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Ron is the leader, keyboard/guitarist and one of the three lead vocalists for the group PASSION. As a young teen the California keyboard phenom joined a San Francisco bay area R&B/Funk band. It is with this band that he began songwriting and arranging music. They released their first three singles on an Indy label getting heavy airplay in the bay area and reaching interested ears in Los Angeles. This led to his arranging the music for an album by a Grammy Award winning Gospel group followed by a multi-million dollar major label recording contract for his young band with Capitol Records. The youngsters recorded and released their first album which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and experienced some minor national and international success. After this very promising start, a few national tours with major artists, some international touring, significant radio airplay for their singles releases, national television appearances, and soon after recording most of their never-released second album the group disbanded in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was very disheartening because he was the primary songwriter for the band. Shortly afterward he accepted a keyboardist position with another band and toured the country for the next few years while also doing recording session work in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Connecticut, the San Francisco bay area and Las Vegas, eventually making "second home" Las Vegas, his primary residence. A few years later he formed and started touring the country with his new group PASSION. Years later, after hearing some of the new songs he had written and recorded with PASSION, Capitol Records again offered him another record deal but he and the label were never able to agree on terms. He is currently writing and recording new material for their upcoming album.

At age seventeen super talented keyboardist/bass guitarist/vocalist Al left home and headed for New York City. He worked at several clubs performing with local bands before joining a nationally touring group based from there. After several years of success, somehow, he too also finally ended up in Las Vegas. After making the desert oasis his home he was once again bitten by the road bug and hit the road performing with and being the musical director of several other touring bands including a major "Las Vegas Strip" headliner. His travels extended throughout the continental USA, Alaska and Hawaii. After several more tours he decided to stop the traveling altogether in order to continue his formal music education at the renowned Grove School of Music located in the Los Angeles area, adding film and television scoring, orchestral arranging and conducting, and jazz improvisation to his burgeoning musical repertoire. After graduating from school he returned to Las Vegas and eventually back on the road again. He was performing at a major casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, when brother Ron called with an invitation to join his group. He was enthused about working with his brother again (they first played together in a high-school rock band) and when the engagement in Atlantic City was over he left to join PASSION. He continues his personal musical growth with his continued jazz improvisation studies and performances.

The dynamic front person extraordinaire of PASSION and one of the nation's most soulful, exciting, energetic and outstanding vocalist/entertainers is Sarah Linn. Her ability to soar with her extended vocal range and move from one genre of music to another effortlessly and authentically has awed and amazed audiences nationwide. Sarah is a native southeast Ohioan born and raised in small town Waterford, on the dairy farm her family owns and operates. Her talent to sing was cultivated in church and at family gatherings. She also plays the keyboards and guitar with the group. Sarah performed with a local rock group while attending college first at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio, and later at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated with a degree in Mathematics from Ohio State University and during that same summer met and joined the group PASSION. She now resides with her husband Tom in the Great Lakes city of Marquette, which is located in the upper peninsula of Michigan (the UP) and on the sparkling shores of cold but beautiful Lake Superior. In her spare time she performs singing and playing guitar at local church functions.

On the drums and born and bred in the east coast city of Baltimore, Maryland is dynamo drummer Tim. He started laying his first grooves at age eleven on a collection of metal trash cans which eventually led to a real drum kit. He began playing in music groups throughout high-school in addition to taking private lessons on the drums, the trumpet and the piano. His superior drum skills eventually led to studio session work with Grammy award winning engineer/producer George Massenburg. After years of studio work it was on to tours with several groups before returning to continue his musical studies in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area learning jazz and improvisation. Then it was on to Western Europe and the Virgin Islands touring with numerous international artists. He returned once again to the D.C. area where he worked as Assistant Stage Manager for DAR Constitution Hall. The drums began calling again and before long he left his job to hit the road performing with several groups in the western half of the United States before getting a call from and finally joining PASSION. A very well schooled and talented drummer he made his reputation playing on acoustic kits but he has never been intimidated by progress or technology and embraced the use of electronic drums long ago thinking of them as another instrument and style of playing to be mastered.

