About

Milton Cox

Milton, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, got his first electric guitar in the 5^th grade, and performed in his first band in the 6^th grade. In junior high after relocating to Tucson, he started writing his own music and playing in “backyard bands”. In high school he met Scott Hamilton and started playing rhythm guitar in a band called Heavy Axe. After high school and throughout the 80’s, he played with a number of cover bands in Arizona, but decided to become more serious about writing originals. He spent hundreds of hours in recording studios “learning the ropes”. In the mid-90’s he recorded a CD with some local musicians, including Robbie Lochner, and played in a variety of bands featuring originals. His hard work started to become recognized, as between 2000 and 2004 Milton released two CD’s – Milton Level, and ML2. Following his CD release party, he was asked to join the Wrecking Crew, with band member drummer Danny Marques. Milton and Danny left the Wrecking Crew this year and started W2T.

Scott plays guitar and sings lead vocals. His musical influences were Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy and Queen. If he could eat only one food for the rest of his life, it would be Nutella (interesting, huh). Scott’s favorite song played in W2T is "Tie Your Mother Down".

Danny Marques

Danny plays drums and percussion. His musical influences were Neil Peart from Rush, Rod Morgenstein from the Dregs and Animal from Sesame Street. If he could eat only one thing for the rest of his life it would be steak. His favorite W2T jam is Detroit Rock City.

Born in Redbank, New Jersey, Charlie moved to Tucson when he was 13 years old. Unlike some of the other members of W2T, Charlie waited until a little later in his life before his natural talent became apparent. He starting playing guitar when he was 20, when friend Gary Sinclair showed him how to play. While he had no formal training, Charlie developed a ear for music as he practiced playing his favorite songs. After some time, he started jamming with childhood friends John Sharp, Bruce Keir and Steve Jennings. Tragically, Steve and Charlie's roommate Bruce were killed in a car accident on November 28, 1979. That day, Charlie vowed to carry on and master the guitar in their memory, and he bought the guitar Bruce put a down payment on the day he died. He starting playing with brother Robby and Dan Felgar, playing parties in Tucson, and then in 1981, the legendary Tucson band Roc Lochner was formed with brothers Charlie and Robby, along with other players including Troy and Ken. Charlie played with the band until 1985. Over the next 20 years, Charlie played in public only a few more times. While he had many offers to join in on the music scene again, it wasn't until W2T asked him to play lead guitar that he knew it would be a great fit.

Donnie Jamieson

Donnie Jamieson, Bass Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals

Milton plays rhythm, leads and vocals.
His musical influences are The Who, Ronnie Montrose and Alice Cooper. His favorite
“musical memory” was jamming with Frank Minelli, the drummer for Quiet Riot, at the
Tucson Garden. If he could only eat one
thing the rest of his life it would be Mexican
food. His favorite W2T song is his own
written original “Withdrawn”.

Scott Hamilton

Scott, a native Tucsonan, began playing the guitar when he was 9 years old. He started singing in the 5^th grade in the church choir as well as being selected to sing with The Tucson Boys Chorus. As he continued to master his musical and singing talents, he met Milton Cox in high school and in the 9^th grade began playing lead guitar and vocals in a band called Heavy Axe, which he did for about 5 years. He was also involved in other bands including Mercedes and White Lightening. In 1985, Scott won a national BILLBOARD contest, for a song he wrote and produced called "Look at the Love". In 1990, Scott and Milton reunited again and played for several years in a well known Tucson band called 911. For about the next seven years, he played annually at the Pima County Fairgrounds with other talented Tucson musicians. Since then, he has dabbled in music while building his business. Scott was thrilled when asked this year to once more reunite with Milton, Danny and Donnie to help form the band W2T.

Danny, a native Tucsonan, also started very young. He got his first set of drumsticks and practice pad at 7 years old. He joined the school band at Kellond Elementary, and in the 6th grade he bought his first drumset. He played in junior high, and in high school he was in the marching band and Drum and Bugle Corp. At 16, he joined a Tucson rock band called Stryker and they recorded and released their first two originals on a 45 (in case you can't remember, a small vinyl album). Shortly after that Dan joined a band named Antarez. They recorded and played originals and cover rock music and performed at various Tucson venues in the early 80's for about three years. During that time he met and married his biggest fan and "groupie", Sam, and have been married for almost 24 years. Dan took about a six year break from playing, and then started playing in a church worship band, and met musicians Mel Taylor and Carl Cherry (former Neon Prophet drummer), and they started Soundwest Studios, a 24-track recording studio. They recorded many local radio personalities, commercials, and CD projects for various artists. In 2002, Dan played in the original formation of The Wrecking Crew. After nearly 4 years, Dan and Milton saw an opportunity to form a band geared to their interests and talent - and W2T began.

Charlie Lochner

Charlie plays the lead guitar in W2T. Charlie is very humble in saying that he doesn't feel he has a natural talent, but says his talent is a result of perseverance and a lot of practice. Charlie's main musical influence was Michael Shenker of UFO.

Donnie, the youngest member of the band (:)) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has a vast musical background. He began piano lessons at the age of 8, got his first guitar at the age of 12, and his first drum set at 13. He played his first paying gig at 14 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and continued playing drums and guitar in various bands. He was a professional musician, traveling and touring throughout the United States and Canada. He played double-bill with some now-famous players from Cheap Trick, Yanni and more. He was also a session musician in many recording studios around the country. In 1976, Donnie’s band named Roxx released its first album called “Get Your Roxx Off”, and was played regularly on the radio in Minneapolis. Donnie moved to Tucson in 1981 as he was hired to hand select musicians from around the United States to form the band named Visitor who went on to record two and a half albums, which were produced and engineered by John Rollo and John Gifford from the Kinks. They opened for many bands including Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly and Head East. Donnie retired from playing in 1984, following his involvement in the film Thunder Alley by Cannon Films. He then got into sound engineering for bands like Kansas, Mick Fleetwood, BTO, The Tubes, and more. He continues to do that today, but came out of musical retirement in August this year for the creation of W2T.