Noel Riley Heagerty

About Noel

Born in Oswego, went to St. Paul’s Academy, Oswego Catholic High School, and Oswego State University then left on the Pegasus adventure to Philadelphia. Returned in 1988 after the untimely passing of my 29 year old girlfriend. Then I devoted myself to the research of the history of Spiritualism, life after death and mediumship. I now have 12 published

books on these very subjects after 35 years of relentless research. I have various jobs with the city of Oswego. To keep myself in the music realm in the 90’s I formed an all Genesis band called Principia and also later an all Beatles band called Blackbird. I have been married to Caroline Robertson

who is an acupuncturist and medium for 26 years. We have homes here in Oswego county and Florida.

About Michael 

After leaving Pegasus around 1976, Michael Rogala lived in South Lake  Tahoe, California, for a year. He eventually moved to San Francisco in  1980, where he met and married his wife, Niki. Together, they had two  sons and recently celebrated their 40th anniversary. Michael worked as a  general contractor and carpenter for 35 years in San Francisco.  Musically, he was very involved as a founding member of the San  Francisco Renegades Drum and Bugle Corps from 1997 to 2007, serving as a  snare drummer. The corps became one of the top five senior corps in the  country, which Michael is very proud of. Now retired, he lives in  beautiful Sonoma, California, with his wife Niki, their dog Wilson, and  their seven chickens. He is also actively pursuing other musical  projects, working in upstate New York with the "Brothers of the Gray  Bus," as well as local musicians in California.

About Ron

Ron Fragetta (Keyboards-Pegasus)

My musical journey began in my family’s home which was filled with love and always filled with music. All kinds of music: Glenn Miller, Sinatra, Mario Lanza and show tunes! My father played trombone in a Big Band; (until he was 89) my

uncles all played and owned a music store. My sister, brother and I were all given piano lessons, but a visual impairment made reading music impossible for me.

In college I began playing “the blues”, playing by ear and writing songs, fueled by the remarkable music of the sixties. I immersed myself in music and by chance I was recruited by Pegasus, fellow musicians who shared my passion for music and the bonds of friendship. My tenure with Pegasus lasted less than five years, but the experiences and camaraderie have been one of the highlights of my life.

I decided to return to school, earned a graduate degree, and embarked on a forty-plus year career as a psychiatric social worker. Along the way I married and raised two exceptional children. I spend time playing my baby grand at home, but my wife and children were and are the center of my world. I did play keyboards for the Fulton Chain Gang from 2008-2012 after my wife clipped an ad from the newspaper for a local Southern rock/Country Rock Band looking for a player. After that I played solo piano for a year at Karma, a great local

restaurant.

It was a wonderful surprise when a few years ago Pegasus reunited to play some benefit concerts in Oswego. The chance to relive the old days and reacquaint with old friends was an unexpected and welcomed. Music brought us together again. 

Playing at the Oswego Music Hall of Fame ceremony with my

mates is icing on the cake. 

After all is said, music is just good for the soul!

About Dan

Dan Batchelor has been playing the drums for over 60 years. It was the  music from the 1960’s British Invasion that sparked his interest in  performing. Batchelor’s versatile performance history covers all styles  of music from Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz and Swing. He has worked non stop  throughout the years as a drummer as well as successfully obtaining a  Master's degree in Business Administration. He has also worked full time  in the Power Plant / Maintenance Industry for over 40 years, retiring 8  years ago. Some of the numerous bands that Dan has performed with over  the past 6 decades include : The US Band, Decembers Children, TG and The  Night Ryders, Red Velvet Band, Craig Smith Quintet, Rockin Ron and The  Night Crew, FUZE, Lewis- Banta Band, Jerry Cali Band, Five Guys Named  Moe, Jimmy D and The Jury, Douglas Graham Crusade, True North, Three  Blind Mice, The Lubercators, Swivel Rockers, Mid Life Crisis, Night  Shadow, Jeff Sawyer Trio, Tim Grant Trio, Ange Spano, Nick Sterio, Lumpy  Newman, Eddie Goodness Quartet, The Propellers and currently with The Sweet Soul Project with  former Night Ryder Jim Schneider and Susan Boysman.

About John

While growing up in the 1950’s, my interests revolved around sports and school work and in both of these endeavors I would consider myself as average. Although I enjoyed music of all kinds, the thought of playing an

instrument never crossed my mind. My parents were not involved in music performance, although my mother enjoyed listening and singing old standards and both parents very much enjoyed musicals on the big screen. They did, however, encourage me to take piano lessons, but the thought of being behind a piano instead of being present for baseball and football at West Park or one of the many venues for basketball, settled that question. It’s a decision that I came to regret in later years.

What was a brief career in musical performance began when I joined my brother David and TG in our garage working on the popular tunes of the day, particularly the Beatles. Tim had learned to play guitar and taught me several chord progressions which I played over and over. At some point, I thought that playing bass would be a better fit, as I would only have to contend with 4 strings, instead of 6 and so I concentrated on that. Little did I know! Although I had a good sense of rhythm, getting my 10 fingers to cooperate was a challenge. Since I couldn’t read music, the bass patterns necessary for the music we played had to be learned by listening to the tune repeatedly, until it was mastered. And that is what I did. Having the consistency of balanced tempo and rhythm that Dan Batchelor brought to the group, greatly complemented what I was able to do and provided for its foundation.

In the early days of the group, I had a low end bass and amplifier, but when we played out, several other bass players in the city were kind enough to lend me their equipment. (Rick Burtis, Ron Bevz, Al Donahue and Tim Mulcahey). Eventually, I was able to purchase a good quality instrument and bass amplifier.

The 3 years of performing with TG & the Night Ryders was a most enjoyable experience and I think favorably of those times. However, when that group disbanded, due to college, except for a couple of other opportunities, which ended in 1971 and a brief opportunity in 2013, my playing days ended.

In January 1972, I was employed by the City of Oswego to work at the newly constructed Wastewater Treatment Facility and I continue in that capacity to the present time. Nonetheless, whenever I’m listening to music, my mind immediately goes to the bass line and I can envision my fingers moving about the fret board and plucking the strings thinking, “I can do that!”