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Short Change Band

The Short Change Band - Binghamton, New York

About Me

The band is comprised of three core members (and a lot of guest musicians) and specializes in southern rock, classic rock, new and old country music and blues, plus original music composed by members of the band.
Kevin Winters provides lead vocals with a velvet voice, as well as rhythm and lead guitar, mandolin, and dobro. Kevin is a 30+ year employee of Frito-Lay (wow, how old is he, anyway?) and lives in Binghamton with his wife, Cindy.
Drums are played by Mike Debetta, who also sings lead and back-up vocals, and occasionally plays a mean bass guitar and congas as well. Mike lives in Afton with his fiance' Andrea, where he is a volunteer fireman and fire police captain, as well as an EMS provider.
Darrell Dennison plays the bass guitar and Keyboards. Darrell was a radio announcer and Dee Jay for several years, and lives in Kirkwood with his wife Tammy and two sons, Matt and Collin. Darrell has a passion for music, sports (hockey, baseball, football) and computers.
The band is also fortunate enough to have great support from their spouses, who attend gigs, assist with equipment and set up, and lend a hand whenever necessary.
With over a century of collective experience, Short Change has a vast repertoire spanning all genres of music. The band is a tight-knit group and enjoys playing together, as well as taking band field trips to various music festivals and other interesting places.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/27/2006
Band Website: shortchangeband.com
Band Members: Kevin Winters - Binghamton
Mike DeBetta - Afton
Darrell Dennison - Kirkwood

Influences: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Eagles
Flying Burrito Brothers
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dwight Yoakam
Kentucky Headhunters
Montgomery Gentry
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Hank Williams Jr.
Rolling Stones
Outlaws
Bob Seger
Beatles
Eric Clapton
Toby Keith

Sounds Like: Southern Rock, Country, Classic Rock
Type of Label: None

My Blog

June is Here for The Short Change Band

So here we are already into June.. Wow before you know it half the year will be gone. And for the band, it has been a very busy first half of the year!Saturday we played a good show up to th...
Posted by Short Change Band on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:43:00 PST

Short Change Band and New Songs

Greetings, What a fast start to summer we had this last weekend. We had two great shows, one at O'Neill's in Binghamton and a fantastic one as well at the Central on Sunday afternoon.O'Neill's ha...
Posted by Short Change Band on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:38:00 PST

Short Change Band - Memorial Weekend

Wow what a weekend it was. The band was busy back in the studio to continue work on the "The High Road" CD.The new album will be unique as it will carry a total of 15 tunes (almost a full hour of...
Posted by Short Change Band on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:35:00 PST

Short Change Band - May 5th, 2008

Greetings, Well once again if you missed this weekends shows you missed a couple of good ones. Friday night we packed Davy's for a high energy show with Doc' as a special guest on lead ...
Posted by Short Change Band on Tue, 06 May 2008 05:28:00 PST

Short Change Band - First Weekend of May

Greetings. If you missed us this weekend you missed alot. Friday night was down at the Hallstead American Legion. This newly refinished club was rebuilt totally after the flood of 2006 and done&n...
Posted by Short Change Band on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:10:00 PST

Short Change Band - Weekend of April 25-26

Well hello everyone, Missed a few of you last week as we played a birthday party in Binghamton. This weekend we are down at the Legion in Hallstead P.A. for all of our southern zone fans. ...
Posted by Short Change Band on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:01:00 PST

The Short Change Band - April 2008

Hello!We missed you all the last couple of weeks as the Band remains busy.We continue to put on new songs every week as some of you may have noticed. Also we have been working on m...
Posted by Short Change Band on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:55:00 PST

Happy St. Pattys Day from The Short Change Band

Happy St Pattys day all. Well another weekend has come and gone and actually it was quite nice having Friday night off for a change.Saturday night at Davy’s went quite well. We figuired wit...
Posted by Short Change Band on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:01:00 PST

The Short Change Band is back out in 2008

Welcome 2008!  We hope all of our friends had a fun and safe holiday.  We had a Great Year in 2007.  Thank you again for all of your support. As we begin 2008, we hope you enjoy our new...
Posted by Short Change Band on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:48:00 PST