Artist Bios
Loose Rooster
Loose Rooster was originally formed by Dan Fremlin and Jim
Karr as a means to showcase hard driving bluegrass as a duo,
as well as incorporate a wide range of influences and genres
without requiring the approval of too many band members. The
group was an instant hit on the local scene and began getting
bookings to bigger and better shows which led them to turn to
some old friends and great musicians to join the group from
time to time. Together they form an all star bluegrass cast
that is sure to entertain.
Jim Karr grew up in the forest industry and has played guitar
and sang for as long as he can remember. He has a powerful and
soulful voice, perfect for the high lonesome bluegrass sound. He
is a pleasure to play music with and a great entertainer. He is
a down home family man and a walking songbook of bluegrass and
old time country classics sure to keep a jam alive all night
long and the audience always smiling.
Dan Fremlin makes his home in the Nicola Valley of BC in the
heart of cattle country. He began playing the mandolin at age 16
and soon became inseparable from the instrument. He is a man of
few words on stage, and chooses instead to express himself
through the mandolin by playing with the perfect combination of
power and emotion. He is a great picker and a good feller to
have around if you need a cow doctored.
Chris Stevens is a musicians musician who leads off with a
ton of energy, humour, and hot licks. Originally from Ontario,
Chris hit the West coast in the early eighties and began taking
the Bluegrass scene by storm. He was a founding member of
Tumbleweed and has been a prominent studio musician throughout
his career, playing with and for KD Lang to Gary Fjellgard to
Universal Pictures. He is a banjo master and a flatpicking fool
who has entertained audiences all around the world.
Together with Chris, Randy Pokeda brings to the band a world
of experience and some very solid chops. Randy is known
throughout the Bluegrass community for his dobro mastery, steady
rhythm, and willingness to play along with anything. Randy is a
prolific song writer and accomplished producer who brings to the
stage a bunch of class and just the right amount of drive to
keep things humming along.
Jim Leduc holds the band down on the upright bass and is a
mainstay in the music scene of the BC interior. Jim plays a
steady, progressive style of bass paired with a strong vocal
accompaniment. Jim is a long time Bluegrass compatriot with an
ear for the lonesome sound and a beat to keep us all there.
Together these boys have been touring any chance they have
and are currently working on their first album due out in the
spring of 2010. They have played all over Western Canada in the
last year from retirement homes to downtown Calgary parties with
the likes of Trooper and 54-40 on the same bill.
Despite what the name implies and all the on stage antics and
goofing around; these Roosters are every which way but Loose.
Visit Loose Rooster's website at:
http://www.tru.ca/news/websites/subject_sites/fremlin_website/rockin_rooster_tunes.html
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