Carrie Stewart – Fiddle/Vocals

Being from a musical family, Carrie was singing in her crib before she could talk (direct quote from her mama), and it turned into a lifetime of playing old-time fiddle music, bluegrass, country, and some good old rock 'n roll.

Raised in the copper mining town of Butte, Montana, Carrie's love and passion for music spans over 49 years, beginning with 3 years of classical piano and 1 year of violin lessons under her belt by age 11. She then started competing in old-time fiddle contests, winning the Montana Junior-Junior championship at age 12, along with the Montana Junior division 3 years in a row and the Ladies division twice. Continuing through Carrie’s competitive fiddling years, she also won the Washington state Junior and Ladies divisions, won or placed in the top 5 in many regional and international contests, and proudly placed 6th in the Ladies division at the National Old-Time Fiddlers Contest, where she was also a featured vocalist.

In 1988, fresh out of college with a degree in business management from the University of Montana, Carrie toured 14 western states in 6 months with the Montana Repertory Theatre, playing fiddle in the 5-piece pit band for the musical play Cowboy, based on the famous painter Charlie Russell's life.

As time moved on, Carrie played and sang with numerous country and bluegrass bands, with her longest stint being 14 years singing, writing songs, and playing electric fiddle and keyboards in Dawghouse, a signed southern/classic rock band that produced two albums of original music. Following the retirement of Dawghouse, Carrie spent 5 years with an Americana band.

Always keeping a song in her heart and looking to expand her musical horizons, Carrie continually pushes the boundaries with her rockin' fiddle playing, strong lead vocals, and pure harmonies.

Brian Sanderson – Drums/Vocals

Born in the Magic City of Billings Montana, Brian was mesmerized by his uncle’s band and at the age of 7 asked the drummer if he could try his drums out. That’s all it took for Brian to begin his musical journey.

Being multi-talented, Brian joined the Colstrip MT grade school band, playing trombone.  He then went on to play cello in 5th grade, and drums in junior high. Throughout his junior high and high school days, Brian was keeping the drum beat for the jazz, concert, pep, marching, and symphonic bands, and earned his letter in high school for music.

 With Brian’s biggest drum influence being Neil Pert, plus musical influences of Metallica, Rush, Skid Row and other 80’s hair bands, it’s no surprise he was a member of a few metal bands in Billings throughout the years.

In 2006, Brian joined the U.S. Army as an M1 Armor Crewman, serving in that position for 12 years, before transferring to an 88M truck driver for 4 years, served in Iraq from 2010 to 2011, and retired in August 2022.

Music is Brian’s release, and he says “yeah sure like everyone who truly embraces music. I would love to make it big one day, but I’m more than happy playing great music with some even greater people”.

Jared McCabe – Bass/Vocals

Born in California and raised in Montana, Jared began playing music in his early teens when his guitar playing, older brother wanted some accompaniment and bought Jared his first bass. Even before that time, Jared’s mom’s love of music and her quizzing game of "what's this song", opened up a world of musical genres. The family influences and Jared himself not being defined by one type of music, led him on many journeys across the United States to any concert he could make it to.

With no formal training and being self-taught, Jared joined a rock band in high school, playing with them for two years. After high school, he moved to Seattle to attend the Art Institue of Seattle where he studied and completed the audio engineering program.

A Montana boy at heart and longing to come back to his home state, Jared made the journey back from Seattle and joined a rock band, gigging with them for a couple years, when other obligations put his music on hold. Upon the meeting of guitarist Jason Pierce, the music bug bit Jared again, leading him to re-join the music scene and laying down solid bass lines.