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Jeb Brady (Harp & Vocals)

Jeb Brady has played blues and roots music for thirty years. Jeb did his first recordings in New York at the historic Brill Building. In the nineteen seventies he worked in the New York area appearing at the “Players Tavern” and “City Limits” in Greenwich Village.
Moving to California in 1980 Jeb became a regular at Mark Naftalin’s “Blue Monday Party” in Fairfax, playing with and learning from the blues greats, Sonny Rhodes, Percy Mayfield and Buddy Ace.
In The 1990’s Jeb teamed up with slide guitar ace Dale Miller and performed on KQED’s “West Coast Weekend”, Larry Kelbs “Sing Out" and Tom Mazzolini’s “Blues By The Bay”.
Jeb has worked as a solo artist and fronted the “Jeb Brady Blues Band” playing venues including the Maritime Hall and the Starlight Room in San Francisco, The Westport Blues Festival and Berkeley’s Freight And Salvage.

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Gary Bauman (Guitar & Vocals)

A native of Southern California, Gary Bauman grew up listening to the surf music of Dick Dale, The Ventures, and The Beachboys. Playing guitar from the age of nine, these influences shaped his early playing. Later, as lead guitar for the classical rock band, Haydn, he opened for Ike and Tina Turner and the 60’s rock band, Love. His first exploration of the blues began as lead guitar player in Lee Oskars back-up band. Moving to Northern California in 1970 and while playing in the bluegrass jams around Marin County, Gary met Jeb Brady and helped to form The Jeb Brady Band. With his Telecaster on his shoulder, his hard driving country blues sound helps to shape the music that is The Jeb Brady Band.

Wendy Fitz (keyboard & Vocals)

Wendy Fitz began studying piano in a small coastal community in Southern California with Peg Thomson at age five. She took up singing and joined her first band, The Kingbeats, and played High school dances, private parties and toured with the Tom Braden run Lieutenant Governor of California. Wendy's influences range from Professor Longhair to Carol King to Floyd Kramer to Patsy Cline, the list is indeed endless.
Wendy moved to Marin, and began playing regular pick-up gigs and joined bands which expanded her range of styles. Playing and singing with The Jeb Brady Band, Sweetie Pie and the Doughboys, Pack of Wolves, Chuck Day and her own trio, Wendy is versatile and in high demand as soloist and accompanist.
From Country Swing to Chicago Blues, Spooky Rock to Sultry Standards, as sideman or up front, her voice and piano are always a great addition.

Mike Hammerstrom (Bass)

Mike played his first gig in the summer of 1961.  Just out of high school, he played dances and "sock hops" in venues up and down the Sacramento River with an R&B band called the Madcaps.  This group played at practically every high school in the Sacramento Delta from Vallejo to Sacramento and also played dances at Sacramento State College and parties at Sac State Fraternities.  The Madcaps also produced their own dance parties.
His musical career was put on hold during his college years but picked up again when he joined a Country and Bluegrass group called the Buckingham Mountain School in 1972 that had a successful run of over 25 years.  The BMS became quite well known throughout the Bay Area in the early seventies, playing regularly at various clubs and restaurants in San Francisco, the East Bay, and on the Peninsula. They were the host group for the 3 hour KNEW radio show "Bluegrass Experience" broadcast live from the Camelot in San Francisco on Saturday nights for over a year.  The BMS was also the inaugural group of the Union Street Fair in San Francisco and played that venue for 6 straight years.  You may also have seen Mike play at various County Fairs up and down the State throughout the seventies.  The BMS played regularly at the Mariposa County Fair, appearing there for 12 years; and appeared at the Riverside Hotel and Casino in Reno.
Mike has returned to his musical roots of R&B with the Jeb Brady Band, playing many songs of the fifties and early sixties reminiscent of his early days as a Madcap.  His Fender P Bass has been with him a long time.

Tony Jimenez (Percussion)

Tony grew up in the east bay city of Newark listening to all types of music, everything from Big Band, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, to Rock and Mexican music, and everything in between. He began playing percussion in the early '70's when a friend gave him an old conga to play with at a party. He found his rhythm and has never looked back.
After playing with numerous bands in both the Bay Area and Southern California, Tony has been playing Percussion for the Jeb Brady Band since the band began in January of 2003. "I'm always adding new toys to my toy box ~ I enjoy adding a little bit of rhythm to the back end of The Jeb Brady Band anyway I can."