At the age of 10, Ed Hodge had to decide whether to purchase shaving gear or a tuba.  Although the tuba won that battle, it eventually lost out to bass guitar in the fight for Ed’s musical talents.  (The shaving gear never had a chance.)  Ed honed his talents in Massachusetts with bands like “Used Blues” before coming out to the Pacific Northwest a few years ago.  His clean bass lines fill out the rhythm section and his harmony vocals are a great complement to the lead.  Ed also treats fans to lead vocals himself on a few numbers, including his own material like “Don’t Make No Sense” and "Revelation."

Bob Knetzger  brings over 210 years of experience with him (that's in "dog years").  His credits include performing with local acts such as Deadwood and Fast Forward playing banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, cat can and dobro.  The licks from his pedal steel frost the cake in TMJBB, adding that perfect country flavor to the tunes.  It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that twang!

The freshest face in the MJBB is Mark Drake.  Drummer extraordinaire, Mark has many years of drumming under his belt, currently performing with locals acts, Our House Jazz Quartet, as well as Happy Savage.  We can sum up Mark's drumming in one word: TASTY!

No - no wait!  There's even a fresher face!  Of late, Dave Corina has been chopping on his mandolin and wowing us with his violin, adding a lovely new sound in the band :)

*  *  SUPER SUBS *  *

Don Miller is TMJBB's supersub guitarist when we need that extra "oomph" at our dancing venues.  He won't give us any bio info, so we think he's some sort of spy, but we really like him and his guitar playing, so we keep our fingers and eyes crossed that he won't be arrested anytime soon and he'll be able to hang with us indefinitely.  Don is also the guitarist for the Seattle group ThorNton Creek (who can be seen sharing the bill with TMJBB on an almost-regular basis).

Bob Papasian could have been the world’s most famous oud player (look it up!), but chose to follow the more traditional guitar path.  He comes to the band through day-job contact with Michael. With over twenty-five years of music under his belt, he effortlessly glides between the spare and the elaborate in his solos and fills.  Jaws have occasionally dropped and hit the floor during his riffs as fans wonder how he gets such a rich sound from his instruments.

When the venue calls for it, our super drummer, Michael Greene, comes and takes up most of the stage with his full drum kit:)  Michael also brings his own material to the group -- his lyrics to “No Regrets” will entertain and haunt you – pay attention!  Listen for his understated percussion work and backing vocals throughout.