About
THE LOST SOULS is an original
Their music combines Roots, Rock and Pop, giving them the range to play stripped down acoustic porch music or to turn it up and rock with the best of them. All the members are veterans of the music business and have shared the stage with several successful bands over the years including Frog Legs, The illbillys, Glitter Boot, Hubcap Fetish, Tin Foil Militia and Tobacco Row Exchange. As each of the band members were searching for the next step in their musical journey, the band came together to create their own brand of
Here are a few Fun Facts about each band member:
Name: Gray Gurkin (Lead Vocals/Guitar)
Hometown:
Color: Blue - Food: Pizza - Beverage: Beer & Coffee
Ice Cream: mint chocolate chip - Books: I don’t like to read that much, I dig magazines!
Movies: The Hangover, The Incredibles - TV: The Office
Pets: Dogs Rock! (I have 2 Chocolate Labs) - Sports: Al’s Super Bowl Party
Holiday: 4th of July - First Car: 69
5 Music Influences: KISS, Stones, Tom Petty, The Cars, Dwight
Place To Visit:
Tech Gadget/App: I love spell check on the comiputor!
Networking site: Still not on Facebook, got to say Myspace. That makes me old school!
Major accomplishments: Finishing The Richmond Marathon, Being able to still Rock Out!
If I wasn't a musician: I’d be a successful mime. Color: purple - Food: Mexican - Beverage: Stout - Ice Cream: peanut butter ripple Books: Russian literature, Stephan King- Movies: anything Johnny Depp / Tim Burton TV: don't usually watch it - Pets: 1 lizard, 1 snake, 4 hermit crabs Sports: don't really follow sports - First Car: 71 Buick Skylark 5 Music Influences:old school metal, Phil Lynott, Andy Jellison, Jaco Pastorius, the guys in TLS Place To Visit: anywhere, I love a roadtrip Astrological Sign: Capricorn Tech Gadget/App: DAK album to mp3 converter Networking site: Facebook Major accomplishments: Surviving my youth! If I wasn't a musician: I honestly don't know Name: Jack Taggart (Drums) - Hometown: Color: I don't discriminate - Food: Olive Oil, artisian bread & parmesan cheese Beverage: Beer & Red Wine - Ice Cream: Nutty Books: Prefer magazines - Movies: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Jaws, Slapshot TV: CNN - Pets: My Bassett Hound - Sports: Football & cat juggling 5 Music Influences: Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Bob Schneider, R.E.M, Hank Williams Sr. Place To Visit: big state of Tech Gadget/App: Rotary Phones - Networking site: Facebook Major accomplishments: 1st place kick-ball If I wasn't a musician: you wouldn't be reading this Name: Chris Berndt (Fiddle) Hometown: Wargames, Real Genius, Red Dawn, Spies Like Us, Fletch, Fletch Lives, all of the National Lampoon Vacations with Chevy Chase, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Three Amigos, City Slickers, Trading Places, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Back to the Future and all sequels and many more.
Name: Turtle Zwadlo (Bass) - Hometown:
Ice Cream: Birthdaycake - Books: Mark Twain
Movies:
TV: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Iron Chef America, Throwdown With Bobby Flay, Dinner Impossible, How It’s Made, Survivorman, Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, Planet Earth Extremes (NGC), Conan O’Brien (wahhh!), Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Three Sheets, Good Eats with
Sports: I don’t follow any sports. My last job was always at a construction site and you can imagine the many conversations I was left out of!
Place To Visit: Dolly Sods Wilderness in
Tech Gadget/App: I love my NV2 cell phone but I also just love MP3 players
Networking site: Facebook - Major accomplishments: I found a great wife
If I wasn't a musician: I'd be eating Cheetos in a padded cell
Name: Paulo Emilio Franco Londoño (Lead Guitar)
Hometown:
Books: A Confederacy of Dunces - Movies: Too Many to Name
TV: Mr. Show with Bob & David - Pets: Cats, lots of them
Sports: To watch - Ice Hockey. To do – Cycling
5 Music Influences: The Blues, The Dead, the Stones, alt-Country, Outlaw Country
Place To Visit: My favorite place on earth -
Networking site: Facebook
Major accomplishments: Passing the
If I wasn't a musician: I'd be a cyclist