Wolf Trap Program Book Summer 2015
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12th July 2015
Wolf Trap Presents: R5
R5 may sound like a droid from Star Wars, but this pop/rock power family isn’t from a galaxy far, far away. They’re from Littleton, Colorado and chances are you’ve seen or heard them on stage, screen, or radio. Siblings Ross (lead vocals/guitar), Riker (bass/vocals), Rydel (keyboards/vocals), and Rocky Lynch (guitar/vocals), grew up loving music and performing family concerts in their basement. They moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to pursue careers in acting, dance, and music, but above all, forming a band was a priority. Though they all were musically-inclined, they lacked a percussionist. To fill that gap, their friend Ellington Ratliff (drums) was invited to the lineup—and R5 was born.