| Band Members | Nuclear Blonde's Shauna Marshall emerged on the local scene two years ago and quickly became a Napa Valley favorite. Since then she has appeared all around the North Bay and the San Francisco Bay Area dishing up searing blues with flavors of rock, country, funk and pop, and sharing the stage with local blues legends such as Steve Freund, Willie G and Stan Erhart. She combines a raucous sense of humor and classic blues inspired original tunes with a cool blend of dance favorites to make each and every show an adventure. In quieter settings her haunting vocals connect with an audience, bringing a feeling of intimacy to any gathering. She loves the magic that happens when you bring different musicans together and is thrilled to be bringing the talented powerhouse Pat Wilder to the Headfeathers stage with her band this summer.
The music borrows from styles as diverse as the players who make it. The band draws from the immense talent pool of Bay Area musicans including bass player Tom Bowers who has played for Sonny Rhoades, Chris Cain, Craig Horton, Tia Carroll, Pat Wilder, Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson, Johnny Nitro and countless others. Blues and Jazz Saxist Stu Viets' career spans over three decades and includes stints with the Milwaukee & Green Bay Symphonies, as well as playing with Richie Barron, Elvin Bishop and others. Steve Trovao, drums, has been performing regulary throughout the Bay Area with noted bands such as The Neutrals, Shawn Brown, Little Wolf & the Hellcats and more. Manabu Okuhara, guitar, hails from Japan and brings his deep love and appreciation of old school blues and chicago-style guitar. Phil Marshall, rhytm guitar/bass guitar, has been in several popular local bands that have performed in Napa and the Bay Area over the course of the last twenty years. |
