Old School,  Motown, Soul and Rock "n" roll

 "The Man Is Back"....Billy Dixon, 

A native of  Vancouver B.C. started singing at the age of 10 and hasn't stopped amazing audiences since then.  
A front man for many Vancouver groups, Billy electrified the stage with the unforgettable Night Train Revue...  
He then formed a Big Horn band called New Breed another very popular show band.  
During the Disco invasion Billy took some time off to work on other projects  
but still made time for the occasional gig at the Arts Club, Commodore,  
Richards On Richards, the Fairview and the Yale. 

1986 Billy returned to his place in the Vancouver Music Scene as one  
of the most gifted and charismatic entertainers. He reunited with the  
Night Train Revue at Club Soda for an Expo tribute to Vancouver's rock  
classics and again at the celebration of the Dance Party 20th Anniversary. 

Billy Dixon is a legend in his own time, a phenomenal singer, and a  
riveting performer.  
He picked the best of the best of talented musicians for "Soul Train Express".  
They've performed at The Yale, Fire Fighter's Club,  
LuLu's Lounge -River Rock Casino, Lion's Den-Boulevard Casino,  
plus many Private Functions.  

He's developed a very devoted following and is grateful to his audience for their love and support. 
The man is back, and in a big way! "The man is back... and right on track." 

Peter Sweetzir - Keyboards 
My musical education started in 1959, with piano lessons at the age of six. 
My music 'career' started in 1968, as a 14 year old playing piano/organ/ left hand bass,  
in the rock band 'Shametree", in Edmonton Alberta. 
In 1977, I joined a recording act led by Jim Foster the band "Fosterchild", I did three albums,  
from 1977- 1980, with them. 
I move, from Alberta to Vancouver in 1979, playing casual gigs for ten years, before joining  
The Long John Baldry Band in 1990, while I was a Baldry ketboardist, I also recorded two CD's with Gaye Delorme 1993 and 1997, more recently I have performed with "Incognito, a blues based band in Vancouver. 
Over a forty year pediod, I have grown to love Blues, Soul, R&B and Funk. I love to play and live for the opportunity to do so. 
I was Country Music's "Aaron Pritchett keyboardist, from 1995 to 2000 and played on Amber Nicholson's debut CD in 2007  
I love all kinds of music, but my main influences are Ray Charles, Floyd Cramer, and Oti 

Brock Miller - Sax 
Brock has shared the stage with acts ranging from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Jeff Healy and many others,  
and continues to move audiences with his red hot and evocative sax solos.  
Brock established his career with a long successful stretch in the very popular and celebrated Rubber Soul; a Vancouver Island R&B, funk band based out of Nanaimo  
which toured extensively throughout western Canada in the 90's.   
Brock’s passion is the tenor saxophone and has performed both locally and internationally.  
His talent grows and evolves as he thrives on collaborating with original artists along with playing in cover or show bands in festivals,  
major hotels, on cruise ships, in nightclubs, theatres, restaurants, pubs and dance halls.   
Brock also works extensively as a freelance session musician but cannot deny the luring vibe of performing on stage, entertaining audiences. 

Langston Raymond - Trumpet 
Langston is a local musician based in Vancouver born in Kingston Jamaica.   
His musical journey began in Bella Coola, where he picked up the trumpet in elementary school and played in the jazz and concert bands throughout high-school.   
Upon graduation, Langston travelled across Europe with the Canadian National Honour Band which helped gel his passion for music.   
After studying at the University of Michigan, Langston started focussing more on trumpet and guitar,  
studying with local and international musicians and attending the University of Stanford and Port Townsend Jazz programs.  
As a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger,  
Langston keeps busy with many local musicians and artists recording and playing vario samba, reggae, jazz, classical, hip-hop and RnB. 
Recently Langston has release an album titled “Doc Ramone and Corduroy Kid present Dirty Bottom”.   
Langston plays trumpet, guitar, bass and sings with the album’s “live” band.   
The band has produced two western Canadian tours, supported a film soundtrack and played numerous festivals. 

Olaf de Shield - Guitar 
Olaf de Shield is an established musician residing in Vancouver B.C., Canada.  
His main musical bags are Soul, Ryhthm & Blues, Jazz, and Pop.  
He is an accomplished guitarist, vocalist, and arranger,  and has played and recorded with a host of local and international artists over the years 
He currently performs with many of Vancouver's top local artists and bands including  
The Night Train Revue, Mike Henry, Gabriel Mark Hasselbach, Soultrax,  Sibel Thrasher, and Jayleen Stonehouse  - 
 playing in venues  such as The Yale, River Rock Casino, Chateau Whistler, Boulevard Casino, Rossini's, and so on. 
He also works in several other formats - in his Jazz duo, as a Single act (playing Pop, Motown, Blues, and Jazz),  
and in a collaborative  Rock/Funk Power Trio; "This, That, & The Other"...next page  

Chris Haas-Drums
Earned music degrees from Humber College in Toronto, University of Calgary, UBC and a Masters in Conducting from the American Band College.  Chris was a prominent high school music teacher in Vancouver and Burnaby for 30 years.  He has been 
performing professionally on drums and percussion instruments for 45 years.  As a freelancer, he has performed all styles of music including rock, jazz, funk, vocal/choral, African, classical, big band, soul, country and blues.  He sailed the Caribbean as a drummer and bandleader aboard the cruise ships Britanis and the Amerikanis.  In Vancouver, Chris has been actively involved in the Latin music scene for over 35 years, performing with all of Vancouver's top Latin/salsa bands including: Rumba Calzada, Tropicana, BC Salsa, La Clave, Xarabanda, Grupo Jazz Tumbao, Zapato Negro, Tabasko, Tanga and the incredible all-female, Cuban timba band - D'Talle.  Performances with jazz/Latin singer Deborah Ledon have included repeat engagements at the River Rock Casino, the 2010 Olympics, and a Vancouver Jazz Festival performance that was recorded for CBC radio.  In addition, he has performed with soul singer Billy Dixon, New Orleans Funk Band Cookin’ with Brass, jazz combo Esprit, guitarist Dave Ivaz, flamenco guitarist John Gilliat, Juno award-winning trumpeter Gabriel Mark Hasselbach and Vancouver big band legend - Dal Richards.  Thanks to his outstanding reading skills and versatile playing abilities, Chris is often asked to sub into important performances at the last minute.  In addition to performing and teaching, Chris runs a successful mobile recording company called West Coast Record

Billy Mendoza, Bass. 
The newest Allstar, he’s recorded and toured with country acts Suzanne Gitzi and Lynn Taylor Donovan, also recording Artist Phil Kuys, which led to a performance at the legendary BlueBird Café in Nashville. Billy has toured with Long John Baldry and recorded with Harry Manx. He’s toured Europe with Michael Booth Palmer and Dave Goodman. He fronts and the amazing Fronts Stealing in the Years, and has over the years warmed up concert acts, a few are, Eric Clapton, Foreigner, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker Oingo Boingo, Grace Jones, Icicle Works, Romeo Void, Loretta Lynn, and Johnny Winter.