How many members of Checkpoint Charley are LDS?
The core of the band has always been Jesse and I, who are fiercely Mormon. Wayne is not but respects what our ideals are. We sort of have a revolving cast of players to help us form the Checkpoint, regardless of location. When we play in LA, drummer Christopher Allis (Presbyterian) plays with us, in SLC it is David Geiselmayr (Mormon), in Florida it is Terry Platt (Christian). For guitars it is always Ian and myself, and we usually enlist the help of our friend Mike Spens (Mormon) as an additional guitar man live for our Salt Lake shows. But on the occasion we can get a gig playing in Tampa, Terry’s brother Tommy Platt (Christian) plays guitar. We had a situation last month where we were set to play in front of about 1,500 people opening for Jon Schmidt in Eden, UT and Wayne couldn’t fly in, so Kristin Lawrence (Mormon) re-joined for a show. We are very much a Latter Day Saint band with our head screwed on straight… though our body does tend to change here and there… ;o) You have menti
