a Phish cover
band that consists of:
Scott Blackmore-- guitar/vocals
Bob Miromonti-- guitar
Randy Gibbs-- keyboard/vocals
Mark Snyder-- bass/vocals
Jeff Jarrett-- drums
and sometimes:
[Josip Capan-- bass/vocals]
[Natalie Gibbs, vocals]
[Tivis Landers, hip hop]
Scott and
Randy met as mutual Grateful Dead fans in the early 90's. Randy, the veteran of
Dead and Allman Brothers shows back to 1972 and Scott, of the new generation of
jamband fans and tape traders, bridged the generation gap with music. After
seeing the Dead a few times together, Scott introduced Randy to Phish and
suggested it would be fun to play together in a band. Scott had taken up the
guitar and Randy had dabbled a bit with playing keyboards in his college days.
Bob and Scott met at a Phish-cover band show and hit it off. Bob had been
playing guitar for many years influenced Van Halen, Soundgarden and Primus. In
November of 1998 the three convened in a local church choir room to begin
practicing. Bob, now a Trey aficionado, brings his own style to the band with a
definite Anastasio tone.
Mark Snyder joined the band over the summer of 2002.
Mark has an eclectic range of influences, playing in several prog-punk-funk-folk
projects such as Mayflies (Iowa) and Shaft (MO), before moving to the St. Louis
area in 2001. He cites influences from classical (Brahms, Prokofiev),
classic jam/rock (Dead, Pink Floyd, Beatles), jazz (Davis, Monk), funk (James
Brown, P-Funk, Bootsy) to modern (Ween, Beck, Built to Spill) among many others.
Jeff Jarrett joins Riker's Mailbox as drummer. Jeff brings a passion for Phish rhythms and intensity that is inspiring. A Granite City native, Jeff can rock with the best drummers in town and is a welcome addition to the band!!
Natalie
Gibbs, Randy’s daughter, adds lead and backing vocals on several songs at many
shows. Her vocal talents landed her the honor of singing in the Missouri
All-State Choir in 2003, and is attending the University of Missouri studying for a
music business degree. She is also now co-producing her boyfriend Tivis Lander's
new recording inspired by modern poetry and the hip hop culture.
Riker's Mailbox debut was on March 5, 2001 at Cicero's in University City,
Missouri..