The River Company

The River Company was a rock band based out of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The band played many notable events including the Peter Anderson Festival in Ocean Springs, the Ocean Springs Fourth of July celebration, the Biloxi Crawfish Festival, Summer Fair, and the Ocean Springs Music Festival. The band also performed under the name The Un'Beatle'bles as a Beatles tribute band to raise money for the music room and studio that they adopted at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs.
On April 28, 2007, The River Company opened for at the Biloxi Crawfish Festival in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Work in the Community (As The River Company and The Un'Beatle'bles)
The members of the band were also responsible for the creation of the Annual Ocean Springs Music Festival. The band is the official sponsor of the Scharr-Ello Music Studio at the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and together with the other members of the band and the community have raised in excess of $60,000 for the creation of a community music studio for recording and teaching. Travis and Alex Scharr and Bradley Dale were recognized by the Mississippi State Legislature for their contributions to the community in 2004 and had a day dedicated in their honor by the City of Ocean Springs that same November.
Band members
* Travis Scharr - lead vocals, guitar, piano
* Alex Scharr - lead vocals, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, sitar
* Jamie Favors - guitar, vocals
* Bradley Dale - drums, percussion, backing vocals, keyboard
External links and Sources
* Official MySpace
* Article about The River Company in the Jackson Free Press
* The members of the band talk about the festival and raising money as The Un'Beatle'bles on WLOX
* Ocean Springs Music, Official Website of the OS Music Festival and the Scharr-Ello Music Studio
* The River Company's EP 'Requiem for Ghostcar' is reviewed in the Sun Herald

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