Songlist:

.38 Special	Hold On Loosely
2 Unlimited	Get Ready For This
4 Non Blondes	What's Up (Dance) What's Up (Rock)
A Taste Of Honey	Boogie Oogie Oogie
ABBA	Dancing Queen Waterloo
AC/DC	You Shook Me All Night Long
Afroman	Because I Got High
Al Wilson	Show And Tell
Alan Dale	Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Alan Jackson	The Real World
Alanis Morissette	Ironic
All American Rejects	Gives You Hell
All-4-One	I Swear
Andrews Sisters	Beer Barrel Polka Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree In The Mood
Anne Murray	Tennessee Waltz
B-52's	Love Shack
Bachman Turner Overdrive	Taking Care Of Business
Baha Men	Who Let The Dogs Out
Barbra Streisand	The Way We Were
Beach Boys	Fun! Fun! Fun! Little Deuce Coupe Surfin' USA
Ben E. King	Stand By Me
Bette Midler	The Rose
Better Than Ezra	Juicy
Beyonce	Irreplaceable Single Ladies
Big & Rich	Big Time Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy
Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace
Bill Withers	Just The Two Of Us
Billy Idol	Mony Mony
Billy Joel	Just The Way You Are
Billy Ray Cyrus	Achy Breaky Heart
Blackeyed Peas	I Gotta Feeling Let's Get It Started
Blake Shelton	Some Beach
Bloodhound Gang	Bad Touch, The
Blues Brothers	Peter Gunn Theme Rawhide Soul Man Sweet Home Chicago
Bob Seger	Old Time Rock & Roll
Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe
Bobby Day	Rockin' Robin
Bonnie Raitt	Something To Talk About
BR-549	Cherokee Boogie
Brooks & Dunn	Boot Scootin' Boogie
Brownsville Station	Smokin' In The Boys Room
Cameo	Word Up
Carly Simon	Nobody Does It Better
Ce Ce Peniston	Finally We Got A Love Thang
Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On
Champs	Tequila
Charlie Rich	Behind Closed Doors
Cheap Trick	I Want You To Want Me
Cher	Believe
Cheryl Lynn	Got To Be Real
Chic	Good Times
Chicago	Beginnings Color My World Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Chumbawamba	Tub Thumping
Clarence Carter	Strokin'
Club Nouveau	Lean On Me
Coasters	Charlie Brown
Coldplay	Viva La Vida
Commander Cody	Hot Rod Lincoln
Contours	Do You Love Me
Cream	Sunshine Of Your Love
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising Proud Mary
Crush	Jellyhead
Crystal Gayle	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Cupid	Cupid Shuffle
Cyndi Lauper	All Through The Night Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Time After Time (Dance)
Danny & The Juniors	At The Hop
Daughtry	Feels Like Tonight
David Allan Coe	You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Deep Purple	Smoke On The Water
Deniece Williams	Let's Hear It For The Boy
Diana Ross	Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Dinah Shore	Sentimental Journey
Dionne Warwick	Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Dixie Chicks	Sin Wagon
Dixie Cups	Chapel Of Love
Dobie Gray	Drift Away
Dolly Parton	Rocky Top
Doobie Brothers	Listen To The Music
Drifters	Under The Boardwalk
Dwight Yoakam	Fast As You
Eiffel 65	Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Ella Fitzgerald	Making Whoopee My Funny Valentine Someone To Watch Over Me
Engelbert Humperdinck	After The Loving Cuando, Cuando, Cuando
Eric Clapton	Wonderful
EU	Da Butt
Eve	Let Me Blow Ya Mind
Fleetwood Mac	Dreams Landslide Rhiannon
Flo Rida	Club Can't Handle Me Low
