Homecoming week was coming up at Sebring High School.  The cheer leading sponsor asked Harry Havery, a senior, and Rodney Hollinger, the guidance counselor, to put together a band for the Homecoming rally, "THUNDER". There was no desire to name the band, but the cheer leading sponsor insisted on having a band name on the posters.  The guys in the band- Havery, Hollinger, plus students Richie Shepard, Jay Grubb  and Mike McElfresh and band directo Roger Nubern just couldn't come up with anything good.  Try as they might.  Having given up on a name, they started into what had become a ritual during their practice sessions:  teasing Roger about his Flip Flop-clad feet and his Toe Jam. and someone yelled, "THAT'S IT!!  TOE JAM"!  Since the theme for Homecoming that year was "Back to the Beach", they stuck "California" in front. And I guess, well, the name stuck with us!

 We play your favorite hits from the fifties through the eighties with an emphasis on the sixties and seventies. Our line-up includes founding member Harry Havery on guitars and vocals, founding member Rodney Hollinger on keys and vocals, twenty-five year member TJ Kinyon on bass and vocals, past and present member Jordan Terrell on keys, guitar and vocals and the young guy in the band,Trent Ferguson on drums.  Patrick Fox takes care of sound and lights.