Guitar Chris Powers, a native of Philadelphia, PA, picked up the guitar at the age of 14, and within a few years knew the chords to every Beatles song. After graduating from Beloit College, he settled in Madison and began organizing a series of successful string...
Mandolin and Banjo Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mike Bell cut his musical teeth with the Outhouse Shouters, a family string band with his two brothers, his father, and an older cousin. Since then, he has played in many groups, most notably the Barn Owl Band,...
Fiddle A founding member of Madison's Harmonious Wail, The Common Faces, The Bob Westfall Quartet, The Moon Gypsies, and The Stellanovas (all but Harmonious Wail co-founded with Mary Gaines), Chris has had his foot in just about every musical circle in Madison. Classically trained as a...
Cello and Vocals Originally a jazz-guitar major at the University of WI-Stevens Point, Mary truly found her musical voice studying jazz cello under the tutelage of the great Richard Davis (bass player with artists ranging from Sarah Vaughn to Van Morrison) at the UW-Madison. Mary is...