STATIC CLING FAMILY TREE
>   Formed in Chicago in 1979:      -  Kim Draheim -- guitar & vocals      -  Tony Erangey -- guitar & vocals      -  Ed Camplin -- drums      -  (some friend of Ed's) -- bass (fired after the first gig & replaced          by Randy Alber) >   1980 -- Sound man and roadie, Tom Townsend, becomes lead and       backing vocalist. >   1981 -- Tony leaves and is replaced by roadie Bill's little brother.        Don't remember his name but I do remember that he was a bag-boy at       a grocery store and that he was the regular bagger-of-choice of Kevin       Cronin's mother. >   1982 -- Tom leaves and the first version of Static Cling falls apart. >   1983 -- After a few false starts the New York version of Static Cling gets underway:      -   Kim Draheim -- guitar & vocals      -   Cathi Lee Otis -- vocals & percussion      -   Karen Lee Porter -- keyboard & vocals      -   Frank Blanke -- bass      -   Rick Rogers -- drums >   1983 -- Rick moves away and we find our new drummer, Chuck       Randall, at a flea market. >   1984 -- Frank quits after playing a couple of parties and Chuck       recruits his friend, Eric Ott, on bass and vocals. >   1986 -- Karen quits, we try playing as a 4-piece, don't like it and       recruit Jim Taylor on keyboards, guitar and vocals. >   1989 -- Jim quits, we try playing as a 4-piece and like it better this       time. >   1990 -- Eric quits, replaced by Mike Doyle on bass and backing         vocals. >   1994 -- Mike quits, replaced by Steve Bennett who plays one gig.      1994 -- Ron Shayler joins on bass and vocals. >   1995 -- Chuck gets sick and is replaced temporarily by Bob         Birmingham. >   1996 -- Chuck is back but turns out not to be 100%.  Bob returns as         drummer but Chuck remains part of the band.  Chuck eventually         regains his stamina and continues to occasionally play and record         with the band as well as helping to produce and engineer both our         recordings and our live sound. >  1997 -- Static Cling becomes, simultaneously, The Skeleton Crew,         backing band of legendary singer, songwriter, Blue Oyster Cult         lyricist, Helen Wheels. >   2000 -- Helen passes away. >   2004 -- Jim Andrews joins the Static Cling family. Bob's having some         difficulties playing all scheduled gigs so Jim (from Ron's other band, The         Catatonix) and Chuck begin to fill in on a semi-regular basis. (Jim had played a         couple of benefits with us before back in '95) >   2005 -- Tim Jennings picks out the lead guitar part to Glenn Phillips' "I Want to Talk to my Girl",          and  begins to play this song (+ a few others) out with Static Cling on an occassional basis. >   2006 -- Ron moves to Virginia, obviosly no longer plays with the band, but continues in many ways           to carry the Static Cling torch. Static Cling at this point has a number of auxiliary members -           folks who sometimes sit-in  &/or record with us. They include: Dave Ansuini (bass), Tim          Jennings (guitar), Alan Birmingham (bass, mixing/production/engineering), Dave           Henninger (mixing/production/engineering, guitar), Glenn Phillips (guitar), Jim Andrews        (drums & percussion), John Reilley (sax & vocals), Al Anderson (guitar)and of course Chuck          & Ron remain members of the family.          Alan Birmingham - new bass player as of April 7, 2006.                  ( All dates approximate and very much subject to my poor memory . . . contact me with any corrections . . . Kim)