Rick Derringer, Molly Hatchet and the Pat Travers band, and Jennifer Lee of the Michael Stanley Band.
Jim was featured in a 2014 article in Modern Drummer Magazine.