Beau

Mr. Bones is the epicenter and front man for the Heebie~Jeebies, singing lead vocals and playing lead and rhythm guitar. Beau Bones grew up in the rough and tumble high plains desert town Winslow, Arizona. By seventh grade Beau had his first band that played the local church socials and school dances. Through junior and high school, Beau continued to form bands drawn from the local talent.

Race lines and music styles were blurred and his early childhood musical influences ranged from Merle Haggard to Wilson Pickett; from the Rolling Stones to Louis Armstrong; and from Leadbelly to Mahalia Jackson and a litany of others: Bessie Smith, Paul Robson, Jimmy Rodgers, Benny Goodman, Woody Guthrie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Pete Seeger, Mozart, Beethoven and many others. 

While his first blues influences came form the British Invasion of the early sixties, Stones, Yardbirds, Animals, John Mayall, Cream, Clapton, he soon realized that all of his favorites performed my those British white boys were actually written by American black men ten or twenty years earlier. 

At seventeen he formed the hard rock band Mantis who toured the Four Corners states and held down the Wednesday Rock night at the local honky-tonk, the Skylark Lounge just down the street from “the corner” in downtown Winslow on Route 66. 

In his late teens Beau moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he attended NAU and formed the soul-funk band Rosy Van and the Ace of Spades with his high school chum Rosy Van. They played what they affectionately called the "chittlin’ circuit" – all the black bars in Flagstaff, Winslow, Holbrook, McNary, and Gallup.  

After the Ace of Spades, Beau’s music focused on the blues and he began to learn the various styles  and to collect blues artifacts like old vinyl recording, resonator guitars, vintage tube amplifiers, and of course a plethora of blues songs.

Stevie Deville

Stevie Deville, lead guitar player for the Heebies, has been spotted lurking on the fringes of streets, halls, and bayous, listening to Muddy Waters, Joe Louis Walker, the Kings - (Albert, Freddie, and B.B.), SRV, Rick Estrin, Tommy Castro, Kenny Neal, Coco Montoya, and Howlin' Wolf with a big, fat smile on his face.

When he grows up he wants to be like them. Beyond that very little is known about him. 

Rumors he was born in Denver in the middle of the last century are unconfirmed.

Snake Dog

Snake Dog sings, plays keys and blues harp, and does some musical arranging.

Snake Dog has been playing blues and popular music for about 37 years. His real instrument is acoustic guitar. He worked his way through college playing bars solo in the 70's, and cruised through the Caribbean doing the same thing in the 90's.

He's put down his ax to play with the Heebies, and is rediscovering the blues, this time on keys and harp.

"I've played with many bands, but none with the energy and joy of this one," Snake Dog says. "It's really an honor to play with Beau, he's such a great performer and crowd pleaser. I've learned and progressed with this band more than ever before."

You can have a look at Snake Dog's maritime recording studio here, and hear some of his compositions here.

T-Bone

T-Bone Meyers, drummer for the Heebies, was raised by coyotes in the Utah desert. When his family perished in a freakishly rare inland squall, he found himself alone and starving in the desert. He would have died if he hadn't found his Anasazi spirit guide who taught him the ways of universal rhythm.

T-bone was later discovered by geologists who enrolled him in prep school where he was exposed to his first musical sounds. After evolving through bands like "The Monkees" and "Kiss", T-bone immersed himself into great rock bands such as "Led Zeppelin", "ZZ Top", "The Rolling Stones" and the like.

In his teen years he was inspired to perform as a singer, so he joined a band doing Van Halen cover songs named "Fair Warning". One band led to another until T-Bone finally saved enough cash to purchase his own drum kit.

The Nashville Flash

Craig 'The Nashville Flash' Johnson plays bass guitar. You never know he's there, but you sure do when he's not!

Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Craig's dad was raised in Mississippi where he first heard the blues being sung by the workers in the cotton fields. He started playing electric guitar when he was 13 year old. His first guitar teacher was the legendary country music star Hank Snow.

Craig started playing Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Everly Brothers in his first band at 14. Later he formed a band playing soul music, James Brown, Sam & Dave, and Wilson Pickett. During 1964-1970 Craig recorded and performed with some of the top acts of the day including Dusty Springfield, Ronny & The Daytonas, Major Lance, The Allman Brothers Band, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, and Robert Parker. 

At age 25 he stopped playing and did not start again until 1995 when he met Beau - and the Heebie Jeebies were born!

Flyin' Brian

Flyin' Brian Melville is the brains behind the Heebie Jeebies' sound. 

Brian has the red gills of a native but spent some time in the midwest and deep south before coming home to the mountains.

A musician himself, Brian claims to have been weened on Clapton, Buddy Miles, Jimi Hendrix, and CSN&Y. Nevertheless, in an apparent shift of the time-warp continuum, he made his professional debut singing and playing bass at the front range polka venues.

Now taking his turn on the other side of the microphones, Brian has found his blues family with the Heebies, and turned his attention to the more technical side of "making it sound right".