A driving, rocking soul band with horns, originated in Wheaton, Maryland. Popular throughout the DC and Baltimore region. Local venues include Gee Williker’s, Holiday Inn Timonium, Lady Baltimore cruises, Turf Valley Inn, Christopher’s (Timonium), Eight by Ten, The Barn, T.S.U., Maxwell’s, Power Plant, Fager’s Island (O.C.), Tornado Alley (Wheaton)… They have played throughout the mid-Atlantic region, as well as Virgin Islands, and several New Years Eve’s at The Atrium in Times Square New York City…
Cline’s debut album featured Daryl Junior Cline (lead vocals), Greg Hardin (bass, vocals), Bill Starks (keyboards, vocals), Joey Romero (drums), Billy Richard Craig (guitar, vocals), Jes Casual (trumpet), Vince McCool (trumpet), Bruce Swaim (tenor sax, flute).
By 1987 12” EP “Rope the Moon” the group featured above lineup with Bruce Wallace replacing Starks on keyboards.
From 1989 through 1994 the lineup consisted of Cline and Alana Shor (vocals), Andy Shriver (guitar), John Hurd (keyboards), Mark Merella (drums), Wayne Sulc (tenor sax), Bob Martin (alto and baritone sax), and Todd Butler (trumpet).
In 2001 Cline organized a benefit “in memory of the people who perished in the tragic events at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania September 11, 2001” with the CD “Give Them Wings” featuring a group of Washington, DC (and regional) area artists, proceeds designated to organizations offering aid to victims and their families.
Shriver later with CZEH…
198*(LP) Apogee 50750 Jr. Cline & the Recliners
1987(12”EP)Apogee 10002 Rope the Moon
1987(7”) Vanity 1114 Then I Know It’s Christmas / Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday
1994(CD) Clone CL0032 Boys Night Out
2001(CD) Clone CL0035 Live at Red Eyes Dock Bar
2001(CD) Clone CL0036 Give Them Wings
(CD) Live at Fager’s Island
