THE COUNTRY MUSIC REVEIW BAND WELCOME'S YOU
CMR has over 200 years combined expierience. CMR entertaims audiences with music from Classic to Top 40's Country, 50's & 60's Rock,
Classic Rock, Blues, Gospel original songs and much more. A six piece band with five lead singers, their three and four part harmonies are simply outstanding!
Members of CMR have performed at The Nashville Palace, Country Music Hall of Fame and The Grand Ole' Opry, in addition to countless other major venues.
In May 2007, with sponsorship from Hoosier Racing Tire, CMR
began it's own dinner show at the
Newton Center in Lakeville, Indiana. This monthly program draws fan's from miles around, some saying "You'd think you were in Branson."
Talented, entertaining and professional, they will have all their fans throughout the Michiana area
dancin', singin', and clappin' along to every CMR beat.
WHO WE ARE
CMR was founded by South Bend resident and Tennessee native Jimmie Robbins — guitar, vocals. Jimmie comes from a musical background. His “Papa” Robbins was a great old-time Tennessee fiddler. Jimmie became interested in guitar on Saturday nights at his grandparent’s, when their house was full of people dancing and singing. His first guitar was from Sears. He taught himself to play by sitting in the corner of small country churches watching other musicians play. He moved to Rock & Roll bands in the Sixties and, of course, played every high school sock-hop dance in Tennessee and Indiana. As lead guitarist, Jimmie has sat in on several studio projects. His love of southern gospel music brought him to the weekend touring band, Kevin Kilburn and Company.
At 6 years of age Gloria Stallings — piano, vocals, bass guitar — started traveling and singing in churches with her family. After years of gospel, Gloria, who plays both piano and bass guitar, branched out into country and contemporary music. She joined the Flying Blind band in the early 1990s, and then The Senturys for 13 years. She has performed at the Nashville Palace in Nashville and at The Rockin’ Horse in Fort Wayne and at Buck Lake Ranch in Angola. She’s working on her second CD and has done studio work for various artists. In April 2009, she sang at the Ryman in Nashville with Jimmie Robbins on guitar.
Billy Lemmons Jr. — vocals, guitar, harmonica — started performing at open mic nights around South Bend in 1998. By the next year he’d established his own open mic night on Wednesdays and by 2000 had expanded to a second night, Fridays. In 2001, Billy recorded his first CD, Luni Tunes, which received air time on radio stations WZOW and WAOR in South Bend and on The Bear in Fort Wayne. In WZOW’s 2001 “Battle of the Bands” contest, Billy’s song, “I Don’t Drink Whiskey,” was selected and re-recorded for a compilation CD, Special Cuts 2002 Best of The Midwest’s Original Rock, sponsored by WZOW, Budweiser and Monastic Chambers Recording Studio in Fort Wayne. In 2002, Billy joined the well-established Faultline, playing rhythm guitar, harmonica and lead vocals. Faultline has opened for Travis Tritt, The Kentucky Head Hunters and The Charlie Daniels Band. In January 2004 Billy toured with Rorey Wesney and The Unwound Band. From 2005 to 2007, he also played with the staff band, Boys from the Country. Visit Billy's website @ www.billylemonsjr.com
Mark Moore — drums — started playing drums at 5, after his mother bought him his first drum set. In high school, he and his buddies started Triple X, a band that played locally. He’s also played with Faultline, FBI (Funky Blues Intuition) and Kaleidoscope. Mark has also done studio recording. His signature song, “Wipeout,” which shows his drum solo skills, is a fan favorite and featured on YouTube.
Originally from Mishawaka, Indiana, Sheila Salyer — vocals —
started singing gospel at the age of 11 with her father A.B. Salyer, traveling throughout the Midwest with two groups, the Harmonaires and the Majestics Quartet. During this time Sheila recorded four albums. Her first love is gospel and she has sang at many churches for many years. At 20, she worked at Audio Services for two years, singing and doing voiceovers for commercials. From 1985 to 1995, she sang with a variety dance group, the Capricorn Band, which was the featured act at the Special Olympics at Notre Dame. In 1997, Sheila performed at the Grand Ole Opry. An eight-year member of the Granger Community Church's vocal team, she is featured on several songs on GCC’s Go to the Rock CD.
Paul Rose — keyboards and vocals — started playing the piano at home when he was eight years old. He would pick out melodies that he heard his father and mother play on the family piano or hear on the record player (remember those) or on the radio. His mother tried to give him piano lessons but God gave him a good ear. Once he heard a tune he could pick it out and didnt care about reading notes. When other boys were out playing ball, Paul was playing the piano with a passion and continued to right up thru high school. In 1971 when he graduated, Paul married a Lakeville girl, another preachers kid like himself. With his nis new brother in law he formed a gospel group called the Good News Quartet with two other friends. They practiced and played in area churches, even recorded an album in a local Mishawaka studio. Then they decided to quit their jobs and take the show on the road. For two years they traveled to 47 states and Puerto Rico. During this time they recorded three more albums this time in a Nashville studio owned and operated by the Oak Ridge Boys using the Oaks band. After his family started to grow, it was time to come off the road, but his love for singing and playing has never faded. He says "I still love playing and singing after all these years, I will probably keel over this piano some day and that will be fine with me." In the last thirty years he has played in local bands including Misbehavin', Fool's Gold, Whiskey River, Due Process, Faultline, Rebel Pride, The Outtatowners, and Urban Storm opening for such legendaries as The Marshall Tucker Band, John Conlee, Alannah Mylles Toby Kieth, and Marty Stuart. Now a new member of CMR, he looks forward to the combination of musical genres that the group does. He says " I love it that they love people, I feel at home with CMR.
June 9, 2012
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