Matt Ascione always wanted to be a musician, but he didn’t know he’d be playing to enthusiastic crowds in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Horn of Africa – and the White House. A 1989 graduate of Broadneck High, Matt was a guitarist in the Mellowtones, a top Annapolis teen rock group of the post-disco era.

Pal Doug Segree, who graduated from Broadneck High in 1988, was a member of the popular rock band, too. Surprisingly, their friendship has endured years of globe-trotting, separate career paths and both men settling down with spouses and kids.