Karma’s Pawn is a party band serving the west central Ohio area.  It began in the spring of 2008 when lead singer Dane Nagel and drummer Scott Wendeln called on bass player Jesse Seger to get together and jam.  They immediately added two guitars Craig Luebben and Mike Overholser and keyboard player Sherri Overholser to complete the lineup.  In 2010 they added drummer Al Owens after a large tryout to replace a retiring Scott. This is a unique lineup, that includes 2 lead guitars, keys, 2 male  & 1 female lead vocals, tight harmony, and a whole lot of experience on rhythm. It all allows Karma’s Pawn the ability to play a wide variety of rock and roll from the classics of the 1970’s (and earlier), to the pop / metal of the 1980’s, to the alternative and grunge of the 1990’s, to modern adult contemporary selections.  Come check Karma’s Pawn out at a show soon!  You will not be disappointed!  Check out individual band bio's below.......

Email Craig: cdog1968@att.net

Name:             Craig Luebben
AKA:               That guy from Dayton
Age:                41 ( 08-01-1968 )
Hometown:      Big Springs, Texas
Residence:       Clayton, Ohio
Zodiac Sign:     Leo
Instrument:       Lead/Rhythm Guitars, Backup Vocals
Experience:      Two Feet Shy
                         RPM
                         Just Johnson
Day Job:           Architectural and Mechanical Design
Wife's Name:     Lori (aka "Little Lo")
Kids:                 2 homosapiens (I think they are at least)
Hobbies:           Golf, Biking, Hiking, & Beer Drinking
TV Shows:        VH1 Classic, Military Channel, History Channel, & Two and a Half Men
Movies:             The Big Lebowski, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars, This is Spinal Tap, The Bridge on the River Kwai, & Killer Clowns From Outer Space
Drink:                Makers Mark, Budweiser, Red, Red Wine, and now Jager Bombs (thanks guys!?!)
Bands:              The Cars, The Cult, Eagles of Death Metal, Queens of the Stone Age, the Foo's, Chili Peppers, (old) Scorpions & (old) ZZ Top, Breaking Benjamin, Pink Floyd, Rory Gallagher, The Police, Steely Dan, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, & Matchbox 20

The James Lipton Interview of Craig: 
What is your favorite word? ..... Crank
What is your least favorite word? ..... Crunk
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? The sun's brilliance & the star's mystery
What turns you off creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? Close-minded people
What sound or noise do you love? ...Well-placed guitar feedback!!!
What sound or noise do you hate? Missing a note on my guitar!!
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Video Game Tester
What profession would you not enjoy? .... Under arm deodorant smeller/tester
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Welcome, and come on in, the water is warm."

Name:                Dane A. Nagel
AKA:                SNOW-COMMANDER
Age:                 37  ( 08-18-1972 )
Hometown:      Houston
Residence:       Versailles
Zodiac Sign:     Leo (as Jesse would say "Yeah Baby")
Instrument:       Lead Vocals, Backup Vocals, Percussion Instruments, Vision Scanner, Entertainment Director, Struggling Sound-man, Free Drink Manager
Experience:     The Other Way Band
                        Backseat Monkey
Day Job:          Village of Versailles
Wife's Name:   Missy
Kids:                Kenny
Hobbies:          Music, Hunting, Fishing, Camping, 4Wheeling 
TV Shows:       BJ and the Bear, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas (JR is my hero), Seinfeld reruns, Everybody Loves Raymond reruns, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Playboy Channel
Movies:            Christine, Jerry Maguire, Smokey and the Bandit, Halloween, Anything Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, and Samuel L. Jackson
Drink:               Miller Lite, Jack, Jaeger Bombs if I were to drink, but I'm not that much of a drinker....Mostly Kool-Aid (OH YEAH)
Bands:             John Mellencamp, The Guess Who, CCR, Doors, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Kiss, Cinderella, Ratt, Earl Thomas Conley, Early Alabama, Bellamy Brothers, Eagles, Elvis, Foreigner, Hank Jr, Little River Band, The Marshall Tucker Band....just to name a few (LOL)

The James Lipton Interview of Dane:
What is your favorite word? ..... Handled
What is your least favorite word? ..... Can't
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? Challenges, Support, Self Motivated Drive
What turns you off creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? The Question WHY?!?!
What sound or noise do you love? ... Listening to the vocals of The Guess Who
What sound or noise do you hate? Rap Music
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Hugh Hefner's right hand man, or his job when he croaks.
What profession would you not enjoy? Coal Mining or Professional Goat Herding, I'm Not Sure.
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? HUH! You thought you had fun on Earth? Wait 'til you see THIS!

