Nick Evans Mowery began playing guitar at the age of 12, inspired by artists such as Steely Dan, Tower of Power, Bob Dylan, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Nick attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH majoring in music/guitar performance and business. After countless years of performing in rock, blues, country and funk bands, he realized his passion for songwriting and recording. In 1997, he began piecing together a project studio to record his demos. Over the past 12 yrs, Tangent Boy Studio has grown almost as fast as his song catalogue.
Since 2004, Nick Evans Mowery has released (6) albums covering many different styles/genres of music. NEM music has received reviews in numerous publications and has received radio airplay in several different countries around the globe. He currently owns and manages Tangent Boy Productions in Las Vegas, NV which primarily deals with the production and sale of NEM music.
Nick Evans Mowery’s music can be found on most major download sites including: iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, CDBaby, Yahoo Music, AOL Music, etc…
Nick Evans Mowery is affiliated with: BMI, RadioDirectX, AMI Entertainment, Las Vegas Blues Society, TAXI
YVES FRULLA (Piano)
Yves Frulla’s Bio A versatile musician with a background in classical piano, Yves Frulla quickly worked his way up in the music industry, establishing his reputation as a brilliant keyboard player. Today, his impressive experience reads like a “who’s-who” of the pop/rock music scene, both in his native Canada and internationally. Indeed, over the years, he has toured and travelled extensively with a number of renowned Canadian artists, including Juno Award winner Sass Jordan , as well as Julie Masse, Sylvain Cossette, Laurence Jalbert and Claude Dubois. Since 1990, he has had the honor of being keyboard player for Celine Dion, touring with her worldwide, recording three live albums and appearing on numerous TV shows, including Jay Leno, David Letterman, Arsenio Hall, and Oprah Winfrey. He performed on Celine’s “A New Day” Las Vegas show, hailed as a breakthrough in the entertainment world and was a part of Celine's world tour which started in Fed 08 and lasted for 14 months.
Also an experienced composer and bandleader, Yves has produced, arranged and recorded television and film music for vocalists and dance groups, and has composed and arranged for both published and new songwriters. He currently owns a project studio in Las Vegas, and regularly commutes to Nashville and Los Angeles to collaborate on songwriting projects with established songwriters . He plans to continue writing, producing, recording and touring with new and established artists, and pursuing television and film work.
BILLY BILGER (Drums)
Billy is originally from Philadelphia, Pa. He started playing in jazz clubs in Philly at 17 years old with a couple of good musicians John and Joe Davis. Billy moved to the West Coast in 1975 and soon started working the casino's in Lake Tahoe. He got an audition with the Ray Anthony Orchestra and became as Ray liked to call him - "The Kid on the Drums" - for 4 years. When Billy moved to Los Angeles he backed up Tom Jones, Rich Little, John Trovolta on Don Kirchner's Rock Concert and many others, however he liked Lake Tahoe so much he couldn't pass up an oppurtunity to audition for a Fredric Apcar show called " Bedazzel" at Harrah's. While performing at Harrah's for the show in the mid to late 80's Billy met Sammy Davis Jr. They became good friends and Billy would sit in and play for Sammy whenever he came to town.
After years in Lake Tahoe Billy moved to Northern California to play with numerous artists however one group would bring him back to Nevada to Las Vegas. Warner Brothers recording artists "The Marcy Brothers" had recorded two albums and had a semi hit with a song called: "Achy Breaky Heart" (which was later recorded by Billy Ray Cyrus) and they needed a drummer. With Billy on the drums the band started getting popular again and they got a date in Las Vegas at the Alladian Super Star Theater as the opeaning act. They started opeaning for big acts all accross the country- Roy Clark, Travis Trit, Merl Haggard.
Billy performs drums on the following albums:
Nick Evans Mowery Stone Cold Touch(2007)
Nick Evans Mowery Kept (2009)
TOD ANDREWS (Bass)
Tod always knew the 'bottom end' was for him, even as a young lad. By the age of 12 he had learned to play his first, $45.00 dollar pawn shop guitar. By high school he had transitioned to the bass and had formed the most popular band on campus. They played all the dances and even opened for Michael Bloomfield and Buddy Miles of Electric Flag and Paul Butterfield Blues Band fame. In the summer of 1979 he opened a recording studio and became a hit recording engineer in Hollywood, California. During this time, he recorded and associated with luminaries such as Ray Manzarek of the Doors, Motown recording artists The Contours, Joe Cocker, Mickey Steele (The Bangles) and others. Tod has also played with country legend Bobby Bare, Donnie Brooks (the voice of the George Of The Jungle cartoon sound track) and many more. Tod brings the funky blues bottom to the Nick Evans Mowery Project with experience, pride and joy.
