Excellence in the Community Presents

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The Players:

The Band:

It was a dream of a few musician friends to get together to play their favorite music. They talked about the kind of music they never got to play live in spite of actively doing scores of shows a year with different projects. What started of being an informal “hang” and playing for the sheer joy of it became a powerhouse band of killer singers and gifted players. The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club is the perfect band for a broad audience, playing timeless music. So get ready to hear some sophisticated pop and rock from Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, Chaka Khan, Christopher Cross, Hall and Oats, Ambrosia, Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt, and many more!

Kelly Bellerose: During her career as a singer and songwriter, Kelly Bellerose has performed around the world, and has opened for such major artists as Bryan White, Leanne Rimes, Yankee Gray, Chad Brock, Ty Herndon, Doug Supernaw, and Darin Norwood. She has played venues from small Canadian taverns to the main stages for audiences of thousands. Kelly and her powerhouse band won the 2004 Utah South by Southwest showdown to Austin, out-performing 40 bands, awarding her an exclusive showcase performance at the 2004 South by Southwest Conference and Music Festival in Austin Texas. Kelly continues to move audiences wherever she plays.

Bill Frost from Salt Lake City Weekly described Kelly as having “The blues-smoked voice of a honky-tonk angel and the dusky songs to match”.

Always a creative artist and engaging performer, Kelly Bellerose delivers dynamic performances across multiple genres - from raw acoustic solo sets to full live bands and is thrilled to join the other ultra-talented musical maestros of Great Salt Lake Yacht Club.

Gabe Redondo: Gabe Redondo is a high-energy, dynamic and uniquely versatile professional party band vocalist and studio singer for two decades. Gabe sings lead vocals for multiple party bands in different genres, and has performed corporate events and weddings all across the U.S. To highlight his natural versatility, he also leads the Gabe Redondo Trio, which features all the classics of the 40s and 50s. For the last 19 years in a row, he has been a fan-favorite in singing the national anthem for the Utah Jazz.

When he’s not running around, sweating on stage, Gabe’s “work hard, play hard” philosophy motivates him as a licensed insurance broker and real estate investor. He is blessed with a beautiful wife and five amazing children, three girls and two boys, ranging from 16 down to 5 years old.

Will Forshee: Will Forshee is an accomplished musician with a diverse range of talents as a pianist, keyboardist, vocalist, drummer, and bass player. As a professional musician Will has extensively traveled the country and the world performing live for hundreds of audiences in more than 100 cities across 30 states and 4 countries.

Ron Saltmarsh: Ron Saltmarsh is a multi-award winning composer, producer, songwriter, recording engineer, guitarist, performer, entrepreneur and speaker.

He spent 10 years in Nashville performing, writing, and producing music of all styles and for all kinds of broadcast media including NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CMT, A&E, ESPN, The History Channel, LifeTime, Disney, and most every major television network in the USA and in over 30 countries. He has produced and worked on Grammy winning projects with artists the likes of Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Alex Sharpe of Celtic Woman, acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell and many others.

Ron has been playing guitar since the age of 12 and keeps a busy gigging calendar playing more than 40 shows a year including Broadway Shows such as “MJ”, and with various artists and groups like Joshua Creek, Donny, Marie and Nathan Osmond, Saltaire, The Nashville Tribute Band, The BYU faculty jazz group “Q’d Up” and several other prominent acts.

Because of his diverse background, Ron was hired as an Associate Professor for the BYU School of Music in 2011 and he is the director of the Commercial Music Program there. Ron earned his Bachelors in Music and a Masters of Business Administration from BYU.

…but the coolest thing is his latest involvement with The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club!

Bogie Bowles: Bogie Bowles grew up in the Carolinas and at 18 began touring the east coast in the early 90s. After several years and records with his band Knocked Down Smilin’, Bogie decided to relocate to Los Angeles and pursue his dream of higher level musical endeavors. After studying with great teachers such as Ralph Humphrey and Joe Porcaro, father of Jeff who is one of Bogie’s biggest influences, Bogie became an instructor at the Los Angeles Music Academy alongside Ralph, Joe, Mark Schulman, and Michael Packer. They began recommending Bogie for gigs, and Bogie began touring regularly. In a chance meeting with producer Mark Hudson, Bogie was asked to record on a session for Ozzy Osbourne. Also on the recording was Joe Bonamassa. While Bogie was touring with Kenny Wayne Shepherd later that year, they shared dates with B.B. King and Joe Bonamassa happened to be the other opening act. Joe and Bogie became friends on the tour, and when it ended, Joe asked Bogie to join his band. This led to 5 years on the road with Joe, over 1000 shows, live and studio albums, and the DVD “Live From The Royal Albert Hall” which featured special guest Eric Clapton. After a shift in life direction, Bogie decided to leave the touring life, focus on helping others, and became a therapist treating people suffering mental health and addiction. However, music will always be part of who Bogie is, and after moving to Utah and getting connected with many local acts, Bogie had a desire to play music he loved, with people he loved. It didn’t take long to find his friends Mike, Dave, Will, Ron, Kelly, and Gabe. And the rest, well, you’ll see….

Dave Wilbur: Dave has performed with Collin Raye, Marie Osmond, Olivia Newton John, the Drifters, and American Idol winner Taylor Hicks. He’s played as far west as Hawaii and as far east as Prague. As far North as Alaska and south as Argentina. He is the owner and founder of Dave Wilbur’s Rock lab, teaching hundreds of students the joy of making music. Dave has done many studio sessions as a vocalist and voice actor. He is the founding member of This Is Your Band which has been performing 20 years together.

Michael Rytting: Michael has played concerts all over the world. From Singapore to Seoul, from Manila to Manhattan, playing for audiences of up to 10,000 and more! Michael has performed live on stage with huge artists like Kenny Loggins, Tommy Shaw from Styx, Belinda Carlisle, Collin Raye, and Eddie Money playing their greatest hits! In addition, he has performed live with John Popper, the Coasters, the Drifters, the Platters, the Shirelles, Jim Stafford, Tanya Tucker as well as with many gifted and talented local artists. He is also actively involved performing with the Free Radicals