“At the end of the night their bouncer gives me a handful of money - literally it was like $18.33. The band agreed to accept 20 percent of the $15 Mexican buffet as payment for performing at “Rock Out ’94 ‘n Roll in ’95” A party inviting people to “Eat, Drink and be with Your Alter Ego.” It has experienced some highs - Alter Ego won the 1992, Club Rock’s Showcase award for best cover band - and hilarious lows - a 1994 New Year’s Eve gig at Boomers Bar (formerly Club Rock) for which it got paid next to nothing. The band has played corporate events, dive bars clubs and casino lounges.
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Kralowetz performed with Bertie Higgins of “Key Largo” fame and other bands before retiring as professional musician in 1989 during the local musicians’ strike. He is the lead guitarist, plays harmonica and sings.
#ALTER EGO BAND DRIVER#
Markin started singing at age 5 and sang backup for Paul Anka and Barry Manilow for their Las Vegas performances in the early 1980s.ĭoug Kralowetz, a four-year band member, is a former professional rock musician-turned-retired truck driver for Bonanza Beverage. Phronsie Markin, a band member since 1991, once owned three small casinos and was a corporate audit director and residential designer. He started his musical education as a drummer then transitioned to the guitar his sophomore year of high school - mainly to attract girls. Kelley moved to Las Vegas as a second-grader. Skip Kelley, station manager at cable TV’s Channel 4, has been with the band for nine years he plays guitar and sings. He also came from a musical family his father was a DJ in Detroit at the height of the Motown and Beatles era. Ken Woloson, a corporate attorney, has been with the band since 1990, playing keyboards and singing.
But Miller’s wife claims he moved to Las Vegas to be with the band. He took his father’s advice and chose another way to make a living. He comes from a musical Chicago family - his father was a conductor and his mother a singer. He grew up in Las Vegas and said he always wanted to be a rock star but “thank God, I kept my day job.”ĭave Miller, a doctor and pathologist, is a founding 32-plus-year member and bassist. Tindall, owner of the Greene Tindall design firm, has been with the band for 15 years. The nine bandmates played at local clubs and casinos until disbanding in 2006.īecause four members wanted to keep performing, they regrouped as a six-piece and became Alter’d Ego in 2007.
By 1990, some founding members had settled in Las Vegas and renamed the band Alter Ego. The band traces back to 1983, when doctors studying at the University of Texas, M.D. “Because play doesn’t have an immediate payoff or an immediate penalty, if you don’t do it, it tends to be forgotten” which results in an imbalance.” “For a lot of us, we focus on the achievement and not on what really nurtures our passion,” Orr said. Local board-certified psychiatrist Marian Orr described mental health balance as a three-legged stool - one leg represents family, one represents work and one represents play. “We get to go up there and sing songs and be our alter ego and not worry about work and what’s going to happen Monday,” said drummer Larry Tindall, who owns a residential design company. Alter’d Ego, a local classic rock band composed of professionals from many fields, puts the rhyme into practice. That rhyme, adapted in 1825 by Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth from an ancient proverb, speaks to balancing work and play. Jason Ogulnik/Las Vegas Review-JournalĪll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,Īll play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. The band members work as business professionals at their day jobs. Skip Kelley and drummer Larry Tindall speak with a reporter at Markin's residence in Las Vegas Friday, Feb. Woloson, vocalist Phronsie Markin, bassist Dave Miller, guitarist J.A. Members of the band Alter'd Ego, from left, guitarist Doug Kralowetz, keyboardist Kenneth A.
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