Born in ’57, in Springdale, Arkansas, Larry Hight developed an interest in country music at an early age when his parents would take him to music parties at their friend’s house.
Larry started guitar lessons at age 8 and by the time he turned 16 he was teaching guitar lessons at a local music store owned by his guitar instructor, Nancy Clark, her husband, Huston and Larry’s brother Lee. From that time he has played with various bands in the area at local clubs and country music shows. He has played in opening acts for: Vern Gosdin, Charlie McCoy and the Hee Haw band, Colin Raye, Martin Delray, T. Graham Brown, Darrell Worley, David Allen Coe, Jeff Carson, John Anderson, Levon Helm, and other artists. After playing and teaching for over 35 years, Larry still has a passion for music and enjoys playing, writing, and recording with Brian Odle. He has been with Brian since ’06.
Jeff "Machine Man" Elmer hails from Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he got his start in music at age five, when his mom would take him to the town square on Saturdays and he would stand on a wooden soda-pop crate and sing for tips!
Later, as a teenager, Jeff took up the bass guitar, and inspired by the rock and country sounds he heard on the radio, began several years of "paying dues" by playing the club circuit. He even graduated from the Grove School of Music and was "on the road" for two-and-a half years playing music full-time before joining Brian's band.
Although Lynn has always had a love of music, particularly the drums. He didn't start playing until he was in college. After buying his first drumset at 21 years old, he immediately started taking lessons and joined his first band, a heavy metal band playing covers of Judas Priest, Dokken, Queensryche and many others. Since those early days of playing he has played in blues bands, Top 40 bands and even in church.
After college Lynn relocated to Austin, TX. where he occupied the drum chair for local act Sensat Blue. The unit played all over Austin including a stint as house band for the Sixth Street Country Club. Later, Lynn came back home to Northwest Arkansas where he was a member of local favorite Oreo Blue.
Lynn auditioned for Brian Odle on Brian's birthday in 2003 and he has been with Brian since. Opening for such acts as: Shooter Jennings, Tracy Lawrence, Daryl Worley, Merle Haggard and many many others. There are plenty of drummers out there that are much better than Lynn technically, but none of them have as much fun on stage or are as pretty.
