Phoenix is a country rock band consisting of vocalist Rhian & Cara Morgan, bassist Mike Putori, drummer Steve Molins and Mike Iten on Guitar, harmonica and vocals.

This Pavilion based band prefers a stripped down sound with only the essential instruments and plays a mix of country, classic rock n' roll and pop.

The bands separate members mesh well together despite their varied backgrounds and musical inspirations. Cara Morgan a graduate student at Nazareth college, names Carrie Underwood and Whitney Houston as some of her biggest inspirations. Rhian Morgan, a graduate student studying nursing is a fan of Gretchen Wilson and Christina Aguilera. Mike Iten, an English teacher at Pavilion High School is a fan of the Beatles. Mike Putori, who has been playing since high school said,

as a bassist, he admires Stanley Clarke, John Entwisle and Geddy Lee. Steve Molins, his uncle Chaz who plays drums professionally was his inspiration to start playing drums and a few of his favorite bands are Primus and Led Zeppelin. Each band member enjoys preforming together, Iten said "the more I play the more I want to play. Now that our group has coalesced, I enjoy practice nearly as much as the experience of performing in front of an audience." PHOENIX plays each month at BW's, the restaurant is home base and where the band practices. Visit the PHOENIX website at

www.phoenixcounrtyband.com

The Morgan Twins

Rhian and Cara Morgan are identical twins with a passion for singing and performing together. they were born in Stevenage, England and moved to America when they were one year old and have lived in New York State almost all of their lives. They grew up in the city of Rochester and attended college at SUNY Potsdam where they studied psychology and health, and became captains of the Potsdam Bears Cheerleading Squad. They graduated with their Bachelor's Degree after four wonderful years at Potsdam. They moved to Studio  

City California for a year where they wrote and recorded a four song demo with producer Ron Harris. After an eventful year in California, they returned to Rochester to attend graduate school.

The girls have been performing since age 11, at age 17 they auditioned in New York City for the Fox TV show American Idol. Singing together and Harmonizing to the Alicia Keys song "Fallen" they made it thru to Hollywood with about 220 other hopefuls. One of their best experiences was being given the opportunity to sing the National Anthem for the Buffalo Bills NFL game against the Washington Redskins.

They have also been invited to sing the National Anthem at many sporting venues in the Rochester area including the Rochester Redwings, Rhinos, Rattlers, Knighthawks and the Rochester Americans Hockey team.

Phoenix will be performing a lot of shows at BW's this year it's a must see show with these talented young ladies and their band members.

Most of their shows at BW's will have no cover charge, however the band would greatly appreciate any support they can get. Check them out at

www.themorgantwins.com