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BIO



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Hailing from Madison WI and gaining fast popularity across the state, COUNTRY WIDE is an energetic, fun, and engaging cover band that plays modern country, rock & pop. We are unique in that we have 4 lead vocalists that add a considerable amount of variety to our shows while offering multi-part harmonies. We also have our own production (sound/lights) for full stage performances. We cover artists like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, Shania Twain, Journey, ACDC, Bon Jovi, Nazareth, Georgia Satellites, Buck Cherry, Jimmy Eat World, 3 Doors Down, Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, & Ed Sheeran.


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Behind the scenes



CURT SCHREINER



PERCUSSIONIST





Curt Schreiner has been playing percussion for 30+ years. He started playing in club bands at age 17, and never looked back. He brings a strong intensity and steady beat to every band he has performed with, playing all styles of music. His years of experience show in his intuitive and effortless approach, along with his ability to drive the band with an impeccable rhythmic ferocity. Although drumming is clearly Curts thing, dont let him fool you, he's got skills on the mic too. He's the MC for Country Wide and you might even catch him singing a song or two with the band. Curt has kept the beat for local acts Fire-n-Ice, Politix, The John Masino Band, Whiplash, and Thirsty Jones. His musical influences are Queen, Beatles, Collective Soul, 311, Dave Matthews, Allanis Morrisette, as well as drummers, Tommy Lee, Cater Bueford, Morgan Rose and Todd Sucherman. When he wasn't behind the drums, Curt established a 20+ year career at Electonic Theatre Controls.



BOBBY DUNCANSON



VOCALIST





Bobby was first introduced to bass and guitar lessons at age 9. At age 19, he had his first gig in a dive bar in Florida. What began as a guitar gig, turned into the start of Bobby’s passion, singing. He unintentionally took over for the lead singer that night and has never looked back. Bobby’s raw talent for singing led him on a lifelong journey as the front man in numerous bands. In his early 20’s, he was a lead singer in a successful 80’s Rock/Hair Band, Dreamscape, and co-wrote a song that remained within the top 5 songs on the Florida charts for five weeks. In college, he performed with the University’s Accapella musical group. Bobby is a true Artist. Not only is he a singer, but he is an artist his professional life as well. He has a degree in Animation from Marycrest University in Iowa. He started his career at Raven Software, spent a number of years at Madison Media Institute and is now the President of a cutting edge Motion Caputure business in the Midwest, Mad Marker Studio. While advancing in his career, Bobby’s continued passion for music has also progressed. In Madison, he has been part of multiple bands, including Majestic (Journey Tribute Band), The Bob Band, Bob Rocks, TMB, Part-Time Carnies and is currently in Reloaded, to name a few. Bobby’s talent and years of experience on the stage is sight you don’t want to miss! He’s the rocker in the Country Wide and brings strong vocals, a high-energy stage presence and charisma that only a seasoned artist can possess. Bobby’s musical influences are Journey, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Statovarious, Symphony X, The Sylistics, Dio, Firehouse, Warrant, Dokken and Big Hair 80s Bands.


SEAN REIMER



VOCALIST/GUITAR





Sean is a true country boy at heart. He was born in the UP, MI and raised in the north woods of WI. He grew up on his dad’s back 40, driving the old ‘53 Chevy on the dirt roads, snowmobiling and hunting. Summers were spent skiing and boating on the chain O' Lakes. Sean’s first experience performing was in his role as Sid Sawyer in his 8th grade play, Tom Sawyer. In high school, he had a taste of the big screen as an extra in the movie, Mindwarp, starring Bruce Campbell. Looking back, these performances may have been the spark that lit his love for the stage. Sean has always been very social and was active in high school extra curriculars. In addition to strong academics and a success in sports, he was involved in high school band. He played trumpet in all the school bands and developed an affection for music. After college, he married his high school sweetheart, Marcia, and became a father of two. He focused on family and building his own business, until his spark for the stage reignited. In 2015, Sean became a founding member of Country Wide. Since then, he has combined his knack for business, with his country roots and his passion for music to cultivate his vision for the band. His hard work and passion has brought CW to the success it is today. Sean is a lead vocalist, rhythm guitar player, sound engineer, booking agent and more for CW. You could say, “He is a man of many cowboy and trucker hats.” Even now, you will find him pulling the band trailer to gigs in his jacked up, black pick-up truck, while cranking his favorite country and rock tunes. His musical influences stem from Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Guns and Roses, Beastie Boys and Five Finger Death Punch.


