Tom (MEZZY) Hiles is one of the founding membes of the Black Water Band, and the BWB's in-house magician.  Graduating Magna-Cum-Later from Hogwartz in 1986, he is our rhythm guitarist and has been shredding for over 20 years.  In the begining Mezzy was the lead vocalist for the BWB, but since sustaining a vocal cord injury in 2007, he now limits himself to singing lead vocals on 8 to 12 songs per show. His musical influences include Stevie Ray Vaughn, Alice Cooper, KISS, Neil Diamond, Metallica, Garth Brooks, POISON and many, many more.

                                                          Come check out a show and you're most likely to see Mezzy performing a few magic tricks and maybe even blowing some fireballs into the air.  BEWARE!  Mezzy does all of his own stunts.