Bio

Shadow Of Doubt was founded in 2009 to express passion for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers music. Since the untimely passing of Tom Petty in October of 2017, it become our mission to provide a great source for the many thousands die-hard Tom Petty fans. We are grateful to play for so many wonderful audiences and we play all the big hits and plenty of "deep cuts" as well. We also mix in some Mudcrutch and Traveling Wilburys. 

Mike Kearns (Mike Campbell - lead guitar, vocals). Studied composition and classical guitar at Baldwin-Wallace with Dr. Loris O. Chobanian. Appears regularly in NE Ohio and environs with Acoustic Tuma, DePrator/Kearns, and Mike, Jim & Bill Do The White Album. Teaches at School of Rock. Past projects: The Impostors, Robin Stone Band, Blue Cafe, Iguana Conduct, Fuse Five, Two of Us, and Detour. Also has greatly enjoyed the occasional excursion into sound design, music direction, cabaret and musical theater, including onstage guitar work in Cameo Theater productions of GODSPELL (2016), RENT (2014) and MACBETH: A ROCK OPERA (2012).

Mark Shadley (Stan Lynch - drums) played  in Forte and the Cleveland scene for over 40 years. His gear includes Roland and Custom Pearl Master with Orange County custom-built drums and Zildjian cymbals.

Jim Wilson (Tom Petty - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, blues harp) has been in the Cleveland music scene for quite some time, playing in various classic rock bands such as Libido, The Quads, Dark Horse, Cloud Nine, and The Impostors. Jim also currently is a part of the semi-acoustic trio Mike, Jim & Bill Do The White Album. Jim plays a Rickenbacker 6-string electric guitar (Tom Petty Style), a 6-string Gibson Firebird, and a 12-string Schecter Stargazer electric.

Pete Algotson (Benmont Tench - keyboards) grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden. His passion for music began at 5 with classical piano, organ, guitar, accordion and harmonica. At age 20 he left Sweden behind to begin his soul search landing him in Cleveland, the Rock and Roll Capital of the world.  Pete has played in several well known Dance and Rock bands. Venues include performances at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, countless festivals, private engagements and many of your favorite local night clubs. He has been playing with Shadow of Doubt since 2015 and uses a Yamaha ES8 board coupled with a Hammond XK5 for authentic sound reproduction.