Graves moved to Bowling Green when she was 16 and has been here on and off since. She loves Bowling Green and sees it a place to reset and regroup. She got her start singing in church while her mom played piano. She listened to Gospel and Country music with her mom as a child […]

As the son of an Air Force officer from Bowling Green, Chris was born in San Antonio, Texas, but Bowling Green became his home when his father retired from the military in 1975. He began playing the violin at age 12. After his family relocated to Bowling Green, he began private violin studies with WKU

Tommy was born and raised in Franklin, and he started playing music in 1966 at age 11. He quickly gained experience sitting in with local bands such as The Rotation, Royals, and The Flames.  As a teenager, he formed The Blank Expression. Soon, Tommy started making good money and his parents realized that he had

Jonell began singing at a young age, inspired by her mother’s love of jazz and Big Bands. She was particularly drawn to male voices, like Otis Redding, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Dan Fogelberg. She eventually performed jazz in Louisville piano bars.  Jonell moved from Louisville to Bowling Green to attend WKU, where she met

Born in Bowling Green, Jeff was always around music because their mother taught piano. Jeff’s mom wanted him to play trumpet, but he picked drums. His favorite early drummers were Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, and local drummer Sam Foster. Jeff eventually formed a band with friends in his basement and played in garages. One of

Born in Elizabethtown, Lisa’s parents were singers and she began singing in church as a soloist at five years old. She knew from an early age that she wanted a career in music. She remembers her mom asking her what she wanted to be when she grew up: “A singer like Linda Ronstadt,” Lisa answered

Pat is a songwriter and musician from Bowling Green. He describes himself as eclectic and says “No rhyme or reason to any of it, just jumped into what I enjoyed.”  Pat started out writing poetry, but realized that putting his words to music would make them more accessible to people. Influenced by his parents, his

Graham was born in Bowling Green and has lived in the town for all but two years of his life. Inspired by the British invasion in the 1960s, he bought his first guitar from Royal Music and began playing. He played in garage bands throughout high school with other musicians such as Bill Lloyd. They

Power Pop innovator Bill Lloyd grew up in Bowling Green with parents who were both musically inclined and encouraged his love of music .Inspired by a guitar-playing mother and drummer father, Bill was also influenced, like many his age, by local radio stations of varied formats. He formed bands in high school that played conventional