Meet the gang
Pat Keelan
Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Pat’s love for music started out following his biggest influence, his father. The Bobby K. trio was a standard act in Milwaukee for over 40 years.
“Music was part of our lives growing up and still is to this day. My oldest brother Bob is an accomplished Blues harmonica player. My other brother Mike is the front man for The Last Ride Band. I have been fortunate to play professionally with all three. Twenty five years and counting I have been involved in music –either playing rhythm guitar or as a lead vocalist. Being surrounded by great musicians is the key to success in this business and Fillmore East is busting at the seams with talent. I consider myself a Classic Rock Vocalist –hard driving. At every show, I leave everything on the stage. Like it’s my last performance: 100%."
Roger Daltrey, Jim Morrison, John Fogerty, all the way to the King Himself –Elvis! – all have had major influences in his vocals and stage presence –the road ahead for this rock singer, who knows? –but he's gonna get his kicks before the whole shit house goes up in flames!
Pat uses Sennheiser microphones, Gibson and Fender Guitars along with Fender Hot Rod and Bogner amps. His hobbies are Riding his Harley, Driving his Hot rod, and living life to the fullest.
Dave Knight
Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dave has been in many bands including Rodeo Drive, original guitar player for The Toys, Southern Impact, Bounty Hunter Five Southern Rock Tribute Band and 5 years with the Mantz Brothers Band. David will bring the rock guitar experience in your face every night he performs.
David has opened for many national acts, including Pat Travers, The Tubes, Montgomery Gentry, Lee Brice, Randy Houser, Kip Moore, Love & Theft, Jerrod Niemann, LoCash Emerson Drive, JT Hodges, Parmalee, Chase Rice, Cole Swindell, Black Jack Billy, Josh Thompson and others. David has performed at major events such as, the Largest Country Music Festival – CMA Fest, the World’s Largest Music Festival – Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Wisconsin State Fair and the Largest Music Festival at Sea – Country Cruising and many county fairs and church festivals!
Raul Terriquez
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Raul has 35 years of musical experience and has performed with several Progressive, Classic Rock, Fusion, and Funk bands throughout the East Coast and Midwest. These bands include: N.H.B. Lord, Robbie Kaybee, Twice as Nice, Hands Down and now the Fillmore East Band. Besides being A Bass Player, Raul has a passion for audio production, engineering, songwriting, and spends most of his spare time working in his home studio-Digital Productions. Influences include: Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Stanley Clarke, King Crimson, Kansas, Toto, Beatles, Boston, and Carlos Santana. Hobbies: Riding Harley Davidson Motorcycles. Raul thanks David Eden, JBL and Music Man for “Great bass tone”.
TJ Allen
drums
TJ has been playing Drums since the age of nine and began performing in bars at just fourteen - definitely a different time
back then.
He began studying at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music under Bob Budney, a nationally known drummer who performed
for major Las Vegas Acts.
In the 1980s he played with The Milwaukee Blackholes with one notable performance being at the UWM Ballroom along
Allen Ginsberg in front of thousands of people.
This band went on to become the house band of
the legendary Punk Club Zak's for about a year.
Between founding Cellar Dream in the 90s with his brother Bill and good friends Pat and Mike, which to this day continues to write and record original material and teaching drums at Cascio Interstate Music in the 2000s he's been busy with a number of other bands and projects like Just Us, Stone Brook, Scott Puffer, Zino Ueke, Signature, Adonis and Jack Tragic.
Some of his biggest influences include Rush, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Frank Zappa and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
"I'm incredibly thankful to be part of Fillmore East and the band's goal is simple: To rock audiences to the core and leave them with unforgettable Memories" - TJ Allen
Joerg Wekenborg
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Joerg's musical life started at kindergarten age, when one
of the teachers mentioned to his parents "He's very musical.
You should enroll him in an early development class".
Being able to read music before words paved the way to
multiple instruments. It all started with the dual manual organ
with bass pedal (such as the famous Hammond B3 and the likes). This instrument being too bulky to move, he taught himself to play piano, bought a keyboard and soon joined his first band, which played mostly weddings and other small parties.
One of his musician friends one day introduced him to Progressive Rock of the likes of YES, SAGA, Asia.
From there he developed a love for classic rock music and progressive, so he joined his first rock band which was locally very successful and played many gigs in the region.
At age 17 he began studying classic vocals, instructed by an opera singer who was an accomplished soprano. She
added musical and classic music to the palette of influences on his musical taste and preferences.