Eddie Hurley (Bass/Vocals)
- Eddie grew up in Hopewell Junction, NY and currently
resides in Orange County, NY. He started his bass playing and
singing career
with the classic-rock group Syrinx while in high school, and then
co-founded the southern-rock band South Paw while in college.
Eddie was a founding member of the country-rock groups
Hussey Hill, Blue Water, and the acoustic-trio McLoughlin, Hurley, & Henderson
(MH2). He also played with the Albany, NY based southern-rock band Crossfire
and jam-band Nailed
Shutt. Eddie's musical interests are diverse, yet he finds the harmony-laden
"Southern California Sound" reminiscent of
AMERICA (his favorite band), POCO, CSNY, and the Eagles to be where his heart lies.
Eddie earned a Doctorate Degree (SJU, NY) in 2000 and has been a
school teacher for over
25 years.
Steve Restaino
(Guitar/Vocals) -
Steve was born and raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. He started playing guitar at the age of eleven and has been playing in bands ever since. With very little formal training, Steve is mostly a self-taught musician. He comes from a very musical family where everyone plays an instrument. A versatile background has made him into a
well-rounded guitarist and a fine singer. Since making the
Mid-Hudson Valley his home, Steve has worked with some of the best musicians around.
He plays acoustic, electric, and bottle-neck slide guitar for
HURLEY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY. Steve also uses a Roland Guitar Synth to sweeten the sound of the four-piece band.
Paul O. Davis (Keyboards/Vocals)
- Paul is originally from Grahamsville, NY
and has been performing throughout the Hudson Valley for more than 20 years on keyboards and
trumpet. He has performed with
Silk 'n Sounds, Sharp 9, The Doug Ferony
Orchestra, The New York Swing Exchange, and several other
area bands. Paul has a degree in Music Education from Ithaca
College. He is a private, as well as public school music teacher,
and has composed songs for two full-length
musicals. Paul spends
much of his free time directing musicals and conducting musical theater
productions, when he's not performing with HURLEY MOUNTAIN
HIGHWAY.
Ron Harsch (Drums/Vocals)
- Ron has been
playing drums for over 40 years. He grew up in Williamsport, PA and
studied at Lou Feist Studios while playing in local rock and
nightclub bands during his teen years. Ron's professional music career began with the
United States Military Academy (USMA) Band at West Point, NY where he performed with the marching band,
The Beginnings rock
band, and the Jazz Knights big band for 28 years. Over the years, Ron has
been a freelance drummer in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of New York State. He has performed with
Dick Wells, The Bill Nepfal Orchestra,
Horizon Entertainment, The Jimmy Sturr Orchestra,The Debbie Major Ensemble, Common Ground Orchestra, The Ed Michaels
Orchestra, The Country Pages, and numerous
others. From 1995 to 1998, Ron performed and recorded with Tracking Buddha, featuring Elizabeth Graham and from 2000-2005, he performed with
Silk ‘n
Sounds, featuring Debbie Major. Ron has studied drumming under Carmine Appice, Tony Williams, and John Riley.
He owns a drum studio in Orange County, NY, where he teaches private
lessons. Ron plays Yamaha drums and Zildjian cymbals and is
affectionately referred to
as "Rongo" by his HURLEY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY
bandmates.