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MARCIA REIMER



VOCALIST





Marcia was born into a home brimming with music and talented family members. Her earliest memories involve her parents singing in the church choir, her dad playing his guitar by the campfire and her siblings creating the perfect harmonies to all the standard country and gospel songs. It only makes sense that music became a significant part of Marcia’s life too. She was involved in bands and choirs in high school and college. As a young adult, she spent time in a country band with her sisters and in her families stage show in Northern Wisconsin. During this time, her singer/songwriter sister created an album of original music that led them to an unforgettable jaunt to Nashville, performing and recording. After college, Marcia married her high school sweetheart, Sean, and became the mother of two boys. She focused on her first love, family, and her career for a number of years. Eventually, she was drawn back to music and sang in her church praise band for a number of years. It was a delayed destiny but, after all these years, Marcia, and her husband discovered they could put their talents together! They decided to join musical forces and, now, perform together as a duet, in an acoustic trio (Moxie) and most often in Country Wide. Marcia is a lead vocalist in CW, adds strong harmony to the band and plays a mean tambourine.


DEREK BUCKLEY



VOCALS/GUITAR





Derek started playing music with his roommate at the University of Central Florida in the early 90's. And then life happened, priorities changed and he got a "real" job. But thanks to the encouragement of good friends and the support of family, music found its way back into his passions. Now, he regularly performs throughout the midwest both as a solo artist and with his band, Country Wide. In just a few short years, Derek has established a solid following performing a variety of music at public and private events.


jason phelps



lead guitar





Jason studied classical piano from age 5 through high school. As an angry young man in college, he needed an outlet for said angst and piano just wasn't cutting it. A college friend in the dorms let him try his electric guitar, and taught him a Queensryche riff. Jason was instantly hooked. He has played for a number of Madison area bands: Rock Bottom, Bad Jack, Munkypunch, 3:AM, Half Past Zero, BoB Rocks, Charm School Rejects and Pilot. He currently plays for Honeyshot on keys and guitar, and is in the lead guitar rotation for Country Wide. You will not want to miss Jason on guitar. He brings Country Wide to life with his high energy moves and top notch talent. He's truly one of the best in Madison.



Behind the scenes



JOEY VALLA



BASSIST





After receiving a KISS CD for his 11th birthday from his father, he was hooked on music. Growing up in semi-rural Oak Creek, he spent a lot of free time with friends fishing, playing sports, and hanging out at bonfires. This is how he came across listening to and loving all kinds of new music, especially country. After hearing a friend of his play his electric guitar for him in eighth grade, he quickly saved up cash at his lawn mowing job to buy his first ever guitar. During high school, he spent a lot of time playing in small garage jam bands with friends from the area. In college he played in a few serious groups, but was never able to fully commit until recently, following graduation. By day, he's an accountant, but he spends a lot of his free time still pursuing music on the side and studying music theory. Joey’s influences: Jason Aldean, Guns n’ Roses, Brantley Gilbert, Alan Jackson, Justin Moore, and Van Halen.



JACOB VANCE



LEAD GUITAR





Jacob Vance started playing guitar at twelve years old. Inspired by greats like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King and many others, Jacob began playing at local blues jams to learn from and cut his teeth with more experienced players. Under the tutelage of local guitar legend, Louka Patenaude (UW Jazz Guitar Professor), Jacob widened his horizons learning music theory and the music of Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, and Charlie Parker. With Louka, Jacob even performed in a lineup of local young guitarists as one of the "Young Lions of Jazz Guitar". After leading various local music projects Jacob went on to play throughout the state of the Wisconsin with the country/rock band, Thirsty Jones, sharing the stage with many national acts such as Chase Rice, Shenandoah, Brothers Osborne, and The Cadillac Three. Currently, Jacob leads Madison honky tonk/blues rock band, RailHopper, who have already in their brief existence shared the stage with veteran Nashville band, Flying Buffaloes, and country music legend, David Allan Coe. They have also been nominated as one of the best country/bluegrass performers of 2019 for the Madison Area Music Awards. When he's not fronting RailHopper Jacob plays with many regional bands such as Country Wide (Madison) and Adam Bartels Band (Iowa-Wisconsin border). You can also occasionally find him with sitting in on Broadway in Nashville with his good buddy, Tom Buller.













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