Dave
Helms
Dave has been involved in music most all his life. From
playing piano at age 5, he’s been involved in performing for
30 years. Dave played woodwinds and percussion through high
school and later earned a Minor in Music Performance from
Ball State University as well as a B.S. in marketing and an
MBA in the 90’s. He played with several local jazz and rock
groups such as Cries and Whispers from 1990-93, the Jazz
Alliance from 1998-2000, Borrowed Time from 1988-1992, and
most notably The Walking Catfish from 1994-2007. Dave has
been invited to record with dozens of groups in the Midwest
and has recorded in Indy, Ft.Wayne, Nashville, Knoxville,
and locally. His Sunday gig has been with the Union Chapel
Worship Team since 1995 until the present. Dave is also the
president and owner of Muncie Music Center. When not doing
music activities, Dave likes to sleep, work in the garden,
and make fantastic meals for friends and family.
Tim
Carney
Tim was born in
Muncie, IN back in “57”, and started playing music in “64”
on a Kay mandolin. He picked up the guitar in “66”, and
played in a succession of bands throughout prep, middle and
high school. In “76” Tim joined the US Army, serving with
the 7th Special Forces at Ft. Gulick, Panama
Canal Zone where he continued to play music on the weekends
with Touch band, and Humpty Dumpty. In “80” Tim left the
Army and enrolled at Ball State University, where he majored
in Music Theory, with guitar as his main instrument. In the
intervening years, he played in a number of local bands
including; Gopher Broque (80-83), the Touch band (83-87),
Hoos’yer Daddy (88-92;96-04). In “93” Tim went on tour with
The Fortunes (Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling, You’ve got
Your Troubles) where he played on the same stage with 60’s
and 70’s icons Rare Earth, The Coasters, The Marvelettes,
Spencer Davis, Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf), Mike Pinera (Iron
Butterfly), The Turtles, Herman’s Hermits, Jazz guitarist
Clint Strong (Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Tal Farlow,
Howard Roberts) and Steel Guitar icon Jimmy Day among
others. Tim came off the road in “96” and reformed Hoos”yer
Daddy. In 2005 Tim joined Southside Sound whom he plays a
house gig with at Scoobie’s Lounge in Muncie, IN. Tim
currently plays with Southside Sound and The Dave Helms
Project.
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Sat 6/21 Black Music Month
Celebration,
McCulloch Park, Muncie
Fri 6/27 Party in the Parking Lot,
Union Chapel, Muncie
Sat 8/2 Ribfest 7pm, Muncie
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