About Me: Shane Howard (from Riesel, Texas) began performing music at age 12 by backing up fiddlers at fiddle contests. Within three years, Shane was asked to join the band, Reunion in 1989 where he played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals on a few songs. His experience with Reunion led him to eventually form his own band, Rampage in 1992. For the next ten years, Shane Howard and Rampage played the Central Texas music scene. At first, Shane performed the music of his heroes: George Strait, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams (Sr. and Jr.) and Elvis Presley. He later began incorporating his own music into the set including "If You Fail At Love," "Love Me Again" and "Set Me Free." During this time, Shane Howard opened for Country artists Gary Stewart, John Conlee, Joe Stampley and Andy Griggs. Shane Howard and Rampage was also named one of the top five bands of Central Texas according to the readers of the Waco Tribune-Herald in 1999. By the end of 2002, Shane had dissolved Rampage and in