Jim Collins hails from Reno, Nevada....played piano since he was 4....the most recent addition to Petty Theft, joining in early 2005....hooked up with Petty Theft through a cattle call audition process and was almost immediately identified by most of the others as the man for the job....came to Petty Theft from Hypressure, a succesful r&b cover band which he founded in 2001....past colleagues include Colin Hay, Jean-Luc Ponty, Rob Pilatus, Cecilia Noel, Elvin Bishop, and Chicago....at home in a solo environment, working with bands, or with a full orchestra....a significant proponent of Roland keyboards, although the Nord Electro has gotten his attention....has a 14-inch waistline and an 8-Mountain Dew-an-hour addiction....TALK TO HIM ABOUT: the '80's, synthesizers, Apple computers, the current Vegas line, being a high school narc, opportunities in stem cell research, Woodstock, Hostess Ding Dongs, principles of fractal surgery....DON'T TALK TO HIM ABOUT: cheese, milk, or other dairy products, the playoffs, minor feminine itching, golf ("Golf sucks. I play twice a week."), livestock, OU football, breakdancing...
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Harrison Calhoun - bass, vocals
Jim Collins - keyboards, percussion
John Scully - drums, percussion
Bill Porter - guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, electric sitar, harmonica, vocals
Mike Rhyner - guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, percussion, vocals
Rodney Wall - guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, vocals