Genre: Rock
Website: http://www.lunavine.com

Biography:
Based in the Daytona Beach area of Florida, Lunavine has performed at local venues since mid 2007, beginning mainly at coffee shops and open jam sessions. Lunavine has now become available for public and private shows thoughout Central and North Florida.

Lunavine is:

Richie Ray - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Richard Glynn, a.k.a. Richie Ray, hails from Brooklyn, New York. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of 12 with influences by Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Keith Richards. He has played many New York City venues including CBGB's, Traxx, Catch a Rising Star and The Apollo Theatre. His original tunes have been played on New Artist Radio, where two songs made the top 10 and one, "Right After Wrong" went all the way to #1.
In 2004, Richie was nominated for and won Musician of the Year in the newartistradio.net competition. He was also a winner in the January 2006 "Runner up" award for Song of the Year song and lyric competition. The Runner Ups for the Song of the Year are the highest ranked song entries received from all over the world.
Richie and his wife, Lori and son, Johnny reside in South Daytona, Florida

Shawn Smithwick - Lead Vocals
Shawn started singing when she was 5 at her grandmother's retirement community clubhouse. She sang all the way through junior and senior high school in many different choral groups and jazz ensembles. Shawn is classically trained and received superior ratings at several state competitions for solo and ensemble work. During her senior year in high school, she assisted the chorus teacher in giving voice lessons to other students. She has been in two bands previously; one acoustic trio called "Two Bitches and a Guitar" and a heavy metal group named "Oz". She has sung at weddings and funerals for friends and relatives as well as helping run and singing with a popular local karaoke show for four years. In 2005, Shawn participated in "Daytona Idol". She is married to James and they have 2 children; Connor and Zoe Bela.

Ron Poulin - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
A native of Berlin, NH, Ron began playing guitar in garage bands at 12 years old. He moved to Florida in 1975 and set music aside for a number of years. His love for music began to flourish once again after meeting Shawn Smithwick in 2004 and Richie Ray a few years later. In early 2007, Richie became Ron's mentor and performing partner. They soon asked Shawn to join them and Lunavine was formed. In early 2008, drummer Frank Jacob joined to further strengthen the act. Ron is married to Debra. They have two daughters; Karah and Rachel and live in South Daytona, Florida.

Frank Jacob - Drums, Percussion
Originally from upstate New York, Frank Started playing drums at age 11. His love for playing drums grew and by high school was a member of the Orchestra, Stage and Marching bands. Frank was selected on numerous occasions to represent his school in New York State solo competitions and always came home the winner.
Frank moved to Florida in 1979 and immediately began playing with the local band Lotus. In 1984 he made his Tampa Bay area debut with the Runnin Hard band, playing weddings, clubs and private parties until the 90’s. Since leaving the Tampa area Frank had to relocate several times not staying in one area long enough to allow him the opportunity to seek out a new band. Things settled down when he relocated to Daytona Beach and had the opportunity to meet the members of Lunavine in 2008 - he was a perfect fit for them and the rest is history! Frank is married to his best friend Carol, they have two sons Anthony and Sean who happen to think their Dad ROCKS!