Birdface

Mike picked up the harmonica at 14, growing up in Princeton, NJ — also home to John Popper, which didn't hurt. His playing blends Popper's speed and precision with his own twists, shaped by players like Howard Levy and Carlos Del Junco. Over time, that pulled him into jazz and bluegrass territory as much as blues and rock.

He's played with Victor Wooten, toured the East Coast, and founded the Groove Trust — a Boston-based improvisational collective pulling together top local players.

On vocals and harmonica, steering the band somewhere between structure and whatever happens next.

Jamie started playing guitar at 7 and never really stopped. His background runs from classical and jazz to funk and rock, with influences all over the map — Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Phish, and Frank Zappa.

He played in an original reggae band called Steady Bones during his time at Skidmore, where he and Mike met and started playing together.

In Birdface, Jamie lays down tight rhythm work and steps out with solos that are actually composed, not just played.

Brian completes what is loosely referred to as the Bacheller Mafia.

He and Jamie spent years locked in a basement in Latham, NY, living on Doritos and Jolt cola and figuring out how to actually play together. It worked.

Known as "Fast Foot Freddie," his single kick work has been quietly terrifying double-bass players for years. More importantly, he listens — and that's what drives Birdface's ability to turn on a dime and land somewhere intentional.

Chris got into bass because someone left one in his living room in 1993. That was enough.

He played through the New Hampshire scene in the '90s, spent time in a UK metal band, and later founded a funk-rock group in Scotland that played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

He joined Birdface in the early 2010s, stepped away, then rejoined in 2019 — proving this thing has history. Mike Gordon, Bootsy Collins, Rick Danko — groove first, always.