Steelhead
Take some blues roots, blend in a healthy dose of Alaskan country rock, and top it with three part harmonies and you’re probably talking about Steelhead. That “little ole’ band “ from Big Lake, Alaska has been performing in lodges, clubs, breweries, bars and music festivals since ’99, where they effectively blend the musical genres into a soundscape as diverse as the Great State itself.
Drawing upon influences such as Tom Petty, Three Doors Down, Paul Butterfield, Van Morrison, Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Alan Jackson, band members Mike Collins (guitar and vocals), Alan McCarroll (guitars, bass and vocals), Barry Billings (bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals) and Doug Herschbach (drums and percussion) offer up original songs and great, but sometimes obscure, covers with a distinctive sound unique to the band. For the opening beat of the first set, until they turn the lighs out (on, actually) you can't help but to want to get up and dance to the music, Steelhead lands a sound that has captured the attention of music peers and fans alike.
After spending what seemed like months in seclusion (finally) recording their latest release, “Which Way Now?” Steelhead has been staying busy performing and promoting the CD, gigging all over the state, and writing and recording new material for a yet to be released CD.
Look for them at a venue near you, when they're not out enjoying what wthey can of the very short summer in Alaska.
Alan "Shred" McCarroll - Guitars and bass
Alan "Shred" McCarroll brings some wild guitar playin' to the band, adding a hard rock sound that blends well with the STEELHEAD tradition. You'll find him jumping around the stage like a wild man. Just the way we like it. He occasionally fills in on bass when nobody else wants to....Alan stays busy performing with a couple other local bands and kicking butt in pool tournaments.
Dan "The Man" - Guitars
Dan recently joined the band and comes from a diverse background of music. He brings the rock influence up a notch and can shred with the best of them. We're glad to have him on board. His life history is classified information known only to those that need to know...We have our ways though.
Barry “Bear” Billings - Bass and Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
Barry sets back and pumps out the bass that really gets you “feeling” the music, and layers that with some great vocals. At times, he fills out the sound, from mellow to rockin’, on acoustic guitar or keys. A native Californian (not by choice), Barry played with a number of different bands as he moved up thru Oregon and Washington to Alaska some years back. He has performed with Steelhead since its inception and has penned several of the bands songs. Barry also runs his studio where “Which Way Now?” was recorded and mixed.
Doug "Moose Magnet" Herschbach - Drums, Percussion and Bass
Doug was “raised on Rock and Roll”, so when he starts laying down a backbeat, you can’t help but want to get up and dance. A pro drummer since he was a kid, Doug is solid, tight and utterly in the groove. A long standing (well, he usually sits) member of the band, Doug also fills in on the bass on our acoustic numbers. As a lifetime Alaskan, we figure he has swatted more mosquitoes than the rest of us combined.
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