Member Since: 6/19/2006
Band Website: thewadeloveband.com
Band Members: WADE LOVE (LEAD VOCALS/SONGWRITER/MUSIC PRODUCER)Wade is from a musical family and has been singing and writing music all of his life. His father is Rudy Love, former music director for Sly and the Family Stone and his sister is Kandice Love, a singer/songwriter signed with Def Island Soul/Def Jam records. Wade has worked with artists like Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Stephen Stills of Crosby Stills and Nash, and a whole host of other well known artists and songwriters.Additionally, Wade has released music with Strictly Rhythm records, Illusive Records, In-a-minute records, and SoulSunshine recordings. Wade has been in the business a long time, and has the talent to stay for the long haul. Wade lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is an underground R&B artist making a buzz everywhere he goes. Wade plays Keyboard, Guitar and the Viola.
KEN HOUSE (GUITAR)Ken house was born in San Francisco and started playing the alto saxophoneat the age of 9. By the time he turned 13, Ken had switched to tenor sax and had already played his first gig. At 15 he joined a local band, named HP Riot, from the Hunter's Point area of San Francisco.Ken moved to Los Angeles at 17 and started touring at age 18. During this time he opened for artists such as BB King, The Isley Bros., and War. He also began playing guitar. After touring the West Coast and all of Canada and Europe, Ken moved to Edmonton Alberta Canada for four years, performing with various musicians and honing his guitar skills.Fortunately for the AfroFunk Experience, Ken eventually moved back home to San Francisco and has been here ever since, writing music and playing with various local musicians. Ken is also involved with other projects outside of the AfroFunk Experience, namely "Wade Love" and "RKO".
DAVE HERMOCILLO (BASS GUITAR)Dave has been grooving around the Bay area playing both fretted and fretless bass for twelve plus years with many bands. Some of his influences are Jaco Pastorious, Tony Levin, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, and Christen McBride. Along with Wade Love, Dave is also playing with SVJ 251 a local Jazz fusion group and working on his first bass solo record.
PETE HERMOCILLO (DRUMS)Pete grew up in East San Jose, Ca. where he has been playing for ten plus years as a drummer and serving in the US Army. His major influences have been KISS, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin's drummer John Bonham, Dennis Chambers and Cubby Ingram of the Fore Fathers, a San Jose base band of veteran R & B musicians. Over the years Pete's spectrum has grown where he finds himself leaning more toward R & B, Funk, and Soul.
Carrie Wong(VOCALS)
Sandy Tili (VOCALS)
Zuri Moore (VOCALS)
ANGELO DOMINGUEZ (KEYS/VOCALS)Keyboardist extraordinaire Angelo Dominguez is a native of California and received his formal musical training on drums (thats right drums!) through this great states public education system. He began playing professionally in a variety of cover bands at the age of 15 and soon afterwards found himself working in a multitude of SF Bay Area studios crafting original Pop, Rock, Gospel, R&B and Funk music. During this period, he learned to play and program electronic keyboards and made the permanent switch to performing on these instruments shortly thereafter. He hopes to retire soon from his unimaginably successful career as a gigging nightclub musician and someday find gainful employment utilizing his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California in Berkeley. Past credits performing in a cover group include Odyssey, Car Wash, Soul Messengers, Kool Breeze, Ruby Isles, and the Jackie Ivory Quartet. Past credits performing with original artists include Trace Ellington and Alternative Soul, the Strip, Robert Temple, and the Gospel Consolators. Co-production and writing credits with Grammy award winning writer and producer Preston Glass (Whitney Houston, Kenny G, Earth Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin), Trace Ellington, and James Richards. BMI affiliated songwriter.
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