Rita is a “Southern Belle” who grew up in small towns in Alabama and Georgia. Her interest in music started at the age of eight with piano lessons, which she continued through high school. Rita earned a B.S. degree in Medical Technology and worked in hospital laboratories for several years while living in Georgia. She later moved to Houston, where she worked extensively in project management and selling of large laboratory information systems.
Rita's singing career began in a female singing group called High Maintenance which performed for charity events, festivals, and clubs around the New England area. A highlight from that time was an invitation to a benefit featuring Al Jarreau and Grover Washington Jr. In the summer of 2003, Rita was recruited by a neighbor to join Double Vision and became lead vocalist shortly thereafter. She lives in Bellaire with her husband, 2 step-daughters, and 3 dogs.
Richard
Fish, M.D. (Drums, percussion, backing vocals)
Richard is a Houston native who started playing the guitar at the age of 8. He started playing drums in Junior High school at the suggestion his best friend Tucker (the younger brother of DV’s bass player, Jeff) who was playing the drums at the time. He had found his calling.
Richard played professionally in high school with Hal Tennyson’s Young Jazz Artists; was in jazz and marching bands in high school and while a pre-med student at the University of Texas. As a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, he played with an all-physician band-- The Keytones. Richard completed his internship, residency in ophthalmology, and fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. In 1992, he and his wife Gina moved back to Houston, where Richard joined a private practice retina group and is now the senior partner of Vitreoretinal Consultants. Richard specializes in complicated retinal diseases, vitrectomy surgery, and is board certified in drums and percussion. He occasionally commits malpractice with his rhythm guitar. He lives in Bellaire with his wife Gina and their two children
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Bowes
Hamill, M.D. (Rhythm guitar, vocals)
Bowes was born in Boston, Mass. Despite the musical talent that was destined to overflow in his later years, his musical upbringing was surprisingly humble. His parents compensated for their modest musical ability by diligent effort and constant practice, mastering both the radio as well as a home “Hi-Fi” system by their later years.
At the age of 12, Bowes purchased his first guitar, an inexpensive acoustic model that was more than adequate for his early repertoire: Mr. Tambourine Man and Louie Louie (with the real words). At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, still unencumbered by any formal musical education, he began to expose the world to his talent– playing with a group of like minded (and equally untrained) musicians (“The Band With No Name”) at the Abraxis lounge on Franklin Street. Their musical approach and technique was so unique that the band was paid $60.00 to leave early. It was then that Bowes realized that music was destined to be in his future...his far future.
During medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, in an effort to more round out his musical skill set (and to escape from pharmacology), he studied blue grass banjo – a must have for any serious musician. At the same time, appreciating that his professional talents were best realized while sitting down, he opted for an ophthalmology residency. Currently, as a faculty member of the Department of Ophthalmology at Baylor, he came to the dawning realization that the world was again ready for his performing talents. With his colleagues, he formed “Double Vision” both as an outlet for his talents as well as for retribution on his long suffering friends and co–workers who are being forced to endure his (now adult) fantasy of performing in a rock and roll band. In between professional engagements and rehearsals with “D.V.”, he practices ophthalmology specializing in cataract, corneal and refractive surgery with special interests in corneal transplantation, and ocular reconstruction following trauma. His entourage includes his wife Cathy and two sons, Scott (an aficionado of techno, club music, and really big machines) and Eric (a devotee of classic and progressive jazz and a far better guitar player than his father will ever be).
Jeff
Jackson, M.D. (Bass guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals)
Jeff has had a passion for music since 1964, when the Beatle bug bit him. Having taken piano lessons from his mother, he taught himself to play the guitar on a 1965 Sears Silvertone. By 1967, it was obvious that the bass was Jeff’s calling—he switched that year and never looked back.
Jeff continued playing rock and roll through his Junior and Senior High School years, while simultaneously playing trumpet and baritone in the school marching band. By his college years at Rice University, Jeff was playing clubs regularly.
