Bill
Anderson ~ Bass
Jho
Blenis ~ Guitar
Dave
Croston ~ Guitar, Vocals
Mike
Dauer ~ Drums, Vocals, Harp
Shelly
Ely ~ Vocals
Dylan
England ~ Drums, Vocals
Bill
Graham ~ Bass, Vocals
Bob
Koch ~ Guitar
Jerry
Miller ~ Guitar, Vocals
Steve
Sarandos ~ Saxophone
Gary
Tiedeman ~ Guitar, Vocals
Jho
Blenis d:
31 May 2014
Bill
Graham
Bob,
Mike, Jerry, Bill, Gary
I started Coin Operated in 2003. The original group consisted of Bill Graham, Jerry Miller (formerly of Moby Grape), Dylan England and me, Gary Tiedeman. After Bill Graham passed away the band changed and brought in Bill Anderson, Dave Croston, Bob Koch, Mike Dauer, Jho Blenis guitar, Shelly Ely, and Steve Sarandos.We are a Tacoma based blues/rhythm & blues band with roots in traditional rock-n-roll. Influences are Little Richard, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry. On the blues side: Bill Dogget, James Brown, Bobby Blue Bland, Freddie King right on up to the present. We think in terms of keep them dancing...
As the Old Spinner Bob Summerrise use to say; "if the music don't move you it's because you got no place to go".
Gary Tiedeman, Tacoma, WA, September 2005
Some of the other Pacific Northwest music groups represented in members of this group include: The Elegants, The Remnants, Road Apple, Blueport News, Incredible Kings Men, The Galaxies, Rock Collection, Foghorn Leghorn, Happy Daze, Jumbo Groove, Muf, These People, Christian, The Statesmen , The Regents (Seattle), The Regents (Tacoma), Showcase, Tatoosh, and many others NW bands.
