Holme (band)

Frank Sementa (drums), was influenced by watching Arthur Godfrey's TV show and listening to his parents' Glenn Miller and McGuire Sisters records.

[10] Keyboardist Danny Gralick, from Belmar[11] and Philadelphia,[6] who had played for Jim Croce for a time, was inspired by Buddy Greco.

[6] Guitarist Joel Krauss, who was from Brooklyn, originally played the French Horn, but switched to guitar because it was more popular with his peers.

[6]Bobby Bandiera, who is also from Orange, NJ, and was already playing guitar nearly every night at the Jersey Shore, dropped out of school (but earned his GED) to join Holme when he was only 16 years old.

Venues played included major popular clubs such as D'Jais, Art Stock's Royal Manor (North and South),[6] Jimmy Byrne's Sea Girt Inn, The Headliner, and the Stone Pony at the shore, and Mother's, Dodd's, the Soap Factory, and the Towpath up north.

[4] In the early days, Danny Gralick, Mark Mazur, and Bobby Bandiera composed some songs individually and together.

[5] Holme had hoped to someday enjoy the success achieved by artists like Fleetwood Mac and Steve Miller.

Bobby Bandiera playing with Holme in 1978, wearing T-shirt with band's logo.
Mark Mazur playing with Holme in 1977.