Savona "Bob" Sharples - Drums/Percussion
   Born to a jazz drummer in Manchester, England (father), and named after a jazz musician named Savona. Savona Robert Sharples played on a B.B.C. radio show at age 7, playing traditional jazz until discovering Thelonius Monk, and R & B. At age 13, "Bob" joined a Beatle band that recorded a 45 at the time, and played weekends at radio shows, schools, and concerts.
  Bob spent his early years traveling back and forth between England and America until settling down in the PA/NJ area. Bob's teenage years were spent playing in the Philadelphia area, playing R&R, and psychedelic music of that era, At age 17, Bob joined with Greg Ohm to form a power trio, Sainte Anthonys Fyre. Managed by Pattie La Belle's management, Ste. Anthony's Fyre, did shows and road work with Fleetwood Mac, Joe Cocker, Grand Funk Railroad, The James Gang, (Joe Walsh), Johnny Winter Group, and a tour w/ the Allman Brothers band and filled in as backup players for an impressive roster of artists like James Brown, Jackie Wilson, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Four Tops, Kool and the Gang! Bob went on to work as a professional photographer while playing in different bands across the country. Bob currently lives in upstate New York teaching drums and is currently writing a book about his life and stories from his Sainte Anthony's Fyre days.




Gregory Onushko aka Greg Ohm - Guitar/Vocals (1950-1982)
   Greg was heavy into music since early childhood, having played classical music in school (1st violin at Trenton High’s Orchestra). Greg also took some music classes in college and ended up with the group Peter's Precious Soul. But Greg grew tired of playing Top 40 cover songs and decided to start his own band with Savona "Bob" Sharples" and Richard Helmke who had all been playing motown music. Greg Ohm named the band Sainte Anthony's Fyre, after a book he had read about a 1951 uncident where the whole town ate bad bread and went on an LSD like trip. Greg was extremely innovative and played weird positions, inverted chords, and dropped-key tuning on his customized Gibson Firebird guitar. Greg used three 100-watt Marshall heads and up to six cabinets. Greg often wore a felt hat, a scarf tied around his left knee, and bedroom slippers when he played, tripping on acid with a road map on his music stand onstage to "guide" him on his journey.


Richard Helmke - Fyre's first bass player
Sporting his trendy Jimi Hendrix hairdo and Greg Brady print shirt...Groovy man.

More info to come

T.J. Tindal - - Fyre's second bass player
T.J. Tindal played for 6 months as Fyre's bassist until leaving Fyre to produce and play with Duke Williams & The Extremes, the Van Eaton's on their albums, as well as Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, The Chambers Brothers and all of the hits that came out of Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records....M.F.S.B., The Trammps, The O'Jays, The Intruders, and The 3 Degrees.

http://www.neotomicaliviac.com/2008/04/tj-tindall.html
http://home.comcast.net/~trentonmakesmusic/pages/duke1.htm


Greg Simon - Fyre's third Bass player
 Greg Simon played with Sainte Anthony's Fyre for a time before going on to play in a band with Tico Torres (drummer of Bon Jovi) and later Hoochie Cooch


Tom Nardi - Bass/Vocals - Fyre's forth bass player
Previously in the bubblegum band Marshmallow Way
Tom used a Sunn 2000S with four 15'' JBLs, four Sunn 412S cabinets with two Sunn Sorado heads, one Sorado head with a 610 cabinet, and one 15'' cabinet. He also sported a REAL cartridge belt filled with LIVE rounds around his waist.