Butch
- Butch Oneppo, born in Rock Hill
SC, has lived in Edgemoor SC all his life. Started playing guitar at
age 13 and was in first band at age 14 called the Swingin'
Palisades. Started
2nd band at age 19 while a sophomore in college. The SC Capris and
Tropics, joined the band
Early Warning from Chester SC.
in 1970 after hitchhiking from the Love Valley Rock Fest in Love Valley NC, (met these dudes at the fest) band changed name to
7th
Cavalry.
In Spring of '72 he joined the well known Charlotte NC based rock group Sugarcreek
and was on road with them for aprox 3 years....left
Sugarcreek
to get a real job
making use of the college degree he received from Baptist College at Charleston in
'71..... After becoming gainfully employed, he then formed country rock band
Hickory Wind in
'74 later changed name to
Midnight Flyer, this group was out of Lancaster SC...lasted until
'76 when said
Dr. O got married and left music for a brief period, "What an idiot
I was", says Butch, anyway...formed group named
Silver Streak
in '77 out of Lancaster
SC which lasted until '78....left group and took a break, played a few
solo gigs. "Another mistake", says Doc.... In '81 he joined his brother David
forming duo
Oneppo Bros. In
'83 Butch started the first Oneppo Bros. Band
playing jobs thru '85. When Davids band
The Edge
broke up in '86, they formed the group
"901"
named after the highway they live on. That band lasted until '93.
Then they formed
"The Screaming Chihuahuas"
which broke up in '96....They then formed the present
Oneppo
Bros. Band
in '97 and have been gigging with these guys
since.
Butch plays a Taylor 614 CE acoustic and a Takamine Garth Brooks
acoustic.
His main electric is a classic '73 Les Paul Custom he
affectionately calls 'The Bird' because of his ability to
make it sing like an old friend previously did. An '89 Fender American Stratocaster, and a 2001 Brian Moore electric.
Amplification is an Ampeg Rocket Reverb amp.
Married to wife Susan..has daughter, Brittany, from previous marriage, and stepdaughters Ashley and Megan from present
marriage.


David
- David Oneppo was
born in Rock Hill SC and has lived in Edgemoor all of his life. David
started playing bass guitar and harmonica at age 15...He and some high
school friends started their first band
"The
Edge". After The
Edge disbanded he
and his brother Butch formed the "901"
band. When 901
disbanded in '93, David and Butch formed
"The
Screaming Chihuahuas"
which worked until '96. David and Butch then formed the present "Oneppo
Brothers Band" in
'97.
David plays a 1968 Fender Precision Bass with Trace Elliott
amplification.
He also plays blues hamonica and does vocals with the band.

Kyle
- Kyle
Gunderson, started playing drums in '79 as a
youngster. He was instrumental in the high school and jazz bands from
'82 'til '86. He played in his first cover band "Common
Since" from '87 'til
'88. He then joined and played for the first time with Butch and David
in the 901
band from '88 'til '90. Kyle and Sean then formed the original band "Casual
Insanity" in '90 which
released several CDs and disbanded in '96. He then joined the present Oneppo
Bros. Band in '97 and has
remained with them until present time. Kyle also does vocals with the
band.

-
Sean
-
Sean
Carrouth was born in Fort Worth Texas. At age 8 family
moved to Fort Mill, then to Rock Hill in '88.
He played guitar and sang for
regional group called "Cinema"
from '88 'til '90. After leaving
Cinema,
he joined the group "Casual Insanity"
from '90 'til '96. After a brief exit,
Sean joined
The
Oneppo Bros in '97 and has
been with them since.
Sean uses a variety of guitars, A White Parker Nite Fly, a Black Les
Paul Standard, a Custom Shop Red Fender American Stratocaster, a Pewter
Fender American Telecaster with Soldano amplification.
He also does vocals with ihe band
