In the summer of 1997 during one of the worst storms in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,  Scott, Hobie and their friend Shannon formed one of the worst bands in L.G.  history. With Jeff Holden on drums, Shannon Bogart on bass, and Scott 'n Hobie playing  guitar they were known as the Ralph Davis Trio. They found less than limited success in the area. Soon after forming, Jason Bogart was added to the line up and the name  changed to The Ralph Davis Band. With the added guitar and Jeff on drums, the wall  of sound was created. Likened to the sound of a giant fiddle, the band  found themselves to be not very marketable. Jeff Holden, who had also been playing  with Bender, quit Ralph Davis. He soon started up with Lumpy Gravy. Mike Wild, a  mutual friend of the band, took over the drummer position. Mike was playing out regularly  with the Northern Lights Band (Cy,Danny Parker, Yuri, and Mike). NLB also went through  some transitions, we'll get to some of those later. Anyway as with a lot of bands, personal differences facilitated it's demise. Jason went on to play with “Project” and then  Spirit Creek with whom he is still playing today. Shannon no longer plays in the area  choosing to persue a career with a little more stability. As for Scott, Hobie and Mike,  luck was on their side. Enter Brett Wild. Brett is Mike's cousin and had previously played  bass in some local bands. A built-in family rhythm section, very handy. The four fellas  hit it off pretty well and started working a couple of gigs a month. Playing out around southeastern Wisconsin they were billed as the South Shore Blues Band. After a few months of increased jobs and better pay, it was time to do a little studio demo - ”Four Songs We Know”.  They recorded with Joe Rank on harmonica at Two Dogs Studio. Spectacular stuff. Joe continued  to sit in with SSB and all was fine until ... Hobie screwed it up. Everybody sort of went  their separate ways. Brett Wild is now playing in Nick-a-Jack with Yuri, Corey Bash, Scotty  and Mike Van Dyke. Here's where it gets confusing. The Northern Lights Band (the other band  Mike was in) had lost Danny; hired a very talented singer, guitar player named Broc  (whereabouts unknown); lost Broc; hired Danny back; Yuri quit.  NLB hired Scott; lost Scott; hired Hobie; hired Scott again; Hobie quit;  lost Danny; hired Yuri and Jason for a couple of days and then sort of disbanded.  Tasty Basster Cy unfortunately decided to make some loot so he is working full time. You  might catch him from time to time playing out, but certainly not enough. Mike found that  being one of the better drummers in an area was too demanding and took a break from the scene.  Still looking for somebody to jam with, Scott and Hobie hooked up with a great singer/drummer,  Paul Garret. With no bass players available, the multitalented Scotty too Hotty rose to the occasion.  A power trio with Paul soulfully beltin' out tunes, Crossroads was born. This didn't  last too long. With scheduling difficulties and pressing family matters for Hobie and Paul, the  band could not continue. After a couple of weeks off, Scotty and Hobie approached Mike to fill  some bookings they had. A weekly, Wednesday, no customer, new bar gig. Lotsa fun. Feeling rather  raggedy from years of multi-band dysfunction and weekly, Wednesday, chicken wire shows the three  friends took to callin' themselves The Leftovers. That was summer of '00 and they have been together  since. Due to a club owner forgetting their name and billing them as HOBIE, the name was changed  to Hobie and The Leftovers which Hobie is not too comfy with. In the last five years, Hobie and  The Leftovers has created a tradition of sit-ins by friends and family. Incorporated regularly  are Nitro on harmonica and Hobie's wife “Buttertooth” (acoustic/ vocals).