The Tommy V Band

Tom Vinick, also known as Tommy V, has been performing in the Hampton Roads/Outer Banks areas for the past 15 years, primarily as a solo or duo acoustic act. In 2020, he launched his band, The Tommy V Band, which performs a variety of R&B, country, and classic rock cover tunes, predominantly 70's with a mix of 60's, 80's, 90's and 2000's, mostly played with an R&B feel. Tom (guitar, lead vocals) performs together with Dana Silvercloud (bass, backup vocals), Dave Kreiselman (saxophone), Cal Hamlin (keys), and percussionist extraordinaire Loyd Bohlinger (drums, backup vocals). You can find them this season at music hotspots from Williamsburg to Hatteras including Berrett's Seafood, Big Ugly Brewing, Busky's Bar and Grill, Soulivia's, Eagle Creek Country Club, Pass the Salt, Coinjock Marina, Morris Farms, Whalehead Club, Tap Shack and Roadside Bar & Grill, Jack Brown's, Fishheads, Mimi's Tiki Hut, Poor Richard's, NouVines, and Froggie's. Tom Vinick started playing guitar at 10 years old and played in several bands throughout middle school and high school. After leaving college, he played in a band called Sneakers which performed in many clubs in Connecticut and Rhode Island including Shaboo and Toads Place. Sneakers opened for such artists as Taj Mahal and James Cotton. Sneakers also traveled to St. Croix on three separate occasions for four-week gigs in the Caribbean. Tom left the music world in 1989 and took a twenty-year hiatus while raising his kids and starting a new career. He began playing again around 2009 as a solo act and also as a duo called Pairadocs. Dana Silvercloud started playing in his family's gospel music troupe at the tender age of nine years old. By the time he joined the navy in his mid-20s, he had already played professionally in three R&B bands. He began his 24-year Navy career as a gunner but moved on quickly to music, rising to unit leader of the prestigious Atlantic Express Band, one of the four ensembles in the 70-member Atlantic Fleet Band. Dana was the recipient of the 2005 Bass Player of the Year Award from MEONA. He sings, composes, arranges and plays a variety of other instruments including guitar, horns, drums, and percussion. Dana has shared the stage with world-class players including Kool & The Gang, Dave Matthews, Mike Utley and Fingers Taylor from Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, and has opened for Little River Band, Average White Band, and The Doobie Brothers, to name a few. He played for over ten years with Island Boy; an established 6-piece high-energy band from Virginia. Dave Kreiselman is a saxophone specialist who retired from The Army Band Field as a clarinet and saxophone instructor. He has performed with a plethora of groups throughout the area for the last 27 years. He was a member of the Slapnation Band for 19 years. Most recently performing for The Temptations and The Four Tops in Hampton and Portsmouth Virginia. He performs all genres of music and is currently the saxophonist for The Tommy V Band. Cal Hamlin graduated from James Madison University with a degree in music education and has performed as a professional musician since the eighties all over the southeast. From 1982 to 1990, he performed with the southern and classic rock band, Common Man, based in Florida. From 1990 to 1999, he performed with a Rod Stewart tribute band based in Jackson, Mississippi. From 1999 to 2001, he performed with the band, Island Boy, based in Virginia. Since 2001, he has performed with many bands in Virginia including The Rhondels, Fat Ammons Band, and The Tommy V Band. Loyd Bohlinger has been a professional musician for 40+ years and has played, toured, and recorded with a multitude of bands from the Hampton Roads area and Southern California such as Butterfat, Street Talk, Fat Ammons Band, The Nerve, The Squares, The Groove. Recently, Loyd has performed with Baddadz, Tiki Bar Band, Party Fins, Mike Proffitt Band, The Tommy V Band and occasionally, with Lewis McGhee among others. Specializing in drums, percussion and vocals, Loyd has a unique ability to listen and play songs he has never heard or played before. This allows him the artistic flexibility to play any kind of music, although he fancies soul, rhythm and blues and rock. So, when he has the chance to sing, be it lead or harmonies, his voice is quite soulful. Loyd is an easy going, friendly and positive guy and translates this into the joy he has for his music.