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Christie Copeland hails from Hershey PA where she got her first kiss.  Since 2004 she has played MeMe La Rue, the ditsy blonde hostess of "Marriage Can Be Murder", the longest running dinner show in Las Vegas.  Christie has performed with The Buckinghams, Gary Puckett, as well as performing for former President Bill Clinton. She rocked with several well known Vegas bands such as Louie Louie, The Crush, Rock This Town, Loveshack, and Venus Rising.
Christie was asked to begin working with Heart Alive early 2017, with her debut at Las Vegas's most popular rock club "Vamp'd".  The show received rave reviews, comparing Heart Alive's tribute show to the original artists from Heart (see article in Press menu).  Christie walked into the part of Ann Wilson as if she was doing it for years.

Christie will also continue performing in the band's other two shows "Fleetwood Nicks" (fleetwoodnicks.com) as the part of Christine McVie, and The Women of Rock (womenofrockband.com) paying tribute to the legendary ladies of rock and roll!

Julie Torchin
Gretchen Brown: Lead Vocals
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Julia Sara: Vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica
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Julia Sara performed for 6 years in the successful Chicago based tribute to Heart and Fleetwood Mac playing the part of both Stevie Nicks and Nancy Wilson.  She has shared the stage with national acts and musicians such as Cheap Trick, Grand Funk, Paul Rogers, Howard Leese(Heart!), Mickey Thomas, Joan Jett, Jim Peterik, Mike Reno, Survivor, Fee Waybill, 3Dog Night, Kevin Chalfont (the Storm, Journey), Ronnie Platt, lead singer of Kansas, and more.  Most notable venues include House of Blues,  Comisky Park, Hawthorne Race Track, Vic Theatre, Navy Pier, World Music Theatre, OC Pavilion, Wildflower Fest, Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience and Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort.  Julia also has performed for the past two decades as "Stevie Nicks" in the national Fleetwood Mac tribute “Fleetwood Nicks US” as well as covering a variety of female rock artists in the Women of Rock Show, a tribute to the Legendary Ladies of Rock and Roll.  Her musical passion is writing and recording for her original projects “Surrounding Sara” (alternative rock) and most recently "Love Survive" a Christian Rock project. 
"I am thrilled to be a part of this incredible tribute and work with such amazing talented musicians who have taught me so much.   Working with the members of Heart Alive has been such a blessing--we are all very different individuals but when we step up on stage we become one force of passion for Heart--and we let the audience know it."  For more on Julia, visit lovesurvive.com and surroundingsara.com. Download tracks on bandcamp.com

Brad Torchin: Lead guitar, vocals, mandolin

Brad grew up in a musical family and started strumming guitar when he was only 8 years old. He played for years in the Southern California club scene, while studying music composition, along with software engineering at UCSD. After many years of playing Rock, Blues and Jazz throughout the southwest - in popular bands such as Patsy Pink and Notice to Appear, he joined a national Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Fleetwood Nicks US) as the challenging part of Lindsey Buckingham. Brad has always admired the incredible talent of Roger Fisher of Heart --as well as Howard Leese--and decided he was ready for an even bigger challenge--to play guitar & keys for Heart Alive. Brad eventually handed the keyboard role to Todd Rogers (also keyboardist in Fleetwood Nicks US) in order to concentrate more on guitar & mandolin. 

"I've been a Heart fan since I first heard Dreamboat Annie in 1976, and after playing their music off and on through the decades--to be really able to focus on their music with this wonderful group of musicians has been extremely rewarding."

Dave Davis: Lead guitar, vocals

Originally from the small town of Clay in central West Virginia, David was exposed to music at a very young age. He began playing drums and percussion at age 11 and first began playing guitar seriously at age 14 under the influence of such bands as Stone Temple Pilots, Van Halen, and Metallica. Throughout his high school and college years, there were rarely times that he was not involved in some sort of musical project. With his former band, Satchel Brown, from Morgantown, WV, David recorded one album, but his passion has always been performing live on stage.  After receiving his law degree from West Virginia University, David moved to Las Vegas in November 2007. After doing several auditions with other groups, he was finally offered the drummer position with local Fleetwood Mac tribute group, Fleetwood Nicks US. However, when approached to help form Heart Alive and play guitar, it was too good to pass. He now splits his time between both bands.
"Primarily knowledgeable of Heart's music from the 1980's, having the opportunity to really explore their entire catalog in order to be part of this band has been a great experience for me and will result in my growth as a musician."

Danny Buss: Bass guitar, percussion

Danny grew up in the heart of Chicago's music scene playing drums, guitar and bass. His passion for bass was noticed by a band opening on tour for Deep Purple. Danny's life on the road with this legendary band gave him not only the experience of performing in front of stadium audiences, but the drive to do his own original material. Danny began writing his own music in Chicago, while playing in a Heart/Fleetwood Mac tribute opening for acts such as Cheap Trick, Grand Funk and many more.

Since relocating to Las Vegas, Danny has played in several different national tributes including "Unauthorized Ozzy", where Brad Gillis has joined them on stage, as well as the national Fleetwood Mac Tribute "Fleetwood Nicks US". Danny was the obvious choice to be Heart Alive's bassist, not only because he knows this music inside and out, but because he will kill us if we are not the very best.(ha)

"Heart Alive is a machine that won't quit--we get up there and we do our job that we happen to all really enjoy--and we do it so that everyone in the room can feel that energy."

Roger Gonzales-Drums
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Todd Rogers: Keys/Vocals

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