Dan is a native of southwest Ohio who lived in Louisville, Kentucky and Fresno before coming to the Bay Area in 2010. He started playing guitar as a teenager in numerous bands in Cincinnati and Louisville. After a long hiatus from performing he returned to stage work in 2008 and became a fixture in the Fresno blues scene, playing with some of that area’s most talented musicians. His early influences include Motown and many of the British blues guitarists. He has gradually gravitated toward the more blues-based southern rock bands and Mike Bloomfield's various adventures. He currently lives in Hayward and is convinced he was always a Californian — he just didn't realize it.

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Growing up in Sunnyvale, Steve picked up his first harmonica while attending junior high. While in High School in Sunnyvale, he heard Sonny Terry and Lee Oscar play the harmonica it was then he started to take the harp more seriously. As a member of The FOG, he recorded original music and the musical score for the short film The Last Glimmer. Steve has also played with the Country band Three on the Tree, Rock cover band Chain of Fools and the Firebird Blues Band. His music influences range from Big Band sounds to the Blues of Sonny Terry to the sound of the Bay Area Rock of the late 60's and early 70’s.  

Steve grew up with classical music around the house, and after several years of clarinet, took up the guitar as a teenager. At 18, he bought a bass from a pawnshop that was promptly stolen, and didn't play much for a while. In 2003, during his son's guitar lesson, he spied a row of basses at the music store. At his wife's urging, he bought one as a birthday present, and began lessons. He began playing with Red Paint with three other music students, and after meeting Dan Gorrell in 2013, started playing the Blues with Tablues, then Fault Line Blues Band, and now New Shoes Blues Band. He also began upright bass in 2004 and spent 10 years with the Castro Valley Orchestra and has attended numerous chamber music workshops. 

Sean began playing drums in elementary school, learning Swing, Big Band, and Jazz before diving into Rock, Grunge, and heavier styles. Living in Detroit exposed him to Motown, Funk, Soul, and R&B, while time in Tampa added Southern and Classic Rock to his vocabulary. A stint on Guam introduced him to Island music and Reggae, and he considered himself a well-rounded drummer.

After moving to the Bay Area, a humbling Blues jam sparked a deep dive into shuffles and traditional Blues. Sean fell in love with the music—especially early Chicago Blues—and continues a lifelong journey to become the best traditional Blues drummer he can, guided by the rich Blues community around him.