The Sound Master

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The first time Tim got excited about music was in Michigan right before he turned 4, when he walked by a neighbor's open back door, and they were playing Motown records on a console stereo, where the bass was audible. 

Growing up was frustrating, because no one had a bass guitar. Finally, more than 10 years later, he was able to borrow a bass from a friend, and the rest is history. 

 Dave was taught how to play 12 bar blues at a very young age while growing up in the San Francisco peninsula area, and ever since the blues has been ingrained in his musical style. He still plays the same beat up vintage Fender Stratocaster since his high school days but has since shelved the Music Man 65 watt 115 and is now using a 1970 Fender Quad Reverb Silverback amp. To round out his sound, Dave occasionally busts out his Epiphone Sheraton II hollow-body guitar for those deep funky blues tones.   

Born in Rio Vista, CA.(California Delta) Derek began playing the Harmonica when he was 8 years old cat fishing with friends. He started playing the drums and singing when he was 15 and has kept music in his life ever since. He has lived in several places; Tahoe, San Francisco, Oregon and is currently back to his roots in the Delta. Some of his favorite musicians and influences include: Dr. John, Warren Haynes, Tab Benoit, Van Morrison, John Mellencamp, The Allman Brothers band, Junior Wells and Sonny Terry, the list could go on for pages so we will leave it at that. He is very passionate about this group, he truly believes they have the potential to really be a group to take it all the way and carry their tunes to the four corners of the world for everyone to enjoy. His other passions include his Rotary club, Scuba diving, golf, skiing, racing Corvettes, sky diving and many other things that make him hard to keep up with.

Daniel grew up watching his dad play drums and had always loved them. He began playing drums himself when he was 9 years old. He has played percussion for a variety of musical groups and genres including jazz, classical, rock, progressive, steel drums, reggae, and of course- Blues. A sampling of his long list of  favorite musicians and influences includes: Mike Portnoy, Matt Cameron, and Jon Bonham. In addition to loving music, he is a family man and enjoys involving his wife and two boys in his music endeavors. Born and raised in Fairfield, California he passionately serves his community’s youth by teaching Math in a local high school.