SR9 (State Route 9)

SR9 (for State Route 9 which is where we spend a lot of windshield time) is a 4 Pc band - 2 guitars, some keys, bass and drums. Current members have been together for 6 years. Members are: Brothers Marc and Joel, Brother in Law - Jeff and John. We've played many venues like the Arlington Chrome Cafe, Jimmy Z's, Many private affairs. Rep. consisting of a wide variety of covers and originals from Alice in Chains and The Beatles to ZZ Top! (A to Z ;^) This is about the 12th band my brother Joel and I have had together. Previously we were in a power trio called NRG playing Classic Rock for Snohomish County. We played at the Old Oxford Tavern in Snohomish once a month for 10 years and also spread the love out to other venues like: The Chopping Block in Monroe, The Pastime in Sultan, The U&I in Snohomish, The Corner Saloon in Granite Falls, The Collectors Choice in Snohomish on the outdoor stage for Klahaya Days and many private parties including several Halloween cruises on the Goodtimes boats and the beautiful Snohomish Eagles Ballroom. Our story starts out when we (Joel and I) were in grade school our dad Kim (and grandpa Everett/Ev) who are musicians and growing up we were around many other local musicians and were influenced by them. Dad was in the Viceroys back in the 60's. They had a couple top 40 hits and played an Opera House concert in Seattle with Stevie Wonder when "Fingertips" was comin' up the charts. (he was only about 13 years old!) But due to band member changes around 68 or 69 (I think) the record company made the Viceroys change the band name to The Surprise Package. Shortly after that they broke up and we moved around leaving the Seattle area for a while and taking up roots in Spokane. We returned and made our home in Issaquah and then Snohomish. During that time we were exposed to Jr. Cadillac, The Dick Powell Band, The Fabulous Wailers and more. We finished School living in Snohomish and pretty much grew up there. The folks had me in music and dance classes at 4 years old, i played piano and started guitar when mom was giving classical lessons and I showed an interest. They bought me my first guitar for my 6th birthday but really didn't start playing Rock and Roll until High School other than a few Beatles songs I picked up some parts to. Joel got a toy drum set in 5th grade and we started jamming almost every day after school.In Jr. High he got a real set and then we took off playing most (I didn't pick out all of the parts to most of our songs for a while) of the songs we knew getting together with any bass and/or guitar player we could. Learning songs and arrangements along the way. (Special thanks to Dan our bass player from NRG for teaching us the arrangements and getting us playing the entire song rather than just the parts we knew!) We play now because it is the best way we know to meet people and make new friends, have fun and let it all hang out. ;^) I've been trying to finish up some home projects so I can get back to finishing my home studio which is currently about 90% complete. (See pics) Maybe next summer. I also helped my friend Jeff G. (Stones cousin!) working on his studio and it is an excellent one. He has really taken his time to do things right and it shows. It is definitely "State of the Art". When we first got together Joel had been playing with John and Jeff and another guitar player for about 3 years. John and Jeff had been together much longer and had bands like "Silence" and had done quite a bit of recording and gigging. It was around May of 2001 when I got a call "Do you have time to practice and sit in a couple gigs? I had been doing my own thing recording and playing all of the instruments with an electric drummer and playing part time with another band on the bass! Joel said that one of the guitar players had quit and they had a couple gigs lined up that they didn't want to cancel and since I had played with them a couple times, would I learn their songs and sit in. I said of course and we practiced a couple times and got tight enough and played at Jimmy Z's in Everett. Kept on practicing and playing a couple private parties and then they asked if I wanted to stay. Of course I said yes. We've had our growing pains (what band doesn't) but all in all we talk things through and have a really good time rehearsing and gigging together. We recorded our first original demo (You can listen to some of it on this page) in 2002 and spent quite a while tweaking it but none of us were ever satisfied. (we are our own worst critic) Later we added some covers to our demo and we used it to land a gig at The Chrome Cafe in Arlington. They had us back about once a month after that. Jeff became the sound guy there and was also doing general remodel work as well building a new food bar and a card room and setting up the PA. That was an "A "room complete with lights and PA! We played there about once a month until their demise due to the Darrington Rock Fest saga and now we have bee