Beach Bandits
April 29, 2022 @ 9:30 pm
Beach Bandits plays a wide variety of Rock, Blues and Country. We cover artists like Petty, SRV, Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Eric Clapton, the Stones, and feature high-energy jamming that will have you singing along and dancing all night.
Band members:
Steve Founds Guitar/Vocals
Steve’s greatest influences were the British Invasion and California music of the 60s. Growing up on the East Coast, he was surrounded by the Philly sounds, Detroit (Motown), and the county greats from Nashville and later the Austin, Texas sounds. He has played with numerous bands over the years, most recently with Prime Time, a party band who played extensively in the Philadelphia area, Wilmington and Ocean City. Steve enjoys doing solo acoustic performances in addition to rocking with the Beach Bandits. In his spare time he volunteers with the Worcester County Humane Society and Diakonia.
Kevin Compher Bass/Vocals
Kevin has been playing music for 40 years. He started out playing bass in bands and then branching out on guitar and doing solo gigs in the Mid-Atlantic region. His repertoire includes cover music from rock and roll’s earliest acts right up through today’s current artists. He has performed with the Spiderdogs, Spare Change Duo, Time Warp Blues Band, and High Tide. Web: www.kevincmusic.com
Dave Muckel Guitar/Vocals
Dave has been playing guitar for over 40 years. His influences include Clapton, Hendrix, Robin Trower, Ritchie Blackmore and Bill Perry. In the 80s and 90s he was part of a Philadelphia-based power trio called Atlantic Spacific, who had one of their original songs featured on WYSP radio and opened for the Outlaws. He has played with several cover bands since, including The Spots who opened for Chaka Khan at BB King’s Blues Bar in Times Square, and Prime Time.
Jerry Harvey Drums/Vocals
Jerry started playing in the Frederick, MD area when he was 16. In the 1980s he was a full time musician. His greatest influences have been Deep Purple, Phil Collins and Grand Funk Railroad. He has lived in the Ocean City area since 2000.