MEET THE BAND
JOE BLUMENZWEIG
Joe Blumenzweig is the life of any event. By day, he plans large-scale corporate events and tradeshows. By night, he fronts this band and brings that same instinct for a great time straight to the stage. Entertaining a crowd is the ultimate high for him, and whether it's a massive audience or an intimate room, his energy doesn't change. He brings the glow sticks, the light-up shoes, and the bubble machines, whatever it takes to get people moving. His musical loves run from Earth, Wind & Fire to Steely Dan, and anything that packs the dance floor. Joe also DJs events. At the heart of it, he just loves life and loves sharing that with everyone in the room..
ALAN ROGSTAD
Alan Rogstad has played with The Who tribute band Odds & Sods as well as Euphoric Recall and The Feelgood Band Of the Year. He and Bruce met while playing in a Cheap Trick cover band. Alan is an accomplished sailor. In his professional life, Alan supervises church summer camps.
MIKE K.
Mike is the band's engine. He loves 80's metal, and he hopes that The Pioneer Squares will add just one of his favorite big-hair headbangers.
GORDY RAWSON
Gordy Rawson toured with Junior Cadillac and has more recently played with Pinot Envy and Los Supernovios. Given his druthers, he'd have The Pioneer Squares playing a lot more Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry. In his professional life, Gordy is an accomplished maker of wines and ciders – favorably reviewed by The New York Times and subject of a Sunday magazine piece in The Seattle Times.
Forever In Our hearts
BRUCE TAYLOR
Bruce Taylor is a CD hoarder. He previously played with Los Supernovios, the Lakeview 4 and Red Axe. His favorite bands are the Beatles, Sloan and Los Straitjackets. Bruce likes to travel – ask him about New Zealand if you have a spare half hour. Bruce co-founded the first newsstand annual for fantasy football as a class project at University of Washington and ran Fantasy Index Magazines for 37 NFL seasons.