Northeast Ohio's Premier Dance Band
Introducing R.A.C.E...

Rick & the Cutting Edge is Northeast Ohio's Premier Dance Band featuring dynamite, breath-taking lead vocals led by the classy, lovely and multi-talented duo of Michelle Romary and Erin Rossi, tight bass grooves laid down by bassist and vocalist, Bob Miller...the wailing, smooth and sexy sounds produced by sax-man Mike Molchan, toe-tappin' beats with uncanny, unmatched precision by drummer/percussionist, Jeff Kennat, and hot and intricate guitar leads played by the intensely laid back, Lee McClelland. Now add the sounds of amazing brass stabs, organ, piano, and strings coming out of Rick Matis's keyboards and you have the makings of one flawless, groovin', exciting band!

Come and hear us...and see for yourself!  You will see why literally over one thousand satisfied customers, from newly married couples to corporate executives.... from entire cities at homeday celebrations to party planners to local bar owners and their loyal patrons, continue to demand "Rick & the Cutting Edge" when they expect the best for their special celebration extraordinaire!
 


Client Compliments

Rick,

Matt and I both wanted to thank you so much for playing at our wedding. You guys were fabulous! We got so many compliments throughout the night and after from our guests. We will definitely recommend you to other friends and family. Thank you again!

Thanks again,
Sarah & Matt Delly
Reception - Sammy's at Legacy Village - Sept 27, 2008



Rick,

Our members could not have been more energized by your performance on Saturday! You were a complete success and added to the overall excitement of the evening. I have never seen so many of our members enjoying themselves, dancing the night away. The compliments were overwhelming at our regular weekly meeting today. Members were already requesting you for next year. You exceeded our expectations in every way!

Please feel free to use us as a reference. We would be happy to share our experience, as well as our intention to have you for our event next year.

With warmest regards,
Michelle Hauser
President-Elect, Willoughby Rotary Club

Hi Rick,

You played for my daughters wedding on June 23rd (Ashley and Shaun) at Medina CC. Our friends and family are still buzzing about the music at the wedding. You were terrific. We hope that you had fun also, hopefully feeding off of the energy from the guests. We just got the videos from Ashley and Shaun. What an awesome night. Your group made it that way. I don't know how to say thank you enough.

I periodically go to your website to see where you are playing. We will be coming to Carrie Cerino's to see you.

I also see that you must have recently booked New Years at St. Ambrose in Brunswick. Is this open to the public and do you have a contact for us to be able to get tickets? We are interested in bringing a group of people. Thanks again for a great night that many will remember for a long, long time.

Bill Franz

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Notes from the Studio...

Great News!...we are in the studio recording a selection of fabulous new songs and will shoot our new videos this month!  We are very excited for this update!  Please check back later this month and visit our Video page to view the new snippets!

Upcoming Public Performances!!!

We now have 3 Public Performances scheduled this summer!!!  Please come out to see us and dance at Carrie Cerino's - Under C's Lounge on Friday, July 31st from 8pm-12am and/or Saturday, Aug 1st from 9pm-1am!  We are also very excited to perform at Halloran Park on Sunday evening August 9th from 6-8pm for their "Party in the Park" Celebration!!!  Both venues offer free admission!  We hope to see you!!!  Keep an eye on our Performance Schedule...we will be adding even more Public Performances soon!

New Photographs!

We would like to thank Craig Megyes, Photographer of Craig Studio in Barberton, Ohio for a plethera of wonderful new photos of our band!  He was a joy to work with during our recent performance for the Akron Debutante Ball held at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

Welcome to our New Website!!!

Thank you for visiting our new and improved website!  We are currently updating our photographs with the help of a couple amazing area photographers.  Thank you to Tom Forrest of Tom Forrest Photography www.tomforrestphoto.com, whose pictures of us performing capture our excitement for what we love to do!

In the next couple of weeks we will be adding more photographs and videos.  Please check back periodically and post a comment anytime!

Happy Spring!!!

Akron's Debutante Ball - Firestone County Club

This is the fourth year we've been invited to perform for the Akron Debutante Ball.  It is held annually at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

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