Bobby Hartley

In from the Right Coast, Bobby has been picking guitar for 20 years. He grew up listening to the Country and Western jukeboxes of Rhode Island.  Mr. Hartley once toured New England in the 70's with a southern rock ban called the "Free Wheels", and now plays the six string in the band.

Heintz Neuman

Native son Heintz has logged many nights on Portland stages, first gaining attention as tenor sax man in the early 80's R&B ensemble "The Fabulous K-Tells".  In recent years Heintz has been on the back of the stage, preferring the lower profile role of the bass and its tighter connection to the essential rhythms of Cajun music.

Lefty Head

Lefty, a native of Portland, started playing old time American music on the mandolin in the year 1977. He went on to find traditional French and Cape Breton music with the band Cour des Miracles. He later plied his carpenter skills on the fiddle with the legendary Willamette Valley band Blackfish. He now works his downtuned fiddle and the frattoir with TooLoose.

Rick Obbink

Influenced early on by his accordion playing German grandmother, Rick played the piano accordion at the family house parties. Adept at boogie-woogie piano and the guitar, he has worked the single row Cajun accordion for several years.  He has been known to get delusional when singing and playing the tunes of Lefty Frizell, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and others.  

Robert Lee

Robert Lee's true grit fiddle playing combines the reverence of an old-timer with the polish and irreverence of a big city kid. Mr. Lee grew up in New York City in the 50's and 60's. When he left the east coast for San Francisco, he worked his way first through folk guitar and then to bluegrass banjo. Not so recently, at the ripe age of 37, he became a fiddler. He now pays tribute to the musical roots and fiddle kings of Louisiana. Robert gives group and private lessons. Visit Robert's web page.

T. Bedard Aschoff

Acadian by modest Quebecois descendants, T came West from the Jersey shore to discover the American roots music of jazz, punk, old timey and traditional Cajun.  Often caught with a mandolin or upright bass in his hands, TBA hits the skins, plays the 'tit fer and frottoir, and sings in the band. Email T or call him at 503 804-4977.