Omar Mesa is the original lead guitarist from the R&B group, Mandrill. He appeared on their first four Polydor recording company’s albums with R&B hits such as “Fencewalk”. He toured nationally and internationally to millions of fans with the group playing at concert halls, festivals, and some TV shows such as “Soul Train”, Ellis Hazlip’s show, “Soul”, and on the TV show “In Concert” with The Eagles.