Instant Karma Circa 1991

Left to right - Robbie Meade - Karl Werne - Randy Caffee

Karl Werne, the ring-leader behind the act, started playing music professionally at the age of 16. His musical debut was with acoustic partner Chris Kemp in the duo Karl & Chris. Since then Werne has been performing original compositions as well as a variety of cover material. He is self taught on the guitar, after a while he traded in his acoustic guitar for an electric. Along with Chris Kemp he built an ambitious young garage band armed with thoughtful lyrics ready to change the world. After graduating high school, Werne spent the next eight years in a successful career with local favorites The Lewis McGehee Group. Included with that span came tour dates as an opening act for Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" tour in 1986-87.

Instant Karma also consists of Robbie Meade, former bass player for Nyte Flyte, David Julian & The Playmates, and Cam Head and The Noisemakers. Meade performed in venues such as the Sands Casino and the Frontier Casino in Las Vegas, Fitzgerald's Casino in Reno, and the Nevada Lodge in Tahoe. He returned to the Tidewater area to join Nyte Flyte in 1984, a popular show band that performed up until 1990, covering the Virginia Beach, Baltimore and Washington area. Meade is a self taught bass player, and currently teaches bass guitar at Moe's Music in Virginia Beach.

Drummer Randy Caffee. Formerly with a number of bands, such as Country acts, Thunder Road, Melissa Lewis and The Heavy Cowboys. After this Caffee spent a few years as a jazz musician playing the Williamsburg- Richmond circuit. Caffee studied jazz and classical guitar at Norfolk State University for three years. Among these other musical stints Caffee has accomplished, his versatility goes to extremes in his variety department. He's played with local beach bands, The Snard Brothers, Built For Comfort, Too East and the Rhythm Kings.