The Band - Bios
Rick Lewis
Rick Lewis is an award winning Radio Broadcaster and has had one of the top morning radio shows in the industry for decades. He is also an Emmy and Telly winning TV Host/Entertainer. Since 2017 Rick has been the Denver Broncos Color Analyst on the Broncos Radio Network and Sirius/XM.
Rick and his bands (previously the Groove Hawgs, est. 1998), have shared the stage with icons like Def Lepard, ZZ Top, Sammy Hagar, The Who, BB King, Heart, Steve Miller Band, Allman Brothers, James Brown and many more. Over three decades, his bands have played premier, legendary venues in Colorado, including: Red Rocks, Ball Arena, Fiddlers Green, and many others.
Sarah Hornbuckle
Sarah Hornbuckle joined RLP as their lead singer in 2014. Her dynamic and soulful voice weaves gracefully through the genres of classic rock, blues, rock and country.
She is the wife of former member, Michael Hornbuckle, mom of 3, and the Director of the Hornbuckle Foundation, a non-profit helping people recover from addiction. (And no, she is not Cody’s mom 😉)
Dave Preston
Guitarist/Bassist/Producer Dave Preston has shared stages with Jake Shimabukuro, Dispatch, Matt Morris, JustinTimberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Gregory Alan Isakov, Tab Benoit, Trace Bundy and many others. He has appeared on popular late night television shows performing for millions of viewers worldwide.
Preston's original cinematic/ambient music has been featured internationally on radio, podcasts, playlists as well as commercials and Film/TV. All of his ambient/experimental albums have had charting success Be (2008), Soundtrack For Motion (2010) the most recent In These Storms debuting at #27 on the Zone Music Reporter.
Recently Preston has toured extensively worldwide performing and singing. Preston resides in Denver, CO where maintains a heavy presence as one of most sought after producer/musicians/composers in the region.
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Andrew Baca
Growing up with a drum set as his closest companion, Andrew Baca found his rhythm at the age of 9. Having played in his high school jazz band under Jack LaForte, his formative years led to both passion and skill in drumming. Later in life, Baca took an eight-year hiatus from his musical pursuits to join the US Marine Corps (ooh rah!), and upon return, he immersed himself in Denver's vibrant music scene. One evening, he crossed paths with Rick Lewis, and their connection was instant. Rick offered Baca a spot in The Rick Lewis Project, and little did he know that within a year, RLP would be the opening act for none other than ZZ TOP. Since then, they have had many notable performances, including another chance to play Fiddler’s Green, opening for George Thorogood and Sammy Hagar. Today, Baca lives by the motto, “Nothing is guaranteed, and life is good!”
James Torres
Pianist/keyboardist, James Torres has performed professionally in and about theDenver/Boulder Colorado region for over 30yrs. He has traveled performing jazz, latin-jazz and cultural jazz of his own composition across the USA and in both Japan and Italy. He performed at the 2023 Five Points Jazz Festival, Denver, Colorado with his latin tinged jazz group Amizade. He has opened shows and shared the big stage with latin greats such as Tito Puente, Ceila Cruz, Wille Colon as well as Flora Purim and Aeirto Moriera from Brasil. He opened for the great Ritchie Havens and the late great organist Jimmy Smith in the old Five Points theater in Denver, the Casino. Mr Torres has come full circle in his life and approaches each performance as a spiritual blessing with thanks and praise, A Love Supreme.
Cody Templeman
Cody Templeman was a National School of Rock Allstar, and has played Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, six times throughout his School of Rock Career. From there, he raged three tours with The National School of Rock Allstars, performing at two Lollipalooza shows (opening for Paul Mcartny on his 16th birthday), and MoPop Festival in Detroit. During this time, he happened to fill in (at age 15) with Denver’s popular Rick Lewis Project, and from there, his career started to fly. Templeman, now 24, plays with The Brian Hornbuckle Band and other bands across the Front Range. Recently, his GoPro footage from Red Rocks stage hit one million views across various platforms. Check it out!
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Brian Hornbuckle
Brian plays bass and he is the lead singer for Denver’s favorite cover band, The Brian Hornbuckle Band.
Vince Converse
Vince Converse is a true blues man. Having signed professionally out of high school, Vince toured internationally and played with some of the world’s greatest musicians. After a decade-or-so hiatus, Vince is charging back on the scene in a true comeback story, armed with a small fleet of axes and a sober lifestyle. Stronger and more inspired than ever, he is finally putting together the music he “has always wanted to create” with his band, Vince Converse and Big Brother. His style is funky and gritty, with both classic and new blues appeal. Vince’s jaw-dropping guitar solos, hypnotic slide sections, and electrifying arrangements create a truly one-of-a-kind blues experience. In June of 2023, he was featured on the album, Texas Scratch, featuring Jim Suhler and Buddy Whittington. Most recently, Vince Converse and Big Brother won the Colorado Blues Society competition, and made it to the International Blues Challenge Semi-Finals in Memphis, Tennessee.