The Music of the Rolling Stones

Berklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films, and virtually every kind of television. His TV work includes movies for networks such as ABC, CBS, and ABC Family Channel Network; commercials; sports music for networks such as ESPN; and even cartoons.

Brent has worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging, and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson’s 100^th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans. He recently completed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of the 1956 gladiator film. In 2013, he worked with the Baltimore Symphony and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to arrange and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day halftime show between the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, adapting both classical music and rock songs into a single four-minute show.

In addition to the Houston Symphony, Brent has worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London, the CBSO in Birmingham, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, Orchestra of Opera North in Leeds, and countless others. Brent is arranger/guest conductor for all the symphonic rock programs for Windborne Music.

Mick Adams’s incredible voice, range, and power speak for themselves. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Mick began singing at three years old. By age eight, he was the only child singing with the local adult church choir. While in high school, he studied voice under Elizabeth Graham and was a featured soloist in the high school choir. Mick continued his vocal education studying voice under Ben Bollinger, whose other notable students included Karen and Richard Carpenter.

Not only is Mick a ringer for Mick Jagger, he brings Jagger’s intense energy to each performance. As a former lead vocalist for Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, where he performed for Dick Clark, Mick has toured the country with the likes of Tommy James, The Turtles, The Monkees, The Association, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Buckinghams, Herman’s Hermits, Ron Dante, the Rascals, and more. Other performance notables include Spencer Davis, Rick Springfield, Johnny Rivers, Neil Sedaka, America, and rock and roll hall-of-famer Sam Moore.

Mick has recorded with Mark Kendall of Great White as well as Ronnie James Dio’s guitarist, Tracy G, and has done voice-over work for MADD TV. He has also performed on various telethons, including Betty White’s pet telethon, Jerry Lewis’s MS telethon, and many others. Mick’s band, Mic​k Adams and The Stones,​ has performed for everyone from Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Leslie Bibb, David Spade, Amy Adams, Flava Flav, Jack McBrayer, Judd Apatow, and Mark Cuban. The band has been featured on National television multiple times, toured Internationally, and has appeared on and recorded for AXS television’s, The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands. It has also been named one of the top ten tributes in the world by Backstage 360 magazine. Mick is endorsed by Mark Cuban, Ryan Seacrest, and former President of Atlantic Records, Jerry Greenberg, who signed The Rolling Stones.

Picking up the guitar at age 12, Steve Zukowsky quickly learned to play by ear from the guitar heroes of the ’70s: Jimmy Page, Brian May, Michael Schenker, Ronnie Montrose, Pat Travers, and others. After seeing Led Zeppelin at one of the final U.S. concerts in 1977, Steve became a die-hard student of the Jimmy Page guitar technique. He remembers, “As soon as I got home from the show, I ran to get my guitar and figured out how to play ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’ right then!”
Steve was a pioneer of the Southern California Tribute Band scene with Sheer Heart Attack—A Royal Tribute to Queen, which debuted in 1993, and was featured in the indie documentary, Tribute—The Movie.
Steve became well-known from the success of Sheer Heart Attack, and for the many other tribute bands he’s been involved in, including Which One’s Pink? (Pink Floyd), Fireball (Deep Purple), Visions (Rush), and Led Zepagain (Led Zeppelin).
Steve is currently a member of the acclaimed Led Zeppelin tribute band, Zeppelin USA, with fellow Windborne artist, singer Brody Dolyniuk, as well as the touring Laser Spectacular shows, “Shine On” (the music of Pink Floyd) and “British Rock Royalty” (the music of Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, and Led Zeppelin).

Born in Chesapeake, Virginia, Wes Smith has been a professional musician and educator for more than 30 years. He takes great pride in calling himself a “formally self-taught” electric and upright bass player. As a bassist, Wes has performed with many great artists and entertainers over the years to include the vocal group Take 6; Broadway stars Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, and Franc D’Ambrosio (Phantom of the Opera); songwriter Marvin Hamlisch; rock and roll legends Frankie Avalon, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell; jazz greats Chris Vedala (Chuck Mangione), Phil Wilson, and Deanna Martin (daughter of Dean); and comedy greats Regis Philbin, Jay Leno, and Bob Newhart.
Wes has also enjoyed being the “first call” bass player for many Broadway musicals to include A Chorus Line, Grease, Legally Blonde, Annie Get Your Gun, The Last Five Years, Songs for a New World, and others. Particularly noteworthy were his performances for two world premier musicals at the Virginia Stage Company, Frog Kiss and SCKBSTD, the latter of the two with music written by Grammy-winning artist Bruce Hornsby who worked closely with Wes and the other members of the ensemble as the show ran for three weeks. Wes is in high demand in the local area where he performs 150-200 dates per year.
He began performing with Windborne Music in August 2010 with his first show being The Music of Led Zeppelin. Since then, Wes has performed with orchestras around the country to include the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra as part of Windborne Music’s world-class team in The Music of Michael Jackson, The Music of Pink Floyd, The Music of the Eagles, and The Music of the Doors.
Wes thoroughly enjoys being a part of a quality core of musicians who have the opportunity to entertain audiences around the country while performing with some of the world’s greatest orchestras.

A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Andrew Payne has been playing drums for more than 35 years. He started playing professionally at age 16 and has taught music since 1987. He attended the Berklee College of Music, where he won two scholarships, including a Buddy Rich award. Andrew went on to tour and become the music director for Grammy Award-winning CCM artist Rebecca St. James. He also toured with Michael Sweet of Stryper fame and currently plays with his original band, Divine Ratio, when not traveling with Windborne. He has held product endorsements with Attack drum heads and Pro-Mark drumsticks.

Justin Avery was born in Traverse City, Michigan, where he grew up watching music in his dad’s nightclub, Dill’s Olde Town Saloon. He was exposed to all kinds of music in the club: rock, blues, R&B, jazz, and others. Along with being a club owner, his dad played guitar, sang, and put together extravagant shows. His mother was a prolific artist and painter. It’s no surprise that Justin was brought up with music and always had an affinity for performing, writing, and recording music.
He has performed with artists Sheila E., Katy Perry, The Emotions, Billy Ray Cyrus, Terrence Howard (Iron Man actor), Naturi Naughton (actor/singer, Fame), Kenna, Lea Michelle (Glee) and Meat Loaf. Justin has been an arranger for American Idol since 2019. You can also catch him performing with symphony orchestras across the United States and Canada as the main keyboard player for Windborne Music.
Connect with Justin at justinavery.com and listen to World in a Suitcase albums 1, 2 and 3.