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Glenn "Houston" Pomianek

Lead Guitar, Background Vocals

Glenn is an accomplished player with influences ranging from T-Bone Walker, Albert King, B.B. King and Michael Bloomfield to Doc Watson, Albert Lee and James Burton. A co-founder in 1979 of the group Hearts on Fire, Glenn was  nominated for "Best Lead Guitar" by the California Country Music Association (CCMA).  While Glenn was with the group, Hearts on Fire earned a prestigious Bay Area Music Award (Bammie).  Over the years, Glenn has shared billing with Hank Williams, Jr., Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, The David Grisman Quintet, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, John Hartford, Ricky Skaggs, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and The Tubes. In recent years, he has performed live and in the recording studio with Grammy Award winner Ramblin' Jack Elliott; he co-founded and played lead guitar for the critically acclaimed acoustic group The Waybacks; he has performed with blues legends Mark Naftalin and Nick Gravenites; and he has earned a second nomination for "Best Lead Guitar" from the CCMA.  And yes, he plays left-handed upside down.

Travis Jones

Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals
 

A California Cajun from Shreveport, Lousiana, Travis' musical career began at the age of four, singing gospel duets with his mother, Lottie Adams, a recording artist for Paula Records. Travis' performance experience encompasses blues, rock and roll, R&B, country and bluegrass and he has been a member of several Bay Area bands including Large and In the Way where his bandmates included The Waybacks founders Chojo Jacques and Glenn Houston. Travis has recorded two of his own albums: "Lost Highway; The Legendary Music of Hank Williams" and "Dance All Night" and has shared the stage with John Berry, Michael Martin Murphy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Holly Dunn, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Doobie Brothers.  Travis also portrayed Hank Williams on stage in the critically acclaimed musical "Lost Highway - The Music and Legend of Hank Williams," where he won accolades for his evocation of this country music great. This led to other leading stage roles in the productions "Smoke on the Mountain" and "Pump Boys and Dinettes".  Also a composer, Travis has created scores and original musical arrangements for several productions, including the heart-rendering play "The Grapes of Wrath".

Robert "Woody" Trevorrow 
Bass, Background Vocals, Lead Vocals

As a founding member and long-time leader of the Bammie Award winning country roots band Hearts on Fire, Woody has rejoined his original partner and long-time friend, Glenn Houston as bassist and vocalist for Houston Jones.  Over the years, Woody and his band mates have shared the stage with everyone from Willie to Emmylou, to Vince and Huey.  Originally from the Northwest, Woody is a veteran Bay Area musician/producer, who also performs with the a capella quartet Foreign Accord and as an actor/singer in numerous local theatre productions.  In his private life, Woody and his wife breed nationally award winning Paso Fino horses.  A community activist, Woody is Executive Director of a non-profit social services agency in San Francisco and President of the Board of the Oakland Youth Chorus and Music in Schools Program.  Bob credits his two sons, who are also in "show business," for keeping him on his creative toes.

Peter Tucker 
Percussion, Background Vocals

Rolling Stone Magazine described Peter as "one of the most creative percussionists to emerge in rock music."  Originally from Massachusetts, Peter's eclectic pro career began in the early 60's working with the Boston-based band The Monks featuring Brad Delp (who later became lead singer for the rock group Boston.)  Peter also recorded in New York with Tim Hardin and worked with Richie Havens, Austin Delone, Grungy O'Muck and others.  Peter has also worked with the ground-breaking rock band Guns and Butter, recording two albums on Atlantic Records.  Later, on the West Coast, Peter played with the R&B band Pacific Gas and Electric and with Declan Mulligan and The Beau Brummels with whom he put out the Vince Welnick-produced single, "Back To Life."  Peter has continued to play folk, jazz, country, blues and rock with many Bay Area Bands such as Large and in the Way, The Ray Price Club, Celtic Scandal, The Ron Price Band, The Lost River Band, The Gary Gates Band, Dallas Wayne, and most recently, The Waybacks, The Cowlicks, and of course, Houston Jones.  Peter is a session drummer too, in many Bay Area recording studios, and especially for local music entrepreneur Kathi Goldmark where he has recorded with Warren Zevon, Skunk Baxter and authors Amy Tan, Steven King, and Norman Mailer.

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