After completing his B.A. at Rice, Jeff graduated with Honors from Baylor College of Medicine in 1979. He was awarded membership in AOA, the medical academic honor society. During medical school, internship, and Neurology residency, Jeff played with his brothers Andy and Tucker in the Beatles knock-off band, “The Frigidaires”. With a different mix of players, this group has now evolved into “Pinball Lizard”, and has performed oldies from the 60’s and 70’s off and on since 1981.
In 1986, Jeff joined “The Good Life”, playing oldies from the 60’s and 70’s in Houston area clubs and restaurants for many years. In 1998, Jeff joined a popular society band, “The Mid-Life Crisis and the Hot Flashes”, playing oldies from the 50’s and 60’s. This very active band plays large private fundraising and political events, including a 1999 Gubernatorial Inauguration Ball and 2001 Presidential Inauguration Ball for George W. Bush.
Meanwhile, Jeff was asked to join a new band by Richard Fish, a longtime friend to Jeff’s younger brother, Tucker (of Frigidaires fame). Jeff joined Double Vision in November 2003. Being a central part of all 3 bands, Jeff now covers oldies from the 50’s through the 90’s.
Throughout an outstanding musical career, Jeff has continued with a thriving day job of practicing adult Neurology, initially in the Texas Medical Center (Methodist and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospitals), and now in Sugar Land, Texas as sole proprietor of Sugar Land Neurology. He lives in Sugar Land with his wife, Linda J. Jackson, Ph.D. (clinical psychologist), and their two children. Photos, audio clips, and other information about Jeff, “Pinball Lizard”, and “Mid-Life Crisis and the Hot Flashes” are at http://www.axnjxn.com/Jeff.htm.
Mike first got serious about singing after joining the Memorial High School choir. It sounded kind of lame, but his sister had been in choir and if he didn’t join something he’d have to take P.E. Little did he know that singing would change his life. Performing “I’ll be home for Christmas” for 4 straight years, playing Kurt in the Sound of Music and winning the Senior talent show singing Pure Prarie Leagues’s “Amy” were signature events that ’77 classmates still remember.
In college, Mike joined the Tulanians, an “Up With People” type of group with 12 singers doing intricate choreography to Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago, Pippin and every other pop and show tune of the time, backed up by a great group of instrumentalists. The Tulanians toured the country in the winter doing 2-3 short shows a day and performed throughout New Orleans during the school year; entertaining was then forever in his blood.
Returning to Houston, Mike got a job with Foley’s and quickly found outlets for his passion for singing. A recruiter for corporate Human Resources executives by day, Mike not only sings in Double Vision, but is the cantorial soloist for a congregation in Clear Lake. Mike plays the piano, though only well enough for mama to love, and enjoys playing percussion in the group. Mike and his wife Kitty met over 40 years ago as neighbors and have 2 children.
Bobby’s excessive humility precludes a lengthy biography. He is a native Houstonian with extensive musical experience, who started playing piano at the age of six. He plays keyboards and bass guitar in several bands in Houston, playing a variety of styles including rock and jazz. Bobby has a jazz trio that showcases the more cerebral side of his musical interests. Among his Double Vision band mates, he is known for his dry, razor sharp wit and his ability to mimic just about any lick from any song with the flick of a synthesizer switch. In between his many gigs, Dr. Markoff maintains a very busy solo dental practice in Sugar Land. Back To Top
Steve Pflugfelder, M.D. (Lead guitar, backing vocals)
Steve grew up in Upstate New York. At age 11, he received an electric guitar for Christmas. His musical interests at that time included the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Santana. He played in the stage band for several high school musicals and formed a rock band with classmates called Hard Knocks that was always in demand at local social functions. His musical tastes shifted toward acoustic music while attending Colgate University, where he received a B.A. in 1977. While in medical school at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse, he hooked up with several classmates to form a band and he expanded his musical repertoire to include jazz and R&B. Steve moved to Houston in 1982 to perform his Ophthalmology residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He was fortunate to find a guitar instructor at that time who introduced him to diatonic theory. Steve moved to Miami in 1985 to do a Cornea fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami School Of Medicine. He was appointed to the faculty of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1998. His interest in guitar was rekindled when his wife Maureen bought him a new red Fender Stratocaster for his 40th birthday in 1996. While in Miami he was introduced to Latin jazz and bossa nova and he played in a neighborhood rock band composed mostly of attorneys.
