In 1976 John started Revolver as a drummer with Bruce Hummel and Mark Guarino. After a few months, he switched to guitar. Revolver first disbanded in early 1980 and John went on to form Grey Haven. During this time John entered College as a music major w/ guitar as his major instrument. Later, when Grey Haven disbanded, John formed "Olias". John would finish his B.S. and M.S. in Music education and begin a career teaching music in 1987. In 1990 John helped form "No Alibi" with his wife also singing. That band would morph into "The JY Allstars" and then "Joe Puma and the Panthers". In 1992, John joined The Connectors. John also released a CD of solo material in 1995 called "From Mr. Sixty Six". The C.D included performances by many of his friends in local music including Lee David (Center Stage, East Coast Connection), Linda (Rutherford) Marino (Celtic Fire), Jim Kerins (Nik and The Nice Guys), and Elvio Fernandes (Daughtry, Uncle Plum). John stayed in The Connectors until 1996 when He and Mark Guarino brought back Revolver as a Beatle Tribute band. Eventually, Revolver got absorbed by and became "The East Coast Connection" in 2004. John left East Coast in 2006 and he and 2 other East Coast members formed "Nbt" with Ron Rocco on Drums. This group stopped performing together in 2009. Over the years, John Yeara has done some fill in work w/ a few well known popular groups such as "No Camouflage", "Private Drive", "Oasis", "Take 5", and "7th Heaven" In 2010, John Yeara and Bruce Hummel hooked up again and restarted Revolver. Since then Bruce has left and the band now features Tim Coon on Bass, Tom Savastano on drums and Don Mancuso on guitar, While Jy handles more rhythm guitar and some keyboards while still singing quite a bit. Jy also performs w/ Don in an acoustic duet, "J.Y. and Dee". Ian began playing piano at the age of 6 w/ Mrs. Eleanor Fox and later also with Fred Dicesare. In 5th grade, he began playing Sax as well and was taught by local virtuoso, Tom Ellison. At the time, he was always singing in chorus from 4th grade through H.S. With the Greece Arcadia High Jazz Band, Ian performed at the Rochester Jazz Festival twice as a teenager. His first professional performance was with his father's group, "NBT" in 2009. He played keyboards for the group in a packed house for two rush songs; 'limelight' and 'subdivisions'. For the past two years, Ian has been a music business major at the Crane School in Potsdam, N.Y. The Crane School has turned out many great conductors, composers, and performers including Opera Sensation Renee Fleming. Ian has often performed with Revolver on Vocals, Keyboards, and Sax. This summer, Ian and his father are performing acoustic rock on Piano and Guitar as "I.J.Y."

[source: Facebook, 2018-May-21]