Joe Curatolo, (Vocals, Bass, Piano, Guitar)- Without question, the greatest artist to ever portray Paul McCartney on stage. At the age of 17 Joey entered the Beatle sound-alike contest at the Beatlefest in New York City and walked away with first place. He soon went on to perform in the Broadway show "Beatlemania". In 1982, Joey joined Rain................................................................................................................
Joe Bithorn, (Vocals, Lead Guitar)-Joe joined Rain at the same time as Joey Curatolo back in 1982. After performing on the road with Beatlemania for two years, Joe earned a reputation for being an incredible guitarist. Over the many years that Beatlemania ran, there were many performers that portrayed the part of George Harrison , some could sing, some just looked the part, some were actually decent guitar players, but Joe Bithorn is in a class by himself. Joe can play any type of music,(rock, jazz, classical). He can play on any type of guitar, (electric, acoustic, 12 string, guitar synthesizer). Lucky for Rain, Joe chooses to play Beatles. Joe's virtuosity enables Rain to play songs that even the Beatles themselves avoided.........................................................................................................
Steve Landes, (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Harmonica)-Portrays John Lennon. Landes, who was just seventeen when he joined "Beatlemania" in New York ,continued with the show to its Los Angles production and National tours. He remained with the show for five years before starring in the hit, Las Vegas revue "Legends in Concert" Recently Landes was invited to front a one-time only All-Star Band Jam at the legendary Casbah club in Liverpool, England featuring among other famous British invasion artists, original Beatles drummer Pete Best, Peter Noone, Tiny Tim. He was most recently seen in Tim Burton's latest film, "Mars Attacks!"....................................................................................................
Mark Lewis,
(Keyboards, percussion)-Mark is the founding member of the group. It is universally known that the Beatles were a four piece group, so one might ask, "why does Rain have five?".The answer is simple. During the recording days of the Beatles, the group would often utilize strings, horns, additional keyboards, or an entire orchestra. This is where Mark comes into play. Due to the variety of sounds that can be reproduced electronically these days, Rain is able to venture into the era of the Beatles known as the "Studio Years". It is Mark's presence in the band that enables them to perform virtually any song live. One might ask, "with modern technology the way it is today, why doesn't Rain just use tapes or computers like other bands do?". The answer to this question is equally simple. Number one, it's cheating the audience, if you claim to be able to play something live, you should play it live. And number two, any band can play along with prerecorded music. But not every band can play the music live. Rain can. Rain does!...........................................................................................................Randy Kuehn,
(Audio Technician)-Randy is the sixth member of the group. He has been with Rain since 1980. All of the hard work that goes into Rain's strive for excellence is meaningless if when you get on stage, due to poor sound, your hard work doesn't show. It is Randy's dedication that enables Rain to shine. Randy is the sound man. Not a sound man, but the sound man. It is Randy's job to see to it that everything goes perfect, from the time the equipment shows up at the engagement, until the last piece of equipment is loaded into the truck. And to make sure that the sound that the audience hears is perfect. Which because of him, it always is................................................................................................................
It is very difficult to portray the
Beatles live, if you truly want to do it right. First, you have to have the sound. Second,
you have to have the ear in order to figure out the arrangements accurately. Third, you
have to have the musicianship to play the musical parts, with all the right sounds, which,
I might add, changed drastically over the years, and, the members have to have the talent
and ability to perform their parts on several different instruments. Fourth, you have to
be an incredible singer, with the ability to sing in several different styles, often in
ridiculously high keys, and to be able to do this night after night. Last but not least,
you have to be a great performer. This is the easy part, because when you love what you
do, performing comes easy. It's easy to look like you're having fun on stage, when you
truly are. It is this last ingredient that has kept Rain together for so many years, and
made them a very special band. Rain is fun. And it is the sum total of all of these
ingredients that have earned Rain their well deserved reputation as: