George Welling:    Rhythm Guitar, Vocals   George was a student of big band rhythm man, Steve Jordan (Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Will Bradley, and others).  George has been a staff musician for the Augusta Center’s Swing Week for nine of it’s ten years, and has performed with Masterson and Blackburn, the Hula Monsters, Swingabillies and local bluegrass groups.  He is a regular member of both the Tom Cunningham Orchestra and  The Urban Legends.  1998 "Wammie" nominee for "Country Vocalist."
	Jeff Reynolds:    Fiddle, Electric Mandolin, Vocals   What's a western swing band without a swingin' fiddle player? Jeff has been known to play anything from bluegrass to bebop, but his first love is western swing - you'll know that as soon as you hear him.
	Ira Gitlin:     String Bass, Vocals   Ira, a talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and arranger, has returned to the bass, joining Bill and George in the Twisters hard-swinging rhythm section.  Ira is a highly in-demand musician, performing with groups of local and national reputation (Chesapeake Retrievers, Rock Creek, Hard Travelers, Johnson Mountain Boys, Pat McGee band, Patent Pending, and Peter "P.D.Q. Bach" Schickele).  He teaches banjo, bass and guitar and is a regular member of The Urban Legends along with George.
	Lynn "Leon" Kasdorf:   Steel Guitar, Vocals   One of the swingin-est steel players in the area, Leon was the second individual in the band to be singled out for "Wammie" nomination in 1998 (Country Instrumentalist).  He has recorded with the Cajun band Squeeze Bayou and with The Pfieffer Brothers, and has performed with Out Behind the Barn, The Atomic Hillbillies and others.  He can also been seen with the alt-country band "One Horse Town".  Although the photo shows him leaning on an Emmons, he usually plays a double or triple 8 string Fender straight steel.
	Bill Mason:   Drums   Bill grew up in Washington, DC and made his professional debut with "Jellyroll" Morton in that city, before moving to New York to pursue music there.  Bill attended the Julliard school of music and has performed with Billie Holliday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong and others too numerous to mention.  This will be Bill’s third year on staff at Augusta’s Swing Week.  He can be seen these days with Stolen Moments and The Style Masters as well as The Twisters
	Tom McLaughlin:   Lead Guitar, Fiddle    An electrical engineer and member of the Audio Engineering Society, Tom worked as the Twisters’ sound man for two years before joining  the group last October, adding "Texas twin fiddle" to the group’s capabilities.  Tom had been a member of many local groups including Rock Creek, Randy Barrett Trio and Roadside Attraction, and has never technically been a member of the Takoma Mandoleers.  We are proud to have him as the newest member of The Oklahoma Twisters.

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