About Island...
Biography
... and this was just the second rehearsal!!!!
Eddie Polanco has been playing guitar for a few years. He's a veteran of The Saints & The Sinners, Suburban Expressway, Amethyst, Sandra's Tea, True Stories, Eddie & The Allniters, and The Fabulous Flying Polancos.
A long time student of the blues, Eddie performed countless shows with Jitterbug Webb, Rany Garibay, Neal Black, Robbie G, and Albert Garcia's Suprize Package. He's recorded with Jitterbug Webb and True Stories. He can be heard on the SA Tribute to Robert Johson "Hot Tamales."
When he picks up the guitar... LISTEN!!!!!
Somewhere between here and there is then and now. What that means, is anyone's guess and that's precisely how to relate the tale of Island's origin.
Someday Carl and Eddie will sit down before their minions and tell us the legend of how in eons past, there was a Continent of Rock and in its midst there was an Island!
Carl Morgan (guitarist extraordinaire). An international man of mystery, Carl (like his Island cohorts) has seen the inside of many a smoke-filled bars as a musician.
Having formed Island with Eddie back in the mists of Time, Car's sharp and crisp guitar style was the perfect foil to Eddie's dark and evil tone. Together, they blended their styles to create a sound that incorporated both Darkness and Light making Island appealing to everyone from breathless groupies to drooling headbangers.
Of course, Carl has been busy over the years with bands like Secrets and The Craze.
When Carl found out that Island would be reunited and he would cross swords with Eddie once again, he simply smiled at Ed and said, "Gird thy loins and prepare to shed reverb fluid!"
Mark Brazle-Bass Guitar; Mark started his musical journey with The Skeptics, in San Antonio. A hard rock band that played around town from 1980-1983. He then joined up with his brother, Ken Brazle, and his band “The Craze”! The Craze played top forty & classic rock around Austin,New Braunfels,San Antonio,Seguin from 1984-1994. Mark met Carl Morgan through a recording studio at Lake Dunlap, “Walk On Water” where Carl was recording an album with “Secrets” in 1983. The Craze was looking for a drummer, so Carl joined in on drums and he and Mark played together for 10 years. In 1995, The Craze split up with Mark,Carl, And L.T. Crow playing together as “Rock Shop” from 1995-2002. When Rock Shop stopped playing, Mark went on to play in Austin,San Antonio, and Corpus, with a “The Lowtides” playing surf music. Now recruited to play bass with “Island”
Tim Saunders is an experienced and talented drummer who's performed in many memorable shows. His list of credits include performing with Cotton Mouth, Island, Plaything (Ron Rose, Shot in the Dark), Winterkat (album in '83), and Night Work (album in '86). He also performed a couple of shows with Seymore Duncan.
As a drummer of mass percussion with various bands, Tim has opened for the likes of Eric Johnson, Ian Moore, Joan Jett, Blackfoot, Kansas, Eddie Money, Cheap Trick, Tommy Two Tone, The Outlaws, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Mohagany Rush, and Christopher Cross.
Yes, Tim's been around the block!
