Will Jaffe, Dobro & Vocals

Will's mastery of stringed instruments has brought joy to audiences for over 36 years. Will has mastered many styles of music, including Blues, Country, Rock, Rock'n'Roll, Pop, Southern Rock, Swing, Jazz and Bluegrass. To further expand his knowledge of guitar, Will completed two years of Instrumental Performance at the renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston. He has performed as lead guitarist for several top bands touring New York State clubs in the 1970's and 1980's. He performed with the Cobleskill Jazz Band as opening act for the Duke Ellington Band. In the 1990's Will performed 200 shows a year, as band leader and guitarist with the Jaffe Band, a variety dance band performing a vast repertoire of diverse musical styles. After the turn of the century, Will put away his electric guitar and amplifier's to take up acoustic instruments. First violin, then mandolin and is now obsessed with dobro, a square necked, resonator, slide guitar.

Sheila Jaffe, Lead Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards, Harp

Sheila's beautiful vocals will break your heart even as it's soaring. Sheila has been a professional musician for many years, starting out as a keyboardist and singer in several musical groups that toured the U.S. and Canada.
Sheila has performed for product promotions, memorial services, hospitals, corporate functions, weddings and fund raising events. She has also performed for many special ceremonies, such as the premiere of the Lexus 430 luxury automobile. Sheila has also performed extensively in the Seattle area. Bimonthly, Sheila performs at Children’s Hospital for their Celebration of Life ceremony. Sheila has provided background music for a number of special events, such as the Carlsbad Marathon Sponsor Dinner, holiday parties, Mother’s Day teas, Yacht Club events, and anniversaries, grand openings and memorial services.

Alex Finazzo, Guitar & Vocals

Alex Finazzo's blazing guitar style is shaking up the foundation of blue grass music. His mastery of bluegrass guitar brings screams from adoring fans. First setting foot on stage with Les Preston when only 16 years old, he has since become one of Southern California's premiere flatpickers. Alex's resume has become jam-packed with appearances at some of California's oldest and most highly regarded Bluegrass Festivals (such as Summergrass, Huck Finn's Jubilee, Temecula Bluegrass Festival and Julian Bluegrass Festival), 5 live appearances on San Diego's #1 rated country FM station, opening for the IBMA award-winning IIIrd Tyme Out...the list goes on.
Alex brings a relaxed and refined style to his music and the stage. He is thrilled to be part of Blue Creek's progressive style of acoustic music.

Given Harrison, Bass, Mandolin, Guitar & Vocals

Given Harrison plays a variety of instruments including guitar, mandolin, upright bass, tenor banjo and dobro. He's been playing on stage since 1974 in a variety of bluegrass, old time, country swing and jug band groups including "Late For Supper" and "The Unstrung Heroes". Given began playing Dobro, tenor banjo and mandolin about seven years ago and he's become an active musician in the California contra dance community. He plays most of these instruments along with the upright bass in an old-time contra dance band called Gray Beard. For the past two years he has also played bass, guitar, mandolin, and provided vocal arrangements and back-up vocal harmonies for Dr. Stephen Baird and the Opossums of Truth in concerts and on two of their CDs. Additionally, Given plays in a fusion band. Blue Creek is his newest musical endeavor and he's very excited to have the opportunity to play with the other fine musicians in this group.

Bill Frisbie, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass & Vocals

Bill Frisbie is well know in the Bluegrass circuit for his steaming hot guitar solo's, soaring high vocals and wacky sense of humor. While the other kids were studying nuclear physics in the early 60s, Billy discovered the Beatles and the guitar at the age of 12. Since that time, he has gone from blues/rock, country music, jazz-pop and world beat all the way to bluegrass. Originally inspired by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, in his late 20s he discovered Doc Watson, and it's been all downhill from there. A New York native, Billy moved to Encinitas, CA. in 2003, looking for love in all the right places. Since his transplant, he has been active with the Southern California Bluegrass scene and with the band Superstrings, which he convened in 2006. In his spare time he writes software for handheld devices and web servers. A very warm hearted guy under his New York veneer, he secretly loves sunsets and long walks on the beach.

Dave Preston, Bass

Dave Preston has been a sought after musician in San Diego for over 20 years, playing nearly every honky-tonk and dancehall in Southern California. Dave’s a relative newcomer to traditional bluegrass, but making the switch from electric bass to the standup with ease, and loving every minute of it. Dave hails from the great bluegrass state of Kentucky, and says there’s something very satisfying about getting back to his roots and playing such great music with Blue Creek.

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