Carl Battista, guitarist and Founding Member of Southern Earth. In 1973 I asked some grade school class mates if they wanted to start a band. At 13years old we formed Southern Earth in Williamsburg Brooklyn and have been playing on and off for over 50years. 

We played everything from Rock to Funk to Dance and were one of the first bands to embrace the mix of music being produced in the 1970s. 

I have played with various bands over the decades in clubs like CBGBs The China Club , Webster  Hall The Village Gate. I’ve recorded at Warner Brothers studios in the 1980s and have played on numerous recordings over the years but I still love playing live and being able to play with your first band is special. 
 

Joe Caputo guitarist and Founding Member of Southern Earth . I began my musical career at 12 years old when a schoolmate heard me playing guitar on my stoop in Williamsburg Brooklyn and asked if I wanted to join a band. We soon formed Southern  Earth. We only knew  a few chords and some simple beats but we managed to knock out tunes from Santana ,The Rolling Stones, The  Doobie  Brothers , Jimmy Hendrix, The  Allman Brothers ,Kool and the Gang , The Ohio Players and eventually even Dance/Funk music. 

We played Teen Dances Block Parties ,Bars,Clubs, all over the Williamsburg/ Greenpoint area that we were way too young to be in. I honed my playing skills by learning leads and rhythm  by picking up songs off the 45RPM records of the day. The band always had a great sound and what I call ‘The Magic’. 

We reunited over the years and are back again with the latest version of The Southern Earth Experience. 

Dave Heilman (Drummer/Percussionist) earned his Bachelor's degree from New Jersey City University in Music Education and Jazz/Classical Performance. Upon graduation he began performing in the Broadway shows Swing!, Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Burn the Floor, and the long-running, fiercely creative, hit show STOMP.  He was a founding member of the synth-pop group Jupiter One, which celebrated years of national touring and two full-length albums on Warner Music Group.  He has collaborated and recorded with grammy-nominated artists Regina Spektor, Lars Vaular, Bernhoft, and Sondre Lerche leading to several world tours with performances on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and CBS's Late Night with David Letterman.  Heilman became a mentor on Norway's number one-rated TV show The Voice and his latest work on the Sondre Lerche album “Avatars of Love” received a Norwegian Grammy for “Album of the Year.”  He can be seen performing in the series finale of FX’s American TV drama POSE and just finished an eight month sold-out run of the hit musical Moulin Rouge in Oslo.  Dave is currently working on the upcoming album of his duo project Fancy Colors and the release of an independent musical he produced, arranged, and performed called Petunia.