Player Biographies

Frank Ball was steeped in blues and jazz during his formative years in the Cajun Country of South Louisiana. Frank was playing R&B professionally in nightclubs by the age of 14 (things were pretty loose and free in those years). Friday night after the gig was a time to stop and jam with blues famed Roosevelt Sykes.... for a late nite jam at Troxie's Floating Palace (a WWII mine sweep that was converted into a bar on the Intra Coastal Canal). Working in New Orleans was very exciting and educational. Working in New Orleans, he played in a house band called The Jackson Brewing Company with three of the players from the renowned Edgar Winter's White Trash. Also known to sit in were players from the likes of Blood Sweat and Tears, Lou Rawls, and Kenny Baron (to name a few.) Frank eventually moved to California and played clubs from one end of the state to the other with various dance bands and original projects. Finally, he decided to start up his own project called Cruise Control of which this album is the first.

Aaron Reno was forced, by his parents, to learn piano at the age of six and saxophone at the age of twelve. Because he started so early and rocked so hard, all of the local saxophone students had to take a back seat to Reno in the local Jazz and Honor Bands. After graduating C.S.U.N with a degree in Music Industry Studies, Aaron went on to work at a record company, as a personal trainer, as a substitute teacher, and at a literacy company, before finally finding his home in the wide world of real estate finance.

Playing credits include: Soul Traffic, Daily Groove, Any Old Charlie, King Solomon Burke, Pooh Chava Squeaky Negro, Magnus Pike, Middle Class Disaster, Frawl, Fractional Importance, and now Cruise Control.

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