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$nbsp; JOE SCHALLMOSER - DRUMMER AND BACKUP VOCALIST “………. BORN IN CHICAGO, IN 1948”, TO PARAPHRASE THE FIRST LINE OF THE LEAD SONG FROM “BLUES BROTHERS, 2000” – “BORN IN CHICAGO”. JOE WAS RAISED IN OLD TOWN, A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS HOME OF THE OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC AND A HOTBED OF MUSIC THAT SUCH BANDS AS “THE BUCKINGHAMS” AND “CHICAGO” FREQUENTED IN THEIR EARLY DAYS. AS A TEENAGER HE STARTED PLAYING DRUMS AS A SNARE DRUMMER IN A LOCAL DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS AND BOUGHT HIS FIRST NEW SET OF DRUMS IN 1966 (THE SAME KIT HE STILL PLAYS OCCASIONALLY AT GIGS). HE STARTED HIS FIRST BAND, “THE RIPTIDES”, WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS PLAYED WITH CLASSIC ROCK, BLUES AND OLDIES BANDS SINCE HE MOVED TO DENVER. HE WAS HONORED WHEN ENDRE CALLED AND ASKED TO HELP HIM PUT TOGETHER “THE LIVING VISION BAND”. HIS MAIN INFLUENCES ARE RINGO STARR, JOE MORELLO, DANNY SERAPHINE (ORIGINAL DRUMMER FOR CHICAGO) AND KENNY ARANOFF (JOHN MELLENCAMP’S DRUMMER FOR NEARLY 14 YEARS). HE HAS NEVER HAD AS MUCH FUN PLAYING MUSIC AS HE IS EXPERIENCING PLAYING WITH THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF MUSICIANS PAYING TRIBUTE TO ELVIS. HE IS MARRIED WITH 4 KIDS AND 9 GRANDKIDS. $nbsp;