Member Since: 4/12/2006
Band Website: skylaburrell.com
Band Members:
Skyla Burrell
Lead Vocals & Lead Guitar
Skyla was born in Los Angeles and raised in Orange County, California. She had a guitar in her hands by the age of 10, formed her first band at the age of 13 and has not stopped chasing her dream ever since. Skyla played with several bands during her high school days playing up and down Southern California. At 18 she recorded her first original demo with some help from Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the HeartBreakers, and Jerry Swallow (Tanya Tucker), she also later recorded backing vocals for Mike Campbell’s first solo album. Skyla also had a brief stint on NBC’s hit sitcom Wings and appeared in a Movie of the Week with Charles Bronson before relocating to the East Coast where she continued learning and growing from her musical experiences and eventually co-forming the Skyla Burrell Band.
Mark Tomlinson
Lead Guitar
Mark Tomlinson has been in the Blues business for over 20 years. By the age of 21, Mark had scored gigs playing drums with John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley. After 20 years of beating the skins, Mark dropped the sticks and picked up the picks. Starting his career right on time, Mark is a double threat in the Blues world by writing great songs and playing guitar with the Skyla Burrell Band. Mark’s guitar style is nothin but the Blues from John Lee Hooker to Muddy Waters to Jimmy Vaughan.
Ezell Jones
Drums
Ezell started his drum career at the tender age of 8.
Ezell is the man. He has toured with Tino Gonzales, Debrah Coleman and Bobby Parker just to name a few. He lays the foundation down for our sound.
Chris Sellman
Bass
Chris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His love of music started as a young child. His original instrument was the trombone. In fact, he wanted to play the tuba (thankfully for us, that did not work out!) Early in his high school Chris received his first electric bass, and started on his path of bass player extradionare!
Influences: BLUES - all styles, shapes and sizes!
Sounds Like: Us!
Type of Label: None