Kirk
Allen ~ Drums
Coreena Brown ~ Backing
Vocals
Ron
Cole ~ Trumpet
Darrow Hunt ~ Saxophone
David Loy ~ Keyboards
Marty
McGehee ~ Bass
Kia Pierce ~ Backing Vocals
Bennet Pullen ~ Bass
Mike
Stoican ~ Guitar
Gordon
Yancey ~ Vocals
Alumni
John Benedetti ~ Trumpet Peter Blossom ~ Guitar Jeff Bodine ~ Drums Bill Bone ~ Alto Saxophone Art Bromage ~ Guitar Doug Canning ~ Trumpet Wes Carter ~ Bass Richard Cole ~ Saxophone Thea Cole ~ Backing Vocals Billy Cray ~ Tenor Saxophone Dori Craze ~ Vocals Rich Dangle ~ Guitar Gregg Deener ~ Bass Penn Edwards ~ Drums |
Richard Evans ~ Bass Paul Fessenden ~ Saxophone Jon Goforth ~ Saxophone Jeff "Icky Pink" Grothe ~ Guitar Lee Haldorsen ~ Saxophone, Vocals Kevin Hall ~ Drums Kevin Hall ~ Trumpet Park Hall ~ Baritone Saxophone Larry Jones ~ Keyboards Robbie Jordan ~ Tenor Saxophone Gene Laukkonen ~ Saxophones Henry "Hank" Larson ~ Guitar Chris Leighton ~ Drums Dewy Marler ~ Saxophone Davin McLaird ~ Drums |
Rick Novido ~ Guitar Eric "Pops" Popowicz ~ Keyboards Steve Raible ~ Bass Valerie Rosa ~ Vocals Jack Scott ~ Guitar Les Shelton ~ Bass Jim Smiley ~ Keyboards Terry Smith ~ Drums Bobby Speer ~ Trumpet Mike Stoican ~ Guitar Steve Swanson ~ Trumpet Rob Usher ~ Drums Ed Vance ~ Keyboards Mike West ~ Saxophone |
Rich
Dangel
Robbie
Jordan
d:
13 March 2010
Freddy Pink... formerly Freddy Pink and The Eastside, Freddy Pink and The Fabulous Kirkland Brothers, and originally Freddy Pink and The HightopsThe band started on Bainbridge Island, became the house act at a joint called Sinbads in Poulsbo playing six nights a week for a year and a half. We played primarily Kitsap and Jefferson Counties the next six months before breaking into the Seattle Wheat Germ Circuit i.e. The Rainbow, Mr. Bills, and The G-Note as well as the Pioneer Square scene. Although a very fun dance band and a favorite at Larry's, The Central, and Doc Maynards, the group was honored by playing the opening slots for Tina Turner, The Drifters, Smokey Robinson, Johhny Rivers, Little Richard and Tower of Power.
The group continues to evolve with top-O-the line seriously experienced, very long resume players, and a lot of new original material however, Tower Of Power, The Sons of Champlin, and it's good old fashioned, Bluesrock Roots are still the bands calling card.
Gordon Yancey, Freddy Pink Band, August 2005
We opened for Powder Blues, and a really wild night opening for Sly Stone. After our set, the horn section crashed the stage and played the show with Sly.
Gene Laukkonen, January 2006
Steve
Swanson, Ed Vance, Gordon Yancey, Greg Jones
Robbie
Jordan, Peter Blossom, Steve Raible
Freddy Pink About 1983 - Courtesy of Steve Raible
Some of the Pacific Northwest music groups represented in members of this group include: Wailers, Alive and Well, Floating Bridge, Proof of Purchase, Reality, The Reputations, Butterbean, Smoke, New Blues Brothers Revue, PNW All-Stars, Old Farts Band, Sledgehammer, Time Machine, The Rooks, The Rich Dangel Big Band, Rich Dangel Quartet, Good Stuff, Charlie and the Tunas, Sparky and the Starfires, Big Dog Revue, Kingbees, Maia Santell and House Blend, LIttle Bill and the Bluenotes, Diamonds Vocal Band, Kinetics, New Deal Rhythm Band, Thin Red Line, Skyboys, Rod Cook and Toast, Big Stick, Mountain Heath, Play it Again S.A.M., Puddle Jumpers, Scott Rosburg, Duffy Bishop Band, 3-D, Thirsty Leaches and many other Northwest bands.