The Beauty Way

Started up in Waltham by lap steel player Cate O'Connell in 2010, with
the core of Peter D'Angelo of Big Barn Burning and Jim Bouchard of Toots
Rambles, with Severin Grossman of The Boom Boom Band. Americana with a
blend of roots music like Folk, Rock, Gospel, R&B, and Country, we
create a mix of original songs and obscure classics of an original
nature.
Jim Bouchard; ukulele, guitars and vocals - grew up listening to The
Beach Boys and Beatles as played by his older brothers, Albert and Joe,
who went on to found The Blue Oyster Cult. Studying painting in college,
he played many coffeehouse gigs as a solo folk singer all along. Played
banjo and guitar on the folk scene in Boston in the ‘90s, in various
incarnations, solo and as part of seminal Americana collaborative Toots
Rambles.

Cate O’Connell; lap steel virtuoso that grew up in a musical home.
Her mother, quite an accomplished pianist, supported Cate's request at
age 5 to learn the violin, and again at age 9 when she swiched over to
the guitar.In high school Cate played in a band with Matt Nathanson
and went on to discover the Lap steel in college through David Lindley
with whom she had the privilege of studing. Her influences include
Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead
and the Rolling Stones

Peter D’Angelo; drums and percussion - played in Punk Alt-Country band
Big Barn Burning throughout the late ‘80s, most recently found playing
with classic power rock band Green Street Station and now also The
Beauty Way.