The Highlights – Fun times! TEAM DRINKS and great dance music!

YOUR BAND FOR FUN! The Highlights have been entertaining audiences in the Midwest since 1986!  Best known as a variety DANCE band, the show includes our originals, Classic Rock, country, R & B, standards and much more.  Plus Badger Game day tunes and “I love my Green Bay Packers!”

Over the years, the Highlights have received top honors in the Madison area Battle of the Bands and have written, produced and recorded their own tunes here and in Nashville.  We’ve been featured at the Art Fair on the Square, the Taste of Madison and more recently in Make Music Madison. What we love best – is playing music and entertaining!  Join us for our fun TEAM DRINK!

Marcy Heim was one of those kids that walked around singing…anywhere, anytime. Songs are powerful and Marcy wants her music to bring a smile to your face and pull you out on the dance floor!  She’s been in sing/dance groups her whole life.  Nite Fire was her first band, then Changes Band, a local country variety band before starting Marcy and The Highlights in the 80’s. Her original song, “Maybe Together Was Better,” received honorable mention in the Nashville Music City Song Festival. Most fun was forming the trio, “Special Delivery” which combined the musical talents of three local bands and performed at area conventions and festivals. Marcy got a st

rong dose of rhythm and blues as singer with Clyde Stubblefield and the Motown Players and with Clyde as a member of the Highlights for a decade. And, thanks to Clyde, her husband Ken is part of the band and they have three very musical kids. Marcy loves musical theater  but the “highlight” for Marcy was performing with the UW Varsity Band under the direction of Mike Leckrone in the Kohl Center.  (see the video on this site).  Marcy is happiest telling corny jokes and partying with the crowd!

Ken Heim plays electric bass with the Highlights and performs lead and background vocals. Ken got his start in professional music at age sixteen at an impromptu performance with his first band, The Natives, for an audience of 200 screaming high school girls. Enough said….Ken was hooked on music! The Natives rode the wave of the British invasion of the 60’s by specializing in The Beatles. Then Ken joined The Bowery Boys (later known as Clicker) the day after the Natives played their last gig.

After a stint as bass player with the Milwaukee-based rock band Eden Stone, Ken joined forces with Madison’s Funky Drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, (James Brown’s drummer) in the R&B group called Blume’. After Blume’ came his “Blues Period,” when he performed with Paul Black, Mel Ford, Will “Smokey” Log, and John Chimes. In 1986, at the urging of then drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, Ken joined the Highlights, eventually married the “

girl singer” and has been swinging and rocking with them ever since.  Ken has also ventured into musical theater and performed in “Seussical The Musical” with Middleton Players Theater.  Aside from being a great bass player, Ken is an extraordinary sound engineer and  keeps the Highlights well mixed!

Highlights guitarist/lead vocalist Lyle Raymond has been chasing good songs on the guitar since the 1990s, performing with a variety of rock, pop, and jazz groups along the way. Over the years he’s enjoyed playing with many different musicians and discovering how each style brings something unique to the music.

He studied music theory and history in college, experiences that helped deepen his appreciation for music from many eras and traditions. Those influences continue to shape the way he approaches songs today.

These days he’s happiest when the band finds a great groove and the crowd is enjoying the music, and he’s glad to be part of the fun with the band.

Keyboardist, David Heim, has been with the Highlights since 2012 and continues to perform with them occasionally.  David Heim, known by his moniker, David Jay Done It, is a hip-hop, pop, and R&B music producer from Madison, Wisconsin. After a stint as the house producer for Crown Studios in Austin, Texas, he opened his own studio here in Madison, WI.  He’s a graduate with honors from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston with a composing, producing and performing major. At his Madison studio he produces every type of music, in addition to his own collection of hip-hop beats other artists use to create their rap songs.  His studio in Madison is home to local and national artists due to his expertise in sound recording. He’s a songwriter, composes scores for special productions, and adds the rich sound the Highlights are known for.  At 25, David is the youngest Highlight and brings terrific keyboards and vocals to the band.

He’s performed in musical theater since age 4 when he was Tiny Tim in CTM’s The Christmas Carol. Other roles have included Winthrop in The Music Man with Straw Hat Players, roles in Annie Get Your Gun, The Drowsy Chaperone and many more. His original scores have been performed by area orchestras.  David also performs as a solo act and is a popular choice for weddings, private parties and events of all kinds. Reach David at 608-572-6784.

Andy Yaun is the Highlights former guitar player and on occasion joins in on a Highlights show. A native of Monticello, Andy is the ROCKABILLY KID and  brings his amazing guitar work, drums and vocals to the Highlights show.  Check out Andy’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AndyYaunTheRockabillyKid/ and take in one of his solo gigs.  Andy has been part of the Highlights on and off since he was 15 years old and you will enjoy his energy and talent!