Bios

Kerry Keene Lead Vocals & Guitar

Kerry first came to the conclusion that music was in his future - like so many others - when he saw the Beatles perform for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show way back in 1964. After seeing how much fun it looked like they were having, he said "That's what I want to do." Eleven years later, after seeing Bruce Springsteen perform at the old Music Hall in Boston, he had another epiphany. If he could just harness that ability to make the crowd know that they were a crucial part of the whole experience - good fun would be had by all. After playing in a series of rock bands in the Brockton-Bridgewater-Taunton, Massachusetts area from the late 1970's to the early 2000's, he came to the conclusion that he should be paying tribute to the guys who started it all. In early 2007 he formed The Xeatles - a Beatles tribute band. From there, he branched out to paying tribute to the decade of his youth......the 60's.

Tiffany Leyda Lead Vocals & Percussion

Tiffany has loved music from the 60's since she was a child. Her parents listened to their favorites all the time (like the Beatles, Motown, and Psychedelic) and made the music come alive for her. Most of her singing experience has been with acoustic karaoke, where she has been singing her favorite songs live with guitarist, Mark Beauchemin, for years. Acoustic karaoke is also where she met the former lead female singer of The 60's, Kelly Cleveland. When Kelly told her of the opportunity to sing with The 60's band, it was something she couldn't pass up! After a fun audition, and an impromptu rendition of Janis Joplin's 'Piece of My Heart', Tiffany joined the 60's in 2017 and is loving every minute of it!

Steve Forrest Lead Guitar, Vocals & Musical Director of the Band

Steve's musical journey began in elementary school, when he hardly learned to read music and play trumpet in concerts and parades. According to Dr. Peabody, Sherman and the Way Back Machine, this was during the mid 1960's, when sounds of the British Invasion had excited the imaginations of the younger generation. At age 13, Steve got hooked on this groovy music and asked for a guitar for Christmas. Soon, he and others at school started The Obsession, a pop and rock band that performed at the Surf Nantasket, the premier South Shore venue for teens. After High School, after Bob Dylan sang "The Times, They Are a Changin", Steve let his hair grow long to look like a skinny hippie with dreadlocks. During this creative period, he wrote and performed commercial music for radio and TV ads, and original songs with HIGH BUTTON, a band that recorded on the Laurie Records label and toured regularly, playing what was called Country Rock to many crowds, large and small, throughout Maine and Canada, at fairgrounds, nightclubs and bars. Tired of travel and wanting to study music, Steve enrolled at Berklee College of Music in 1973, to happily earn a degree in Music Education and be inspired by exciting jazz fusion music and musicians of the 1970’s. After college, Steve hit the road again to play in many bands, playing many different styles of music... as a trumpeter in a disco dance band while dressed in a peach tuxedo, and as a guitarist playing the Chicken Dance in a 1980’s wedding band. More than 50 years and 5,000 gigs later, Steve is happy to return to where it started, with the music of The 60’s!

Cat (Catherine) Glaude Keyboard, Vocals & Media Designer

Cat started her musical career playing baritone horn in a high school band. While in college, she purchased a 12 string Martin guitar and started singing and playing with others in her dorm. In the mid 90’s, Cat formed the Jimmy Buffett tribute band Latitude Adjustment performing in southern Maine and Perdido Key, Florida. It was during this time that she began playing keyboard. Then for 14 years in Maine, Cat was a member of a Jimmy Buffett tribute band Calypso Cowboys helping the band grow from a duet to a 8-piece classic rock status, well known by the Maine Parrotheads. In November 2009 after relocating to southern Massachusetts and listening to The Xeatles, a Beatles tribute band, perform in a local bar, she approached their drummer Dave Messinger to discuss the possibility of forming a band. This was the birth of The 60's!

Dave Messinger Percussion

Dave has been playing drums since he was 8 years old and played in several garage bands growing up in the 70’s; one of which was “The Watermelon Impression.” He was influenced by The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and Boston bands like The Stompers and The Atlantics. He followed Buddy Rich’s classic style of drumming. Dave’s professional career took off in 1998 with The Nighshifters, a popular five piece hard driving classic rock band that played for over 5 years throughout Southeastern New England. From there he spun off with the bassist and lead guitar player Steve Macomber to form Third Degree. He then helped form Triple Play playing many venues south of Boston and on the Cape. In 2008, Dave became a member of The Xeatles.

Tom (Tommy) Pavao Bass & Vocals

Tom began playing music during his teenage years learning all the 60's hits by listening to those fabulous LP's wearing out the grooves trying to decipher those elusive words and chords. Eventually, he honed his bass and vocal skills with the popular horn band "Together" during the 70's. A new opportunity to play full-time came with the regional band "Wizz" during the 80's entertaining New England with Top Forty and original music. Tom took a hiatus during 90's to be involved with his son's hockey pursuits. When young Tom went off to college, it was back to music. Since 1997 to present he has played with "Unfinished Business", an original music project; "Down and Dirty", power rock trio; "Summer School", acoustic yacht rock; coming full circle reuniting with his teenage friends forming the "Village Kids". It was during one of those shows when he was introduced to "The 60's" and so the journey continues.

In Memory of Ken E. Taylor
Bass & Vocals