Tom Carey & The Ghost Runners

Bassist John Forrest has added his melodic bass playing and soulful vocals to the Chicago Slim Blues Band, Alliota Haynes & Jerimiah, The Buckinghams, The Harvey Mandel Machine, the Vanessa Davis Band, Ouray, the Tom Carey Band, and Mr. Meyers. John was also in the original cast of Grease, The Musical. 

Drummer Chris “Bean” Weng has performed with such acts as the Shadows of Knight (G.L.O.R.I.A.), Stephen Bishop, Bret Michaels, Looking Glass and Ralph Covert (Ralph’s World/The Bad Examples). He has shared the stage with rock and roll giants like Joe Cocker, Kansas and Slash. Bean has also worked as a vocalist and voice-over artist, appearing in many radio and TV commercials. 

Veteran Chicago musician and multi-instrumentalist, Tom O’Brien, is best known for his guitar work with Chicago’s Bad Examples and their kid-friendly alter ego, Ralph’s World. He has toured internationally, and has extensive studio experience including session work for Disney Sound. Tom has worked with numerous bands both live and in studio on guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and keyboards. 

Keyboardist Chris Plasch has been playing nationally for over 30 years. He has several directing, recording, and arranging credits in his resume. Most recently he’s been a part of the Midwest music scene playing in Providence, Deluxe Edition, and Billy Croft & the 5-Alarm and has shared the stage with Toby Keith, The Mel Tillis Band, Jo Dee Messina, The Band Perry, among many other artists.

Guitarist Jim Altenbach has been a fixture on the Chicago music scene since the mid 80’s, doing session work and performing with a number of instrumental/prog-rock bands. Adding jazz and country elements to his eclectic playing over the last several years has further enhanced his already impressive versatility.  Jim brings the Telecaster twang to Eagles tribute Heartache Tonight as well as to TC&GR.