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Bill Chambless
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Acoustic and electric
guitars, Marimba, Tun-cul, additional percussion.
Bill grew up in a musical family, the son of a music teacher and church musician.
He began playing guitar at age 12. Although he has played instruments ranging
from trumpet to hand bells, the guitar has always been his instrument of
choice. Bill got his roots playing in several rock and roll bands in the Southeastern U.S. Later, he studied jazz guitar and
took on students of his own. Bill began performing with Sapien
soon after the release of the Gathering CD. E-mail Bill
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Frank Chambless
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Native
American hand-carved wooden and rivercane flutes, ashiko drums, marimba, didgeridoo, percussion.
From the mountains of NE Alabama, Frank's
lifelong interest is the exploration of natural and cultural worlds. This
interest has carried him all over Europe, Australia,
New Zealand, Africa,
Central America, and North America. The
places, people and traditional musical instruments of these adventures have
served as the inspiration for his music. E-mail Frank
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Ted
"Hawk" Hurst
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Buffalo
skin bass drum, Tun-cul, Rivercane
flutes, Clap sticks, Bullroarer, and more.
Hawk is a master flute maker specializing in the traditional Rivercane flute unique to the native tribes of North America. He is also the owner and director of a
camp in Todd, NC called the Silver Water Retreat, where he teaches
subjects such as Native American cultures, nature lore, storytelling, world
mythology and musical instruments. E-mail Hawk
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Keith
LaBenne
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Cello,
Bello,
Acoustic bass, fretless bass, five string bass and percussion.
From Jacksonville, Alabama, Keith is a creative cellist finding
ways to invigorate and enhance the primal music created by Sapien. Keith is also a strings teacher in the Gadsden, AL
city schools. He holds a bachelor of music education degree from Jacksonville State University.
Keith has played with the Gadsden Symphony Orchestra, the Red Mountain
Chamber orchestra, and is the principal cellist in the Jacksonville State
University symphony
orchestra. E-mail Keith
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Bill
Pound
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Classical
and acoustic guitars, Silver flute.
Being born and raised in Macon,
Georgia has
had a profound influence on his musical upbringing. Perhaps it is this
heritage, coupled with over twenty-five years of commitment to his art, that has made Bill the entertainer he is today. His
years of touring experience allow him to sense a crowd's desires, and give
him the ability to respond. From hard rock-n-roll to soft country, both the
extremes and the middle ground belong to Bill when he's on stage. Bill has
opened for acts as diverse as Joe Cocker, Richie
Havens, Jimmy Buffet, Doc & Merle Watson, and Spyro
Gyra, and he has performed with Jonathan Edwards,
Greg Allman, Richie
Havens and Mickey Thomas (currently with Starship). Recently he performed
with the Allman Brothers Band. His web site is www.billpound.com E-mail Bill
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Mike
"Fuz" Sanderson
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Didgeridoo,
Ashiko, Djembe, Congas, Bongos,
Talking Drum, Marimbas, rivercane flute, Chimes,
Turtle shells, Sticks and Bones. Fuz Sanderson is a
wilderness instructor at the Green River Preserve near Brevard, NC,
where he leads the Blue Ridge Expeditions for teenagers and brings in school
groups for the "Education of Little Tree" programs. Fuz is a professional ornithologist, naturalist and
teacher of earth skills, always seeking to bring people into a closer
relationship with the earth. E-mail Fuz
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Steve
"Snowbear" Taylor
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Congas,
bongos, ashiko, cedar flute, percussionist
extraordinaire.
Snow Bear is from Haysville,
NC, and for over 25 years he
has traveled and taught traditional herbal medicine and wild foods, Earth
skills, storytelling and percussion techniques. He hosts the well-known
bi-annual Rivercane/Falling Leaves Rendezvous in
the mountains of NC. Snow Bear's depth of traditional knowledge, gentle
teaching ways, and percussion skills are well known. E-mail Snow Bear
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