In 2002, he returned to Houston to join the faculty of the Cullen Eye Institute of Baylor College of Medicine as a Professor and Director of the Ocular Surface Center in July 2000. He was awarded the James and Margaret Elkins Chair in Ophthalmology at the Baylor College of Medicine in 2001. He is active in several committees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is on the Editorial Boards of several ophthalmology journals including Cornea, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye & Contact Lens and The Ocular Surface.
He was fortunate to become a member of Double Vision in 2003 where with friends and colleagues he can play a wide variety of musical favorites, including songs he aspired to play as a child. Steve lives with his wife Maureen and their son Christopher in West University.
Rita is a “Southern Belle” who grew up in small towns in Alabama and Georgia. Her interest in music started at the age of eight with piano lessons, which she continued through high school. Rita earned a B.S. degree in Medical Technology and worked in hospital laboratories for several years while living in Georgia. She later moved to Houston, where she worked extensively in project management and selling of large laboratory information systems.
Richard is a Houston native who started playing the guitar at the age of 8. He started playing drums in Junior High school at the suggestion his best friend Tucker (the younger brother of DV’s bass player, Jeff) who was playing the drums at the time. He had found his calling.
Bowes was born in Boston, Mass. Despite the musical talent that was destined to overflow in his later years, his musical upbringing was surprisingly humble. His parents compensated for their modest musical ability by diligent effort and constant practice, mastering both the radio as well as a home “Hi-Fi” system by their later years. 
Jeff has had a passion for music since 1964, when the Beatle bug bit him. Having taken piano lessons from his mother, he taught himself to play the guitar on a 1965 Sears Silvertone. By 1967, it was obvious that the bass was Jeff’s calling—he switched that year and never looked back.
Mike first got serious about singing after joining the Memorial High School choir. It sounded kind of lame, but his sister had been in choir and if he didn’t join something he’d have to take P.E. Little did he know that singing would change his life. Performing “I’ll be home for Christmas” for 4 straight years, playing Kurt in the Sound of Music and winning the Senior talent show singing Pure Prarie Leagues’s “Amy” were signature events that ’77 classmates still remember. 
Bobby’s excessive humility precludes a lengthy biography. He is a native Houstonian with extensive musical experience, who started playing piano at the age of six. He plays keyboards and bass guitar in several bands in Houston, playing a variety of styles including rock and jazz. Bobby has a jazz trio that showcases the more cerebral side of his musical interests. Among his Double Vision band mates, he is known for his dry, razor sharp wit and his ability to mimic just about any lick from any song with the flick of a synthesizer switch. In between his many gigs, Dr. Markoff maintains a very busy solo dental practice in Sugar Land.
Steve grew up in Upstate New York. At age 11, he received an electric guitar for Christmas. His musical interests at that time included the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Santana. He played in the stage band for several high school musicals and formed a rock band with classmates called Hard Knocks that was always in demand at local social functions. His musical tastes shifted toward acoustic music while attending Colgate University, where he received a B.A. in 1977. While in medical school at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse, he hooked up with several classmates to form a band and he expanded his musical repertoire to include jazz and R&B. Steve moved to Houston in 1982 to perform his Ophthalmology residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He was fortunate to find a guitar instructor at that time who introduced him to diatonic theory. Steve moved to Miami in 1985 to do a Cornea fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami School Of Medicine. He was appointed to the faculty of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1998. His interest in guitar was rekindled when his wife Maureen bought him a new red Fender Stratocaster for his 40th birthday in 1996. While in Miami he was introduced to Latin jazz and bossa nova and he played in a neighborhood rock band composed mostly of attorneys.