Probable
Cause
Portland,
Oregon
1987
- Present
Members
Kenny
Bratz ~ Percussion
Greg
Dawson ~ Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals
Craig
'Paisan' Dickson ~ Bass Guitar, Vocals
Mark
McDermott ~ Lead Guitar, Vocals
Alumni
Joe
Casimir ~ Bass Guitar - Vocals
*Brad
Lund ~ Percussion
Matthew
MacNaughton ~ Bass Guitar - Vocals
*Evan
Oulashin ~ Lead Guitar, Vocals
Marvin
Slifman ~ Bass Guitar / Vocals
Dana
Watson ~ Percussion
Sit-ins
& Substitutes
Robert
Carson ~ Lead Guitar - Bass - Vocals
Jon
Ditmore ~ Drums
Scotty
Franklin ~ Saxophone
Bruce
Gifford ~ Drums
Billy
Hagen ~ Lead Guitar / Bass / Vocals
Jeff
"Mongo" Knapp ~ Percussion
Wilton
Merritt ~ Drums - Vocals
Carey
Rogers ~ Bass Guitar - Vocals
*
Founding Member
Probable
Cause plays the kind of high powered fast paced Rock'N'Roll that makes
it next to impossible to stay in your seat. When the band
realized
that was the direction it was going to take, founding member Greg
Dawson
Trademarked the phrase "Dance 'til ya Drop!"™.
Probable Cause
was
formed in 1987 by 3 friends, Greg Dawson, Evan Oulashin and Brad Lund.
Dawson and Oulashin had played with some seriously unremarkable bands
before
hooking up with Brad Lund. Brad had also played with some local bands
like
the Moxie Brothers Blues band, but probably most notable was Killin
Floor
with Billy Hagen, Mark Leveritt and Tommy Klobas.
After playing a
few
very casual gigs, the band brought Matthew MacNaughton on board as
their
bass player. At this time a formal name for the band hadn't been given
much consideration. For the first gig they played as a 4-piece, they
went
by the name, "The You Get What You Pay For Band". After their
first
gig, the need for a less condescending name became apparent and with
help
from Brad Lund's 'significant other' Shelley Anderson, the band adopted
the name Probable Cause. Soon after, the door to more structured
performances and a certain amount of popularity opened.
Unfortunately,
as
the number of performances grew so did the grind that is dealing with
unruly
people, physical exhaustion, humping of gear into clubs and back out at
2:00am and crabby band mates. The rigors of the road took their
toll
first on Matt [Bass Guitar]. He had a small child at home and
several
other priorities and had to bow out. Next was Evan [Lead Guitar /
Vocals] who eventually found the physicality and late hours of being in
a (mostly) Bar Band were more than he wanted to deal with.
Finally
Brad Lund [Percussion] just found himself with too many balls in the
air
and also had to leave the band. Founding member Greg Dawson is still
with
the band.
Replacements on
Bass
have been, Marv Slifman, Joe Casimir and currently and hopefully for
quite
some time to come Craig 'Paisan' Dickson. On Drums we had Dana Watson
for
many years and now we have Mr. Ken G. Bratz. On Lead Guitar the
second
longest active member of Probable Cause Mr. Mark F. McDermott who is a
monster player. There's just something about those players from Jersey.
Probable Cause
keeps
a pretty active schedule and can be seen all around the Pacific
Northwest
playing all manner of events like the Portland Rose Festival, Concert
in
the park (various Portland parks), benefits for various charitable
organizations
such as the American Cancer Society and Shriners Children's Hospitals
and
of course at many favorite watering holes.
For performance
schedule
and more information on Probable Cause go to their web site at: www.probablecause.com
Special thanks
to
Trish O'Halloran who sits in with Probable Cause regularly and blows
everyone
away with her powerful vocals and when she remembers to bring it, her
incredible
Flute.
