Struggle Bus Project keyboards in Lulu Studio

Frank Viel Jr. “Franky Fingers”

Frank Viel Jr. playing keyboard at an outdoor show, the Struggle Bus banner behind him

Husband, Father, and Weekend warrior…

“I can say for a fact that music chose to infect me at an early age.  The infection spread to my church where I discovered a piano in one of the rooms downstairs. So it began….

Classically trained for 4 years, a year of pop/modern music, a year of jazz studies at Yale with Ed McLain. Also loved singing from an early age. High school continued the ride band, chorus, ensemble singers, Made All State chorus 2 years and All Eastern Chorus (MENC) my senior year. 

After high school came CT School of Electronics, and years spent as a technician working for Norden Systems, Walbro, TI Automotive, GE, ABB, and sneaked in being a soundman for years working with local musicians. Now, many years later, I still have the infection.

Dave Vieau finds me on BandMix spring of 2024, and the real party begins. Being part of something way bigger than myself became the new musical adventure. 

Struggle Bus is an uplifting, enlightening collection of musicians who make this way more fun than I was expecting. Almost as much fun as being happily married for 35 years and raising 2 sons.”

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