Bill Quigley

Hailing from Buffalo, NY where he studied under such Buffalo notables as Joe Maphis and Merle Travis, Bill packed his bags and headed down South because there were only 8 jobs left in Buffalo. He spent time in Memphis as a radio DJ and has played with such Atlanta Rock-n-Roll outfits as The Clermonts, The Page Boys, and Anna Kramer and her Lawmen. Has at least 500,000 vinyl LPs and once recorded with Buck at Sun Studios.

Mark Griffiths

At an early age, Mark lived on an Indian Reservation in Arizona, where he learned the ways of the Navajo, whose spirit he channels on the full-scale upright bass. He got his country learnin', though, in the mountains of Wilmington, North Carolina (if you consider the beach "mountains"). He met plenty of hooligans working in a skateboard shop which explains his blue hair and long wallet chain. Moved to Atlanta in 1998. Played with rockabilly visionaries The Burnley Brothers, as well as The Buzz Junkies and Knockdown Dragouts, among others. Currently plays with The Belmont Playboys and owns 27 old Chevys. He is the treasurer in the Atlanta Road Kings Car Club.

Clete Reid

The only member of The Holy Smokes reared right here in the Peach State is also the only member of The Holy Smokes that maintains a certain website. Clete was born in Austell, GA so he knows that it takes more than just one old appliance in the front yard to truly be white trash. He can often be seen walking around Little Five Points waiting for his ship to come in, if only someone would tell him that Little Five Points is a couple hundred miles from the sea. He has written 40 or 50 songs and remembers 3 or 4 of them. Once toured Blackwell Road with Ethnic Neighbor, and played bass with The Hepburns (2), The Snakehandlers, and Flathead Mike and the Mercurys, and Don Horowitz and His Happy Haoles. When he's not hanging out with Lemmie or frontin' The Holy Smokes, he can be found playing the upright bass with Caroline and the Ramblers. He also thinks it's strange writing about himself in the third person.

Lucky Elbel

Also from North Carolina, where he still lives, Shawn "Lucky" Elbel is perhaps best known to fans of Southern pro rasslin' in the 1970's when he was known as the mysterious Jack D. Ripper "from parts unknown." When it became apparent that his vicious, perverse attacks on women were not appropriate in a polite and enlightened society, he dedicated his life to rock-n-roll and building custom boss rods for many satisfied customers. Played with longtime East Coast punk masters Jack Black among others, and makes a mean mess of sausage gravy (for real, man).