 Email Dane:  danenagel@hotmail.com

Name:               Jesse Seger
AKA:                 Shooter
Age:                  30 ( 08-10-1979 )
Hometown:         Fort Loramie, Ohio
Residence:         Celina, Ohio
Zodiac Sign:       Leo ( Yeah Baby!!!  Love It )
Instrument:         It's more of a weapon
Experience:        15 Years
                         Broken Halo
                         Outnumbered
                         Busted Knuckle
                         ... Does Eleventh Hour count?
Day Job:           Heavy Equipment Technician
Wife's Name:    Sher
Kids:                 Maya
Hobbies:           Can't say ... you know ... self incrimination
TV Shows:        Travel Channel, Discovery Network, & the History Channel
Movies:             Comedy
Drink:                Anything but Whiskey
Bands:              30 Seconds to Mars, Avenged Sevenfold, Black Label Society, Finger Eleven, Pink, Something Corporate, Theory of a Deadman, & Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

The James Lipton Interview of Jesse:
What is your favorite word? ..... Tool
What is your least favorite word? ..... Government
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?  ... Keyboard gun shots
What turns you off creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?  gun shots in the home

What sound or noise do you love? ... Karma's Pawn vocals
What sound or noise do you hate?  ... Pumping Gas                                     What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? auto sales
What profession would you not enjoy?  chicken farmer
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "You're gonna love what I do to your old government!!!"

Name:            Mike Overholser
AKA:                 the Steelers Guitar Guy
Age:                  38 ( 10-01-1971 )
Hometown:        Fort Loramie, Ohio
Residence:        Sidney, Ohio
Zodiac Sign:      Libra with Mojo Rising
Instrument:        Rhythm & Lead Guitar, Backing & Lead Vocals
Experience:       the Rubber Band
                          the Other Way Band
                          Backseat Monkey V1, V2, V3
                          Brain Hooky
Day Job:            Cat Wrangler
Wife's Name:     Sherri Beth Gruebmeyer ... ain't she cute?!?
Kids:                  I've genetically engineered four humans
Hobbies:           Poker, Fantasy Sports, Trikke Riding, Facebook
TV Shows:         Sports Center, Robot Chicken, Heroes, Deadliest Catch, Colbert Report, 10 Items or Less, Intervention, & South Park
Movies:              Shawshenk Redemption, Old School, LOTR, Forrest Gump, Planet Terror, Super Troopers, Team America: World Police, Superbad, & the 40 Year Old Virgin. Ohhh .. and mushy chick flicks.
Album:              Smell the Glove
Drink:                Captain Morgan & 7Up, Jägermeister ... mmmm
Bands:              AC-DC, the Stones (mid-period), R.E.M., U2, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, C,S,N, & Y, Memphis Soul acts, the Sun Records boys (Presley, Cash, Lewis, & Perkins), Ray Charles, Alabama (early years), Dwight Yoakam, Collective Soul, Tom Petty, Queen, the Mavericks, ELO, Counting Crows, J. Geils Band (live stuff), Bob Marley, Van Halen, Metallica, John Mellencamp, Bowling For Soup, and all hard driving Bluegrass!!!

The James Lipton Interview of Mike:

What is your favorite word? ..... Obama-nation
What is your least favorite word? ..... the "C" word. Are you with me ladies?!?
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? A kickass 2 - 4 Downbeat, Three Part Harmony, and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
What turns you off creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? Right-Wing Radio Talk Shows, the constant laughing on Bob & Tom, and DP&L.
What sound or noise do you love? ... "Welcome to Taco Bell. Can i take your order?"
What sound or noise do you hate? ... "That'll be $21.75 at the first window please."
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Restaurateur, Marriage Counselor, or Beer Taster
What profession would you not enjoy? Rush Limbaugh's brain trust
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "I'm going to be gone for a few. You wanna run things for a while?!?"