Fontella Bass	Rescue Me
Four Seasons	December '63
Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin Summerwind The Way You Look Tonight
Frankie Ford	Sea Cruise
Freddy Fender	Before The Next Teardrop Falls Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
Garth Brooks	Friends In Low Places
Gary Glitter	Rock And Roll Part II
Gene Autry	Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
George Thorogood	Get A Haircut
Glen Miller Orchestra	American Patrol
Glenn Campbell	Rhinestone Cowboy
Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive Never Can Say Goodbye
Gnarls Barkley	Crazy
Grand Funk Railroad	Some Kind Of Wonderful
Gretchen Wilson	Redneck Woman
Haley, Bill & The Comets	Rock Around The Clock
Hank Williams Jr.	Good Friends, Good Whiskey & Good Lovin'
Heart	Tell It Like It Is
Hootie & The Blowfish	I Only Wanna Be With You
House Of Pain	Jump Around
James Blunt	You're Beautiful
Janis Joplin	Me And Bobby McGee Mercedes Benz
Jason Aldean	Don't You Want To Stay
Jason Mraz	I'm Yours
Jimmy Cliff	I Can See Clearly
Jimmy Soul	If You Wanna Be Happy
Joan Jett	I Love Rock & Roll
Joee	Arriba
John Cougar Mellencamp	Hurts So Good R.O.C.K. In The USA Wild Nights
John Lennon	Imagine
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues Ring Of Fire
Johnny Cash & June Carter	Jackson
Johnny Lee	Looking For Love
Journey	Don't Stop Believing Lights Open Arms
Justin Timberlake	Sexy Back
Katrina & The Waves	Walking On Sunshine
Ke$ha	Take It Off Tik Tok
Keith Urban	Somebody Like You
Kelly Clarkson	My Life Would Suck Without You
Kenny Chesney	No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
Kentucky Headhunters	Dumas Walker
Kool & The Gang	Get Down On It
KT Tunstall	Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
Kylie Minogue	The Locomotion
Lady Antebellum	Need You Now
Lady GaGa	Bad Romance Just Dance Poker Face
Laura Branigan	Gloria
Leona Lewis	Better In Time Bleeding Love
Lily Allen	Smile
Linda Ronstadt	Blue Bayou Desperado Heatwave It's So Easy Ooh, Baby, Baby That'll Be The Day When Will I Be Loved
Lipps Incorporated	Funkytown
Lit	My Own Worst Enemy
Lita Ford	Kiss Me Deadly
Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee
Loggins & Messina	Your Mama Don't Dance
Looking Glass	Brandy
Los Del Mar	Macarena
Los Lonely Boys	Heaven
Lou Bega	Mambo No. 5
Lou Christie	I'm Gonna Make You Mine
Loverboy	Working For The Weekend
Lynyrd Synyrd	Sweet Home Alabama
Macy Gray	I Try
Madonna	Into The Groove Like A Virgin
Major Harris	Love Won't Let Me Wait
Mamas & The Papas	Dream A Little Dream
Marcia Griffiths	Electric Boogie
Mark Morrison	Return Of The Mack
Maroon 5	Sunday Morning
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	Heatwave
Martina McBride	Valentine
Mary J. Blige	Family Affair
Mary Wells	My Guy
McGuire Sisters	Blue Skies Goodnight Sweetheart Sweet Song Of India
Melissa Etheridge	I'm The Only One
Meredith Brooks	Bitch
Miami Sound Machine	1,2,3... Conga
Michael Buble	Save The Last Dance For Me
Miley Cyrus	Party In The USA
Minnie Ripperton	Lovin' You
Nancy Sinatra	These Boots Are Made For Walking
Natalie Cole & Nat King	Unforgettable
Neil Diamond	Sweet Caroline
Nelly	Dilemma Hot In Herre Ride Wit Me
Ne-Yo	So Sick
Nicki French	Total Eclipse Of The Heart
No Doubt	I'm Just A Girl
Norah Jones	Don't Know Why
