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Julie Torchin - Lead Vox
Julie Torchin (Jules) grew up the 7th child of a family heavily into sports. Her brother and sister were in the Olympics and she herself was a national skater and ranked tennis player.
But her desire to perform on stage and follow her famous aunt-- (vocalist and movie star Muriel Lawrence) was always her greatest dream. She began writing songs for other bands in Chicago and finally formed her own
Fleetwood Mac/Heart tribute. Jules performed for 6 successful years playing the part of both Stevie Nicks and Nancy Wilson.
Her credits include opening for national acts Cheap Trick, Grand Funk, 3-Dog Night, Paul Rogers, Kansas, Mickey Thomas of Starship, Joan Jett, and Jim Peterik.
Notable venues included Comisky Park, Hawthorne Race Track, Vic Theatre, Navy Pier, World Music Theatre, House of Blues, OC Pavilion, Wildflower Fest, Fremont Street Las Vegas.
Jules also performs the part of Nancy Wilson in the national Heart Tribute "Heart Alive." Heart Alive was voted "Best Tribute 2011". Jules is an original artist (Surrounding Sara) with her husband Brad and their album "Foureleven" will be out 2012. |


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Valerie James - Lead Vox
Valerie James is a versatile artist, performing the part of Christine McVie with a rare and beautiful authenticity. Her music career began in college at the campus of Purdue University where she sang standards from the 1940’s in upscale restaurants. She then moved to the Chicago area where she wrote and recorded her first original album and toured the Midwest singingCountry music. In 1996, she switched genre again by performing mostly rock and pop music. As a full-time musician she enjoyed many successes including an internationally televised performance on the opening day of Chicago River tourism, singing for Mayor Richard Daley and 500 world-wide dignitaries. In 1999, Valerie decided to move to the west coast. She began work on her 2nd original album, “The Journey”, which contains rock, pop, funk and blues music. Miss James toured Southern California, while also playing shows around the United States. She was nominated for several awards and enjoyed much success in the golden state. Then in 2003, Valerie decided to take her career a step further by re-locating to Las Vegas, NV where she now resides and performs. Valerie performs with several talented groups in and around Las Vegas from the Strip to surrounding states. Besides the role of Christine McVie, she has impressed many taking on the lead role of Ann Wilson fronting the Heart tribute Heart Alive. Heart Alive was voted "Best Tribute 2011" by Vegas Rocks Magazine. Valerie is a high-energy performer with a powerful voice who will entertain you, no matter what music you enjoy |

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Brad Torchin - Lead Vox/Guitar
Brad grew up in a musical family and started strumming guitar when he was only 8 years old. He played for years in the Southern California club scene, while studying music composition, along with software engineering at UCSD. After many years of playing Rock, Blues and Jazz throughout the southwest, he now plays with Fleetwood Nicks as the part of Lindsey Buckingham. Brad is enjoying the opportunity to play many challenging guitar roles such as Roger Fisher of Heart, Neil Geraldo, and of course the unique style of Lindsey Buckingham, whom he has admired and respected for years. Brad also performs in "Heart Alive" a national tribute to Heart, as well as the co-writer of the original project Surrounding Sara. |

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Dave Davis - Drums
Dave began playing drums at age 11 while living in Clay, West Virginia. He then took up guitar at age 14 and was in a few local bands at a very early age. Dave moved to Morgantown WV where he attended college where he received his BA, MA and JD in law school. He performed in the popular band Satchel Brown where he played lead guitar and shared lead vocals. Dave also played bass for 1.5 years in another local group. Satchel Brown recorded their first album in 2006, before Dave planned to head west for Las Vegas late 2007. Dave joined the band just days before their Lake Las Vegas gig July 2008. Dave's flawless performance that night proved he is an incredible talent that we are honored to share the stage with! Dave also plays the role of Roger Fisher in "Heart Alive", a tribute to Heart. |

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Danny Buss - Bass Guitar
Danny grew up in the heart of Chicago's music scene playing drums, guitar and bass. His passion for bass was noticed by a band opening on tour for Deep Purple. Danny's life on the road with this legendary band gave him not only the experience of performing in front of stadium audiences, but the drive to do his own original material. Danny began writing his own music in Chicago, while playing in a Heart/Fleetwood Mac tribute opening for acts such as Cheap Trick, Grand Funk and many more.
Since relocating to Las Vegas, Danny has played in several different national tributes including "Unauthorized Ozzy", where Brad Gillis has joined them on stage, as well as the national Heart Tribute "Heart Alive". Danny was the obvious choice to be bassist for both shows, not only because he knows this music inside and out, but because he will kill us if we are not the very best.(ha) |

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Todd Rogers - Keyboards
***Bio Coming Soon*** |

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For bookings, please contact Dave at (304) 376-7577
Please contact wildheartnickie@yahoo.com for promotional needs.
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