We Are One Country
Ric Hines – Lead Vocalist A trained vocalist with decades of performances. Ric was trained and mentored early in his career to be a lounge singer in the style of Frank Sinatra. Throughout decades of experience, Ric has been a lead singer for many different styles of music including Rock, Blues and Country. Ric was a signed Recording Artist with Ultimate Records for 5 years. As a Producer, he's Produced shows for many National Acts including, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Daniels, Martina McBride, Waylon Jennings, The B52’s, Laura Nyro and Chris Isaak. Ric has several years of Artist Management experience along with being an owner of the iconic Cactus Club Venue in San Jose, California.
Lead Guitar - Vocals - Music Director
Billy Eisner grew up in a family of musicians. He started on clarinet in 4th grade, then the guitar in the 7 th
grade. He began studying Jazz Saxophone at age 24. He played winds in local community orchestras until
his 3 children grew up. Then he started playing in local bands, some of which are; The Summit Boys,
Still Kickin’, Jonny Neri Band, The Chain of Fools. Billy loves Country music and Bluegrass and is pleased
to be playing in a real Country band.
Sue Marvin KeyBoards/Fiddle grew up with piano lessons, starting in 4th grade. She ventured into jazz around 2004 -- sitting at the grand piano on Big Band projects; playing Friday night swing dances with the band Double Standard. A bit after that, she joined with The Summit Boys, playing organ on the Santana songs; and The Summit Sisters, the all female band and friends of the boys. Moving to the coast in 2009, through the Sand Bar jam, she met many awesome Santa Cruz musicians, and joined forces in several blues / rock 'n roll groups. One special project was Scarlet, featuring her sister Wendy on violin. Sue has taken up the violin, in honor of Wendy, keeping her memory alive. In 2022, Sue joined One Country, playing keyboards and fiddle.
Ken Mensing - Bass Guitar, Technical Director - After having played in a variety of bands over the years: Rock, Blues, R & B, Jazz and Bluegrass, Ken now prefers playing country music because it encompasses elements of so many styles of music. Ken has done studio work on several internationally released Contemporary Christian albums & been music director for several Big 7 Records recording artists. He has opened for country superstars Freddy Fender, Tammy Wynette & Chely Wright.