Passion	Fair Warning Give It All To Me Hopelessly Love, It's A Mystery Memories In The Dark Shugah Baby Someone Is Crying
Pat Benatar	Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Patsy Cline	Blue Moon Of Kentucky Crazy I Fall To Pieces Sweet Dreams Walkin' After Midnight
Patty Loveless	Blame It On Your Heart
Perry Como	Hello, Young Lovers Some Enchanted Evening
Pink	U + Ur Hand
Pitbull	Calle Ocho Hotel Room Service
Poison	Talk Dirty To Me
Pussycat Dolls	Don’t Cha
Rascal Flatts	Bless The Broken Road
Ray J	Sexy Can I
Real McCoy	Another Night
Redbone	Come And Get Your Love
Rehab	Bartender Song
Richie Valens	La Bamba
Rick James	Give It To Me Baby
Ricky Martin	Livin' La Vida Loca She Bangs
Right Said Fred	I'm Too Sexy
Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Rihanna	Disturbia Live Your Life Umbrella
Ringo Starr	You're Sixteen
Robert Palmer	Addicted To Love
Rock Heroes	All Summer Long
Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar Honky Tonk Woman Jumping Jack Flash Satisfaction
Romantics	Talking In Your Sleep What I Like About You
Sade	Smooth Operator
Salt-N-Pepa	Push It
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully
Sara Vaughan	Misty
Savage Garden	I Knew I Loved You Truly, Madly, Deeply
Sean Paul	Get Busy
Selena	Baila Esta Cumbia Bidi Bidi Bom Bom Como La Flor La Carcacha
Shania Twain	Any Man Of Mine Feel Like A Woman No One Needs To Know Up! You're Still The One
Sheryl Crow	If It Makes You Happy Soak Up The Sun Strong Enough
Shinedown	Second Chance
Simon & Garfunkel	Cecilia
Sister Sledge	We Are Family
Sixpence None The Richer	Kiss Me
Smash Mouth	Walkin' On The Sun
Soft Cell	Tainted Love
Spencer Davis	Gimme Some Lovin'
Spiral Starecase	More Today Than Yesterday
Standard	Chicken Dance
Steppenwolf	Born To Be Wild
Steve Miller	Rock'n Me The Joker
Stray Cats	Rock This Town
Styx	Too Much Time
Sugar Ray	Every Morning
Sugarland	All I Want To Do It Happens
Supremes	Baby Love Stop, In The Name Of Love Where Did Our Love Go
T.I.	Live Your Life Whatever You Like
Taio Cruz	Dynamite
Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man
Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me
Technotronic	Move This
The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup
The Mavericks	All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down
The McCoys	Hang On Sloopy
The Ting Tings	Shut Up And Let Me Go
Thompson Square	Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not
Tim McGraw	I Like It, I Love It
Tommy Tutone	867-5309 Jenny
Tone Loc	Funky Cold Medina Wild Thing
Toni Basil	Mickey
Tony, Toni, Tone	No More Loot
T-Pain	I'm In Luv With A Stripper
Tractors	Baby Likes To Rock It
Trailer Choir	Rockin' The Beer Gut
Train	Hey Soul Sister
Trammps	Disco Inferno
Trisha Yearwood	That's What I Like About You
Troggs	Wild Thing
Uncle Kracker	Smile
US 3	Cantaloop
Usher	Yeah!
Van Halen	Pretty Woman
Vengaboys	We Like To Party
Ventures	Wipeout
Waylon Jennings	Good Hearted Woman Luchenbach, Texas
Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen
Weezer	Beverly Hills
Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City
Wild Cherry	Play That Funky Music
Willie Nelson	You Were Always On My Mind
Yolanda Be Cool	We No Speak Americano
Zac Brown	Chicken Fried
Zac Brown Band	Chicken Fried
ZZ Top	Sharp Dressed Man