David Parsley

Born in Los Angeles, David grew up playing in r'n'b
and latin-fusion bands primarily in the East Los Angeles area. David's
groups were managed for many years by Kasey Casem, and he toured
extensively throughout the US and Canada. At one time or another his
bands shared a stage with such artists as Issac Hayes, The Chambers
Brothers, Dick Clark, Wilson Picket, the Drifters, Brenton Wood, and the
Osmond Brothers. During those years he had recording contracts with
Mercury Records and later, MGM Records. David also created arrangements
and conducted for Fabian during the late 70's. He plays all the saxes -
soprano, alto, tenor and baritone, as well as flute. He also contributes
to Heat Index's sound with vocals.

Doug "Gunner" Gunn

A Denver native, Doug grew up playing in KC area bands.  He also performed in various northern California and Colorado-based groups in the early 70's. Trained in jazz drumming, "Gunner" has performed many styles of music including British Invasion rock, folk rock, top forty pop, classic r'n'b, soul, disco, country rock, contemporary Christian, and what he likes to call power-funk original and heavy-pop original.  The list of well-known local bands Doug drummed for includes The Sensations, JT Cooke, Hotfoot, The Steve Werner Band, The Phil Neal Band, Joe "Guido Toledo" Welsh with The Artists, and Pedestrian. Doug did many recording sessions at Chapman's Studios in the 70's and 80's playing on many local bands' demos and albums and on various jingles. He counts Steve Gadd, Lenny White, and Stanton Moore as three of his favorite drummers.

Frank Goddard

Born and raised in Johnson City, TN. When the Beatles hit the shores of America, his music interest began. By age 15 he was playing in about three bands in the area, the most influential being “The Funky Souls” with member all at least 8 years older than him. They played local, out of state and nite clubs.This band also backed up famous artist like Sam & Dave and Eddie (“Knock on Wood“) Floyd who performed in Johnson City. After moving to Kansas he played with a well established rock band “Tumbling Dice” for a couple of years. He then went back to playing R&B mixed with Smooth Jazz, at this time making the move to 5 string Bass. Striving to improve his playing ability, He choose to challenge himself by playing more jazz with musicians in the Kansas City area. That’s when he met David Parsley and they decided to form a band which is now Heat Index. He credits every bass player he has ever heard as influences, but especially Willie Weeks , Freddy Washington and of course Marcus Miller.

Rick Gibson

A musician and songwriter from the Missouri Ozarks who appraoches music from a very organic persepctive. He draws from a culture of blues, funk, rock and gospel to bridge the musical stratosphere with expressive melody and tone, into the realm of interpretive jazz fusion .

Since the founding of Heat Index in 2002 contemporary jazz has been the catalyst driving Rick's guitar passion.His musical style and delivery has been shaped in part by the legendary guitar work of his favorite players Robben Ford and Larry Carlton. With those influences Rick serves up a full course of entracing melodic riffs soaked with just enough grit and sustain, on top of a hot bed of strong funky smooth rythms.

When Rick's not playing he can be found kicking around with his family or stradling his Harley.