David Brummett (Brummy) Bass, Songwriter and Lead Singer At the age of eight I started playing a 4 string tenor Guitar tuned E, B, D, A. Soon I would change it to G, D, A, E. My parents bought for me a four string Teisco Bass from Sears and Roebuck. Boy I wish I had that guitar today in mint condition. My brother and I started to play along to the Ventures, Dave Clark Five and the Beach Boys. Soon after we found Jefferson Airplane, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and the list goes on. After a few years I was old enough to play schools and played at my first High School graduation. I wore a wig and had a fake mustache. We played the Who’s “I Can See For Miles and Miles and Miles”, and destroyed the stage like the real Who did on the Ed Sullivan Show. In the mid 70’s I worked at GHS String Corporation and helped design the string that is called Bright Flats. Presently I work at Dean Markley String Company, and have created strings for Billy Dickens, and Randy Jackson. Soon after I quit my GHS gig to play music and get together with some fellows, and one of them is the current drummer in Blue Heaven, Lyn Myers. We played for around nine years with only two weekends off. At the end of the Unbranded Band I was feeling burnt out from bars, drug use, and an aging father who I was taking care of. Soon after my father passed away and I received an inheritance of $100,000. One day I woke up in a Crack house with a Crack pipe in my hand with no money, and no family. This only took one year or so. Remember, if you could remember the 70’s and 80’s you were really not there. One day in the 80’s standing on a porch of my drug house I reached out to God and asked for help. Two weeks later I was facing two to 20 years in prison for sales, manufacturing and possession of Cocaine. I received Jesus in prison and have been clean and sober for 18 years as of 2008. Today I serve the Lord Jesus with Blue Heaven spreading the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Bob Weis (The Wiseman) Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist Praise the Lord for music! I always heard music in detail, all the instruments and sounds, and was touched by the emotion, and the way the singer, performer, or player put their heart and soul into the music. It was only later that I realized that music was a gift from God, to be used for God in praise and worship, in song, with melody, rhythm, harmony, and love. I was born on Pearl Harbor day 1950. My dad taught me a few guitar chords, just as his mother had taught him, on an old Kalamazoo flat top. He played songs for me at bed time like Froggy Went a Courtin', and The Wreck of the Old 97, Buffalo Gals, and Daisy. I was exposed to my parent's Big Band and Country styles, and my older brother's 50's rock and Folk era artists. Television was exploding. My ears embraced the sounds of the British invasion with the Beatles in '64 and on to Hendrix in '69. The guitar became a friend, a focus, and a part of my life. I realized God had given me an ear to learn the sounds and styles and tones of those who came before, and opened the door for my own particular style. My influences range from Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, to B.B. King, Earl Slick, Warren Haynes, SRV, Robin Trower, and Dick Wagner. After playing in several garage bands, and local groups Marrakesh and Countdown, I played with the regional country/rock group Legend for about 20 years. Having accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, I answered His call to play for Him, and made the decision to play for Jesus. I thank the Lord for the gift of music and allowing me to be a part of it for His glory. Victor Watkins Lead Guitar Victor began playing guitar at 14 years old, cutting his teeth on the blues in east/central Mississippi and classic/southern rock on the east coast of Central Florida in the mid to late '70s through the early '80s. After moving to Michigan in the '80s he played in a variety of bands, including new-country and top-40/rock styles. Victors' lead style is influenced heavily by artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, BB King, Albert Collins, and others. Victor excels in the blues/rock genre. And he turned back to his first love, electric blues, and his spirituality, instilled by his Southern upbringing and life's lessons, Victor, is a founding member of Blue Heaven, and contributes to all of the arrangements and original music. Lyn Myers Drums and Percussion Lyn began playing drums in high school and also in the army. In the mid 80's he started the original band Unbranded with David Brummett, playing tri-state and the local scene for 10 years. Now as a working musician and local business owner, he is keeping the same bass and drum grooves in the the new millennium with Blue Heaven, giving all glory to God. Lyn also shares his gospel witness with others in the community and performs with the 50 Caliber variety group when he is not working in his studio. Bob Hunt (Hunter) Synthophone Bob has played Sax as a weekend warrior for over 35 years. There was a tour of the Midwest with an 8 piece R&B band . Then while in the Army Bob played in Georgia and Germany. After coming home he worked the country clubs in Northern Michigan for a few years. Back in Kalamazoo Bob spent the next 14 years with the popular Kalamazoo/Portage Band Endless Summer, playing Sax, Flute, Windcontroller, and doing some lead vocals. The band opened for the Association and the Kingsmen. These days Bob plays the Synthophone (Midi Sax). This instrument has the capability of producing virtually any acoustic wind instrument sound like saxes, trumpets, trombones and horn sections. The Synthophone looks like a sax, and plays like a sax but it is through special sound modules that other instrument sounds can be virtually emulated. Here is what Bob has to say about Blue Heaven: “Blue Heaven is a gift from God. I love the Blues, I love the style and original songs, the guys in the band are genuine messengers of God, and for the first time in my musical life I have the opportunity to give to others the gifts I have received from the old boy upstairs".