Greg invited his then co-worker, Mike "Muzzy" Fedysky, up for a jam.

"The chemistry was unmistakable," Todd said. "We all just meshed together so well, and we sealed the deal once Muzzy joined the group."

Although all of their paths crossed in 2002, Slatts Rattler was a long time coming for each of it's members.

Todd and Lou met in 1985 when Lou moved into the apartment across the hall from Todd.

Todd, after hearing Lou jamming on his guitar numerous times, invited Lou over for a party. After the party, Lou and Todd jammed with each other quite often.

They knew that two guitar players just weren't enough.

Todd had gone to school with Lant Robinson and soon brought him into his jamming sessions with Lou.

Three guitarist.Three vocalists.Three songwriters. No bassist and no drummer. Enter Greg "Spoons" Ewasko on the drums.

In 1987, Todd, Lant and Greg formed a band called the Bad Willy's. Not long after, Greg left the group. Todd and Lant found a new drummer and changed their name to the Willy's.

Todd and Lant's next venture led them to a band, The Furnace, which formed in 1990 and disbanded after a few years.

While the future-Slatts' guitarists, singers and drummer were set in place, there was still no bassist in the formula.

Mike "Muzzy" Fedysky had been playing the bass since 1969 when he was just a teenager. He took bass lessons and soon began writing his own songs. He and some classmates formed a rock group called The Underground Cloud and played school dances throughout their teen years.

Around the age of 20, he joined a five-piece wedding band called The Skylarks while he attended Johnson College. They went on to record two albums , one in NYC and the other in NJ, under the name of The Pennsylvania Polka Kats. After graduation, because of job commitments he left the group.

In under a year from leaving the Polka band, he got a call from a country rock band called Two Plus Two to fill in. "It's such a blast to be playing rock again, " Mike had said to his new band members, and because of that he remained for four years.

" Even though I always had music around, I stopped playing for a while and got wrapped up in my job, remodeling my home, and family, " he said. "I can't believe it was two years before I had picked up the bass again and I have to thank Uriah Heep, (www.uriah-heep.com) my favorite band of all time and the internet for that."

Fedysky started to record original music with some fellow musicians he had met over the internet through Uriah Heep chats. Bob Dreher (Illinois), David White ( Cleveland, Ohio) and Muzzy formed the internet recording band, Heepheads, ( www.heepheads.com ) recording a cd of their own called Broadband Conspiracy.

"I'm so thankfull to these guys because they truely got me playing again, " Fedysky said.

While Mike was recording and playing again over the internet, Lou and his wife Judy, went to see The Furnace perform. "Todd, Lou, Lant and Greg would always jam at our house with whomever happened to be in the neighborhood, " Judy said.

Because of the get-togethers at Lou's, a conversation between Greg and then co-worker Mike turned into an invitation to join in a jam. Mike accepted, later saying "These guys treated me like family from the first moment and I'm so glad I met up with them."

"The feeling of being in a band again was great. " Robinson said. "We spent so long just jamming and after so long we felt like we finally had the right combination of talents."

With the line-up complete, naming the band was the next tasks.

According to Mike, the name originated during a pratice one night when we were so loud, Lou said that we were "rattling the slatts off the windows," and so Slatts Rattler was born.

Each lending their own musical talents and intricacies to the group, the men branched out of Lou's basement and into playing local bars and events in and around the Scranton, Pa. area.

"We would love to try and get ourselves into a studio sometime soon," Mike said, "we have quite a few of our own originals mixed into our set-list and it'd be nice to have a quality cd to call our own."

Playing a combination of Classic Rock, and originals, Slatts Rattler proves every weekend that dad's and family men well into thier 40's can still have fun and can still rock. If you ever get an opportunity to see these musicians in their element, you will have the time of your life ! 

~Rock~Rattle ~& Roll~