Band Joe Paul Pete Bob Bone

Bob 'Showtime' Spryn

Bob 'Showtime' Spryn grew up in Webster, NY, located in Western NY. He began playing saxophone at age 9 as well as singing in school choirs. Now 21, Bob has been playing sax for 12 years, studying privately for most of those years and enjoying every minute of it. Along the way he has earned top music awards for both classical and jazz playing during most of his years in Webster High School's nationally recognized music programs. Among these awards were 'Best Jazz Musician,' 'Best All Around Choir Member,' and 'Best Musician Overall,' all awarded his Senior year out of a class of 540 students. Bob also played in many musicals, studied music theory, wrote 'pit' music for a show choir band, composed several jazz and classical pieces, played and sang in all-county music groups, played in several audition based 'select' bands at the Eastman School of Music, and was section leader in the Webster Marching Band for 3 years, which ranked within the top 10 in the nation 2 years out of his 5 as a member.

Bob almost attended Berklee College of Music, but decided he'd rather attend college at SUNY Fredonia for Multimedia, and he would shape his music career on his own. In college he played a few gigs here and there with a local college band, but it didn't quite reflect his musical tastes. During his last semester senior year Bob became friends with Paul, but was not aware he had a band until several months later when he overheard a conversation. Bob approached Paul about playing sax in the band, which to both of their surprise had just come up with the band 2 days beforehand.

The newly reformed band, consisting of Paul, Joe, Bone, and new lead guitarist Pete, welcomed Bob to a jam session. Each member was amazed at how great their sound melted together and were immediately convinced the 5th Street Band was going places. Soon thereafter everyone was committed to the band permanently and the 5th Street Band began ripping out some exciting originals with a sound never before heard on the music scene.

Bob:"I can't wait for more and more people to hear us, because I know they are going to love it."

Gear:

Monique Soprano Sax
Selmer Super Action 80 Series I Alto Sax
Yanagisawa T991 Tenor Sax
Shure Beta 98 H/C Sax Mic
Yanagisawa Metal Mouthpiece (Soprano, Alto, & Tenor)
Rico Royal Jazz Select Reeds Unfiled (Tenor)
Vandoren Jazz Reeds (Alto)
Vandoren V16 Reeds (Soprano)
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