About the band

Starting from a young age, Terry’s career has taken him across the continent as an ever ardent guitarist, singer-songwriter, and bandleader including an ongoing stint as lead guitarist with surf legends Jan & Dean. A 2025 highlight was a raucous guitar duet with Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. Terry is equally at home on steel string, classical and electric guitars. Hi

Terry’s performance credit odyssey includes opening for The Replacements in Detroit at Saint Andrews Hall, and Chuck Berry at Hart Plaza, a 4th of July mainstage concert in the Rose Bowl, sharing the bill with The Beach Boys and America at Mile High Stadium. Terry had the surreal honor of playing lead guitar for Sam Moore (Sam and Dave), as well as David Ruffin, Little Anthony, and many others. More recent highlights include a solo opening performance for Leftover Salmon in Detroit, classical guitar performances, Michigan performances at The Ark, Kerrytown Concert House, The Village Theater, countless statewide series, and many sweet local and regional venues. Most recently, the featured lead guitarist at the recent Bob Segar Tribute at Dexter’s Encore Musical Theatre (Feb. 2026).

Terry is a two-time Kerrville New Folk Finalist, an Emerging Artist at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and a lifelong avid recording artist.

After several years living in Los Angeles, Terry earned his Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance at the University of Denver with graduate work at Cleveland Institute of Music. He has released several original solo albums featuring a fusion of styles and players.

Terry runs a thriving Suzuki Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor.

Dale Grisa is a Pianist, Organist, Producer and Orchestrator based in Detroit who works with a variety of clients on live events, recording projects, musical theatre and can even be seen playing the occasional club date. Live performance credits include, Jill Jack, Alexander Zonjic, Dave McMurray, Peter White, Ken Navarro, The Bacon Brothers, Stewart Franke, Evanescence, IL Divo, numerous national tours of musical theatre including, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Memphis, and several others.

A product of the Wayne State University Jazz department, Dale studied piano and arranging with Matt Michaels and composition with Jim Hartway.
In recent years Dale’s playing, arranging and leadership abilities have led to numerous projects including:

The 2008 North American International Auto Show. Dale was hired by Cadillac to compose 10 pieces of music to reveal the 2009 product line. This was performed live by a 14-voice choral group.

The 2013 North American International Auto Show. Dale was hired by Chevrolet to direct a piece of electronic music composed by Paul Guzzone. The piece was written to announce the release of the Chevy Cruze and was performed live by 12 musicians on Ipads and Iphones.

Produced and played piano on Jill Jack’s 2017 release “Pure Imagination” which won the Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Jazz Recording.

Written and produced numerous television and radio commercials with clients that include Chevrolet, Chrysler, Sea Doo, La Z Boy, Medical Weight Loss, about a million different car dealerships and other local and regional businesses.

Dale is a beloved, stalwart musician and artist throughout Michigan and beyond.

Neil Donato’s work as a keyboardist follows his interests through many genres of improvised music. He values the individual contributions creative musicians make to their collective art form, looking for innovative ways to further the role of the keyboard in modern music.

A Pittsburgh native, Neil took up the piano at age 8, inspired by all styles of music. After high school, he headed an hour south to Morgantown to study music at West Virginia University. College summers were spent playing in the Live Shows at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, where he met and performed with many outstanding musicians from across the Midwest.

Upon graduation, Neil won an audition with the United States Training and Doctrine Command Band, stationed at historic Fort Monroe, Virginia, where he served as a keyboardist and staff arranger. During his time with the unit, the band received both the Army Superior Unit Award and the George S. Howard Citation for Musical Excellence. He played all over the country at state fairs, colleges and universities, and locally for ceremonies, concerts and festivals. Following military service, a successful audition at the University of Michigan brought him to Ann Arbor for graduate school.

Since putting down roots in Michigan, Neil has played for more than a dozen Broadway musicals including the second national tour of Mamma Mia!, A Chorus Line, and Beautiful. Always an advocate of live, local music, he has played and recorded with CityGoat, The Flying Latini Brothers, Giraffe, and Dave & Kristi, among others. He is an active performer on the Detroit music scene and across the state.

Neil holds a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from West Virginia University and a Master of Music degree in improvisation from the University of Michigan. He teaches jazz and instrumental music at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor.