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 Greg
Caza, our Accordionist & Keyboard player, is one of two original members
of the band. He grew up in Afton, MN, and attended Stillwater High
School. We call him 'squeezer' due to his great
ability to work the accordion as the backbone of the group! Greg
sings lead along with making music on the squeezebox. Greg lives
in Inver Grove Heights, MN with his wife Patty and is a retired GM Auto Tech from a local Chevy Dealer.
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 Daniel Bronson (aka S3) is the "alternate" accordionist and vocalist with the band. He has played with the Squires Band since 2019. Daniel has a great voice and plays both accordion and keyboard with the band. Daniel majored in Music at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Daniel works for Heritage of Edina Senior Care where The Squires Band has played numerous times over the past 10 years. Daniel engaged with the band at this location and eventually became part of our musical team. Daniel is married to Caitlin and lives in South St. Paul, MN.
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 Tom
Colosimo, our drummer, is the other of the original members
of the band. He grew up in Maplewood, MN, and attended Hill-Murray
H.S. as well as graduating from the University of St. Thomas with
an accounting degree. "TC" loves to make a lot of noise
on the drums and sings harmony on many of the tunes. He has had many
adventures in music thru the years with various groups and has a
claim to fame of actually playing in Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis)
as a backup to a choreography group and more recently playing in
a combo for the 2010 and 2011 Klondike Kate’s Review in St.
Paul as part of the Winter Carnival. Tom lives in Oakdale, MN with
his wife Barb and is a Career Specialist with the University of St.
Thomas MBA program.
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 Dennis
Grove is our super sax man. He has been making sweet music
with the band on the sax for 25 years. Dennis has a long history
in music. He was a member of a local group The Boys Three while attending
Harding H.S. in St. Paul and was a state champion saxophonist as
well. His group was very popular around the metro area and western
Wisconsin. He plays a mean sax and his energy for putting on a great
show is bar none! Dennis lives in St. Paul with his wife Nancy and
is an I.T. executive.
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 Ross Kamerud, our guitarist, is the most recent addition to the band, having joined in 2012. He has been playing a wide variety of music for close to 50 years. In the 70s he played guitar with the Mankato State Jazz Rock Ensemble, the John Bury Trio, Beowulf and then later with Gene, Ross & Company. He learned all about polkas and waltzes while playing several years with the Rhythm Ramblers. In his spare time Ross is a Microbiologist for Bayer HealthCare and a fulltime husband and father of three.
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 Dave
Pawlik, our substitute guitarist and bass player, has played
with the band off and on for over 16 years. Dave actually started
out in bluegrass many years ago and moved on to our wide variety
of music. His driving bass gives our polkas that much needed bottom
end that makes them great for dancing. He also plays a solid six
string and does super lead and harmonic vocals on numerous songs.
Dave lives in Cottage Grove, MN with his wife Nancy and is the operations
manager with a large Twin Cities electrical firm.
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