Captain
Jack, 1974-75
Craig
Brandt, Rick Wakefield, Gary Hanson, Jon Rasmussen
Captain
Jack
Spokane,
Washington
1974
~ 1978
Members
Craig
Brandt ~ Bass, Vocals
Dan
Brown ~ Keyboards, Vocals
David
Cebert ~ Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Gary
Hanson ~ Guitar, Vocals
Jon
Rasmussen ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Rick
Wakefield ~ Drums, Vocals
Crew
David
Baber ~ Sound
Mike
Cloud ~ Sound
Brad
Grunwald ~ Roadie
Craig
Pierce ~ Sound
Robert
Ryan ~ Roadie
Captain
Jack, 1976-77
Rick
Wakefield, Gary Hanson, Craig Brandt, Dan Brown
Captain
Jack
When
quizzed
by Jeannie for a name to write in the contracts, the band was stumped,
until lead singer/bassist Craig Brandt blurted out “Captain Jack.”
Delirious
at the prospect of finally getting out of the garage and into the
“glamorous”
life of a working band, the rest eagerly concurred on the spot.
Despite the
risk
of becoming known as the “All Jack” agency (Jeannie’s biggest client
was
‘Applejack’), she agreed to give the boys a shot, and the ensuing
nerve-wracked
gig at the Liberty High School prom on November 1, 1974 officially
launched
the band into a thrilling four-year rock’n’roll ride through
Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming and western Canada.
After Rasmussen
left
the band in late ‘75, Dan Brown took over on the keyboards, with Dave
Cebert
taking his spot in 1978. When Cebert and Brandt left the band to join
‘Madrigal’
later that year, Captain Jack hung it up, with founding members Gary
Hanson
and Rick Wakefield going on to form ‘Lion.’
Years later,
the
other founding members of Brandt and Rasmussen converged in Seattle,
forming
the power pop outfit ‘VHF’ in 1982.
September
2001
