Shanna - Lead Vocals / Percussion
Singing since the age of two, Shanna's early memories of childhood involve music. Her love
for music and singing grew from singing in choir in the 4th grade, to jazz choir through high
school. The thrill for singing intensified when she sang the National Anthem for the Seattle
Mariners. From that moment on, she was hooked!
Listening to everything that came along, her biggest vocal influences have been Karen
Carpenter, Ann Wilson, Pat Benetar, Wynonna Judd and Reba McEntire-all powerful women
vocalists. A seasoned Karaoke singer, Shanna has won quite a few contests. Tired of
sharing the mic, she joined a band where she has to share the lead vocals very little. She
loves to be creative with songs, making them her own, although she recognizes some
classics just cannot be changed!
What's playing in her CD player at this moment? Dierks Bentley, Michelle Poe, Rush (Spirit of
the Radio), and last but definitely not least, BIG TROUBLE!
When she's not rocking the mic, Shanna enjoys gardening, football, 4-wheeling, playing poker
and following other Seattle Cover Bands.
Shanna@BigTroubleRocks.com
Jim - Drums / Vocals
Jim has a vast history of percussion playing, having begun when he was just 13.
As a teenager, he played in the marching band, having been selected to play for the Rose
Bowl Parade. He dabbled in Broadway Productions in High School, and participated in Jazz
Stage Band, which led to playing in the All-City Orchestra at the University of North Dakota.
Jim continue to play drums when he entered the Navy, entering the Drum and Bugle Corp.
His love of music expanded, and he played acoustic guitar on a program at KZOK FM on
Sunday night in Seattle, and played Big Band music with an act called George Wilcox as well
as with a group called Route 66, a 30 + ensemble.
His musical style shifted, when he began drumming for a country gospel group for the next 15
years, cutting several CD's, and has lead worship through his music at home and having
traveled abroad to England and Bulgaria.
A Jethro Tull fan, Jim loves progressive Rock and Jazz. He's having fun playing with Big
Trouble, describing his band mates in jest as a bunch of "geezers" that he is very tight with.
Jim continues to expand his musical interests, venturing out and doing reggae with a Jawaiian
band, a different and cultural concept of drumming
Jim@BigTroubleRocks.com
Pete Martin - Bass / Vocals
A Southern California transplant, Pete began his musical stint in high school in the late 60's
with a group of friends who played school dances and private parties. The first concert he
saw was Jimi Hendrix- the opening bands were Deep Purple (absolutely unknown) followed
by Cream. After returning from an "Asian jaunt" overseas with the Marines in the early 70's
he still kept his hand in with an off-duty band in northern Florida (his hair was short but it didn't
seem to matter). After returning to southern California in 1975, Pete was with a number of
bands playing the southern Californian scene starting with "Foreign Affairs" (2-1/2 years on
the road - top40/covers) and culminating with "The Standard" (all originals) who had the good
fortune of opening for another unknown at the time but well received band - INXS. Three
other brushes with fame followed with opening in LA twice for Lyle Lovet, once for Gary
Myric and the Figures, and having one of Pete's own compositions ("Life's A Lot of Fun")
picked up by PCH Clothing for a national advertising campaign. By the early 90's kids had
arrived and it was time to get a real "day job" so he sold most of his gear and became
"non-musical" as he puts it for quite some time. He got the urge to start playing again after
leaving Microsoft in 2004 and is ecstatic about getting picked up by "Big Trouble".
In Pete's CD changer you'll more than likely find Elvis Costello, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Clapton,
Santana, English Beat, Stones, even Wheezer!
Gene - Lead Guitar / Vocals
With the guitar player for Evergreen Jubilee as his babysitter, Gene got an early taste of the
performing musician life. He began piano at the tender age of 6, and received his first electric
2 x 4 plank guitar at 14. A Slowhand wannabe all of his life, he played his share of garage
bands until forming Black Ivory, Seattle's first blues band. Black Ivory played many gigs at The
Vault, but feeling he was getting nowhere caused Gene to pursue other interests. It wasn't
until his own son began playing in a Seattle bar that Gene realized that he wanted to be
"shredding the licks, lighting it up and burning it down" again! Gene feels fortunate to have
found Big Trouble, a band he describes as an "assortment of miscreants who know how to
play the Mad Notes." He is the original Mendocino Beano.
Gene@BigTroubleRocks.com
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