<div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva;">Mark Binion and Reid Dennis have been playing together for almost thirty-five years.In the 70's they were both part of the Loma Mar Store band, playing the coast from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, opening for a local coastal icon on a very small tour of the coastal bars. In the eighties the band became the Rhythm Method with Nigel Webb being the new member.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva;">The Gary Gates Band is a spin off from that time,And has some musicians in common with the Mark Reid Band. Mark plays pianos and guitars and vocals, while Reid Dennis plays guitars and sings. Both musicians write the material for the band. They are accomanied by Charlie Natzke on guitar(also with the Gary Gates Band), LarryWeissenborn on bass, and Paul Kraus on drums.</p></div>