Rock, Top-40, disco cover band that also performed some originals. Formed in 1974 with an early lineup of Bill Dumas (guitar), George McCulley (lead guitar), Todd Mullins (bass), Brian Richardson (drums), and Barbara Marklin (vocals).
Under Music Lovers Talent Agency, Mirage “played almost every high school in Maryland and also some clubs” according to Brian. A late-‘70s lineup featured Dumas (guitar, lead vocals), Bill DiNisio (lead guitar, vocals), Richard Walton (bass guitar, vocals), and Richardson (drums). Brian left in 1978 joining Apricot Brandy…
Mirage performed at Howard Place, Peddler’s Pub, Western Md. College, The Eastwind, Martin’s Westminster, various high school dances, The Lighthouse, The Granary, Bavarian Inn, Tradewinds, etc…
Walton went on to join Pentagon. He and Dumas later teamed up as an acoustic pop/rock duo called Buzzy Fretton. They also performed together as members of the Richard Walton Group, and BOINK! DiNisio later with Appaloosa…
