Bio for Jill & Kevin w/Thom & Stephen
Jill & Kevin with Thom & Stephen Bio
Jill and Kevin play Americana, Western swing, old timey country, blues & originals, and even some folk or Beatles and standards.
Jill McAnally has been performing since she was 16 all over the western part of the United States. She won the Gong Show and was called up to sing on stage with Doc Watson and has opened for the Burrito Brothers. Garnered praises from Don Everly.
Kevin McConnell has been in bands since he was 10. The last was a 9-piece Western swing band for 9 years before hooking up with Jill.
Jill & Kevin have been performing together for almost 10 years and for the last 5 years here in Port Townsend.
Thom Barkes was born and raised into a West Seattle household full of music. He played the bass in country, blues and western swing bands for 45 years in Bellingham, Austin, the Bay Area, Keystone, Nebraska, Seattle and Port Townsend. Thom now lives in Port Townsend and has been playing the dobro, steel guitar and resonator lap steel as well as the bass regularly over the last 11 years. He really shines on the bass!
Stephen Gagné plays Sax and clarinet Stephen Gagné’s original compositions have been featured on movie soundtracks and in 3 PBS oceanographic specials, including “Dolphin.” Before his recent move to the Olympic Peninsula, he was band leader and lead soloist for Rogue World Ensemble and the Band du Pays Swing dance band.