"Gretchen is a superb performer and she has assembled a first-class band.", Blues Letter Review
Jodie Woodward is on the bass! The infamous Jodie Lynne Woodward is my partner in crime for this band, helping me to create those head rotating grooves that we love so much. Jodie has been playing bass for about 15 years and has played with most of the great blues bands in the Denver area. She started her career in the musically vibrant town of New Orleans and we are lucky to have her working here now. Jodie also is the woman behind "Woodward Productions" and she is responsible for the "Female All-Star Revue" shows, where local female musicians perform in all female gigs.
Randall Dubis is the guitar player for the Gretchen Troop Band. Randall’s Dubis’s resume reads like a who’s who in the blues music world having worked with so many great performers. Randall spent over two years touring fulltime with the great blues legend Sonny Rhodes traveling across the U.S. Canada and Europe including France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Italy and Sicily. That tour included 21 Blues Festival appearances, 19 of which Sonny topped the bill. Additionally, Randall has performed with the late blues man Son Seals on club dates and festival appearances. Mentored both by Lap Steel king, Sonny Rhodes and Chicago Blues artist, Son Seals, it is clear Randall has absorbed the best of their styles and honored their influences in his performance skills. We are proud to have him playing with us.
J. D. Townsend has been playing drums for more than four decades, sharing the stage with such luminaries as Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, The Jefferson Airplane and Terry Hanck. He is equally at home with blues, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz and swing. Colorado bands and musicians he’s worked with include Johnny O, Dan Treanor, King Leo Ladell, the Robert Wilson Blues Band, Blues Tonic, Chicago Skinny, Phat Chants and Triad.
Also playing with the Gretchen Troop Band....
Jim Beckstein ~ keys
Brian Fitzgerald ~ keys
Brian McClure ~ drums
Bob Tiger ~ bass David Foret ~ bass