Rich Dobyns
Guitar/Vocals
“Rich has been playing guitar since he was 10 years old, and started playing in a band when he was 14. In the 90's Rich performed in a touring band called The Howlies...playing on the East Coast supporting many national acts. He notably shared the stage with bands such as Hootie & the Blowfish, The Hooters, Tommy Conwell, Cracker, Drivin and Cryin, Too Much Joy, Monks of Doom, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Cavedogs, Waxing Poetic, Johnny Quest, Jr., and Cline & the Recliners. Rich played in The Pynz with John Bolotin in 1982. For most of the 2000 decade, Rich performed with the party rock dance band, The Jokers, After The Jokers split in 2011 Rich and John formed BackAtcha. In 2015 Rich formed a power trio cover band called The Johanssens, which won two 2018 Battle of the Bands awards in DC, In November 2018, Rich's band the Johanssens, also made his appearance as an opening act for headliner John Fogerty. “ Rich and Al Marcum currently perform in The Lost and Found Acoustic Trio with Bill Reem.