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Mike has been hosting jams since 1989 when the historic Harleysville Hotel
Jam started (it ran for 16 years). It's no coincidence that the first incarnation of Rollin' & Tumblin' got together there all those years ago. Just a side note, Matt McNally was the original Tumbler drummer back then. Mike has a certain knack for making players feel at ease when attending the Jam. He also has the uncanny ability to pair seasoned players with the more novice musician creating a smooth jam with less of what we call "Train Wrecks". Countless bands have been formed after meeting at Jams Mike has hosted. With the addition of The Salford Pub Jam area players now have the opportunity to play along with seasoned musicians who can help nurture them in pursuit of their craft. We should all have a whole lot of fun along the way too!
Matt came down with drum fever at age twelve with vigorous tapping on table tops and walls. His folks finally got him a kit at fourteen. Later he studied percussion formally at the Haddonfield Conservatory. An admirer of rock drummers as diverse as John Bonham and Danny Seraphine, he counts studio legend Hal Blaine as his strongest influence. When it comes to drumming, Matt eschews flash in favor of taste. “The pocket is the main thing,” he says. Matt has played the local scene for many years in bands ranging from upstart original to country to funk/jazz. He has been a fixture at a number of long-running jams in the area, including the legendary Harleysville jam of the 1980s with Mike Guldin and Wayne Johnston. Nothing satisfies like a driving blues shuffle.
Bassist Bill Sharrow, a/k/a "Dr. Feelgood", began performing in clubs in 1965 at age 13 with the band The Originals and in his 40 year career has played just about every style of music including Blues, Country, Gospel, Rock, R&B, Funk and Jazz. Influenced by the Beatles and other bands of the time, Bill began by studying guitar and bass privately with Ralph Chreiman and later studied Harmony and Theory for a short time at the New School of Music and began teaching private lessons in 1969. Bill worked with The Curtis Brothers and others until 1976 playing the Philly, Jersey and Shore Points circuit. Bill has since played with numerous bands including: Newbourne, Mixx, Reaction (with Mike Guldin and Matt McNally), The Basin Street Boys, Vital Link and The Johnston Bros. Band and played with such local notables as: Mike Dugan, Craig Thatcher and Mary Hawkins, to name a few. Bill is also at home in the studio having played on several albums, radio and TV spots and demos including Mary Hawkins "Black & Blue" and The Johnston Bros. "Life and Passion" and "Psalm 150". Recently Bill has moved to the other side of the "glass" and worked as a mixing engineer on Rollin' and Tumblin's "Roadhouse Rhythm" and as producer and engineer on The Johnston Bros. "You Asked For It" and "Psalm 150". In 1988 Bill and his wife Marcy purchased Fretz Music Center in Souderton, PA from Roland Fretz. The store, now in its 50th year, continues to be the area'a musical "center" serving the needs of aspiring and professional musicians alike. Bill still continues to teach a select schedule of students.
Ron has been playing guitar for 30 years, and attended Temple school of music way back in the 80s where he studied with Ed Flanagan, and privately with Pat Martino. Following college, Ron began writing music for Philadelphia Music Works, a local production faculty that produced music for radio and TV. In 1993, Ron started Burns Audio and began writing music for production music libraries, and networks like HBO, NBC, and ESPN. In 1998, Ron co founded protonMEDIA, a multi media production company that now employs 14 creative professionals. Ron suffers from the rare guitar player disease know as GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), which he treats through the purchase of vintage guitars and amplifiers. Ron himself is a vintage 1965 carbon based bi-ped. Recently Ron formed Wah Wah Boy records, and produced Mike Guldinšs new release Roadhouse Rhythm. Currently, Ron is looking for an adequate blues nick name, so if you have any suggestions, come on out to the jam with some good names.