Hurricane Creek

Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Hurricane Creek was originally formed in the
Spring of 1996 by songwriters / musicians George Reeves and Lee Ladensack through a simple newspaper ad
Lee placed in the local classifieds. They immediately became friends and through friends found another kindred
spirit in bassist James Poe from Franklin, NC who has been with the duo since the bands beginning.

Now, together with musicians Dave Hunter on drums, Steve Johannessen on keyboards and vocals and Don
Miller on Saxophone and vocals, they’ve come up with a great selection of cover songs to compliment their
writing style as well as rounding out the four part harmonies that help shape the New Hurricane Creek sound.

For your next occasion contact Hurricane Creek. We have a limited number of performance dates available for
this year so book early!

George Reeves - Guitarist/Vocalist
George was a part of the Athens music scene in the 70’s playing in “Acme Blues Band”, “Easy
Roscoe”, “Curly Maple” and “Stop 20” to name a few. After moving to Savannah, Ga. he played
for 17 years with Ansel, Strong & Reeves. Moving to Nashville, he began a career as a studio session
player. The more famous sessions included Mark Kno?er, and Tony Arata.

Lee Ladensack - Guitarist / Vocalist
Lee grew up in the coastal Brunswick, Georgia area has been playing guitar, writing songs and
singing for over 30 years. He began his musical journey on trumpet and after graduating from high
school was accepted into the United States Naval Band. Lee is ?uent in many instruments and has
composed, arranged, performed and recorded with many groups and is currently working on a new
material for an upcoming CD project with Hurricane Creek.

James “Bubba” Poe - Bassist / Guitarist / Vocalist
James was a member of the Macon, GA based band “The Blue Cats” for some time and has been
playing bass and primarily singing backup harmonies for some of the most talented songwriters in
the Atlanta and Western North Carolina area for the past 22 years. His in?uences can be heard in
his steady and driving playing style and “Bubba” is equally comfortable playing acoustic guitar.

David Hunter - Drummer / Percusionist
Born in Klamath Falls Oregon Dave spent his ?rst 13 years travelling the country with his family
before landing in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1974. While in San Francisco David became a
budding drummer and joined local area bands. After 26 years of playing David has become a top
player and studio musician. Dave records and arranges music from his home in Glennville NC.

Steve Johannessen - Multi-keyboardist / Vocalist
Hailing from Northern California Steve did a stint with the Air Force Band on trombone and
vocals. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1984. While there he started
many popular Boston groups including “FM” and “Back To Back”. Steve was a very active studio
musician working as a synthesizer programmer for Kurzweil Music Systems with many artists
including Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, Sade, Kenny Rogers, and many more.

Don Miller - Saxophone / Flute / vocals / auxiliary percussion
Originally from Redding, California, Don has over 40 years experience as a performer, composer,
arranger and band director. He performed and recorded with several Navy and civilian bands and
has performed for ?ve presidents and numerous other consular and diplomatic representatives. He
currently teaches at Western Carolina University.