 Email Mike: duffman_o@yahoo.com
Name:             Al Owens
AKA:               The 'Other Guy' from Dayton
Age:                40
Hometown:      New Lebanon, Ohio
Residence:      Huber Heights, Ohio
Zodiac Sign:    Aries
Instrument:      Xylophone, Wash Board, the Human Ear Pick, the Fretless Piano, also I hit a drum with a stick!!
Experience:     RFP Band
                        High Strung
                        The Buzz
                        Sabor
                        & many other projects
Day Job:          Fleet Coordinator / Truck Driver
Wife's Name:   Lori
Kids:                Two semi-human, dwelling, yelling, eating, pooping machines
Hobbies:          I really like to invent chemical medicines that can help with the idiot gene. I really like to harvest my own cavier to sell on the black market. (The secret is if you dye rice pudding with a little brown color dye, you can sell it by the case!) Also I like to listen to talk radio, but I keep my opinions to myself. I am a big Steelers fan, and an MMA fan.
TV Shows:       Criminal Minds, CSI NY, The Mentalist, Paranormal State, Ghost Hunters, NFL Football, anything MMA.
Movies:            Steel Magnolias, Ghost, Grease ... Hey, who am I kidding? Anything with an exciting action-adventure guy with six pack abs.
Drink:               Diet Dr. Pepper, Sex on the Beach, White Russian, really anything with an umbrella in it. (Don't worry, I always carry a spare. It makes everything taste better.) Jagermeister  ... I just realized that I am using a lot of pink to paint the picture of myself. I think I need to re-evaluate my personal choices!
Bands:             Dave Matthews Band, Breaking Benjamin, Seven dust, Billy Joel, Elton John, Styx, Alanis Morrisette, so on & so on ...

The James Lipton Interview of Al:

What is your favorite word? ..... Free!!
What is your least favorite words? ..... Sorry, Not Free
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? My family. I LOVE being a dad. Playing Music
What turns you off creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?  People that don't use deodorant. Close-minded people that assume you should believe what they do.
What sound or noise do you love? ... My kids laughter. A really good fart.
What sound or noise do you hate?  ... My kids crying. A really good fart.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Ice Cream Taster
What profession would you not enjoy? ... Sumo wrestler butt wiper
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "We had to pull some strings to get you in here." Followed by a high five and a really good fart.

 

Name:                  Sherri Overholser
AKA:                     They call me hell, they call me Stacy, they call me her, they call me Jane.....That's not my name, That's not my name
Age:                      36 (01-10-1974) -- is this REALLY important?
Hometown:             New Bremen, Ohio (Go Cards)
Residence:             Sidney, Ohio (Go Yellow Jackets)
Zodiac Sign:           Capricorn, In Chinese Zodiac I am a Tiger... FEAR THE MONKEY, my sister Becky is a monkey, hmmm.... I was in the band Backseat Monkey.... MONKEYS MONKEYS MONKEYS

Instrument:            Keys and Vocals
Experience:           The Other Way Band (early 90s)

    Backseat Monkey (late 90s)

    Brain Hooky (early 2000’s)

    Junction (late 90's - 2008) 

    The Vice Presidents (2010 - present)

Day Job:               Business Analyst - Standard Register (Dayton)
Wife’s Name:        Hmmm.....Mike or Lori? Is this a trick question?
Kids:                     Four of them (Jeffrey, Tyler, Zoe, Andrew), again, ALL MONKEYS.  I can't get away from the monkeys. 
Hobby:                  I go to the YMCA alot. Is that a hobby?
TV Show:              Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Movie:                   James Cameron's Laser Cats 5

Drink:                    Pinot Grigio, Coca Cola, Blue Moon
Band(s):                the ting tings, the cranberries, muse, the mavericks, franz ferdinand, the kaiser chiefs, the white stripes, phoenix, coldplay, beck, cake, spoon, collective soul, bob marley, the killers, new pornographers, and many more.  Also, the Monkees?  Wait, no....not the monkees.

The James Lipton Interview of Sherri:

What is your favorite word? Kitten Mittons!
What is your least favorite word?  favre
What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?  cartoons and monkeys 
What turns you off creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? pepsi, peyton manning, most chick flicks and lifetime for women. 
What sound or noise do you love?  a tree falling in the forest when no one is around. IT DOES make a sound.  You don't even know! 
What sound or noise do you hate? the voices in my head - WHY DO THEY KEEP TALKING TO ME?!?!?!?
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? teasing the one-string monkeys.
What profession would you not like to do? member of a strictly 80's Billy Joel cover band.
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Your date, Joel McHale, is to your left. You will be enjoying a romantic dinner, followed by a private concert with the Ting Tings

 Email Sherri:  sherrioverholser@yahoo.com

Who the heck is James Lipton you ask? James Lipton is an American writer, poet, and dean emeritusof the Actors Studio drama school in New York City. He is the executive producer, writer and host of the Bravo cable television series, Inside the Actors Studio.

 

 

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