What does that mean?

Basically she can save your life with her voice.

We’re not even joking.

Abby sings and plays the keys.

Alex’s most recent efforts center around a beat-up parlor guitar and southern-based lyrics and chord structures….and filming geeky optometry videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwcwpi1Pzn8).

Brad(ford) Sims grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and Houston, Texas… but should have been born about 8 years earlier, since most of his favorite records had all been released by the time he was 10 years old.  He turned to music once his baseball career ended (at 13) and hasn’t looked back.  He received a degree in music composition from Birmingham-Southern.  He has served as a bass player for bands up until recently, when he joined the band Voices in the Trees as a guitarist.  He has also been known to sing at times.

Caleb is a singer and ukulele player. Use him wisely….

Chase Butler is a Birmingham-based singer and songwriter who spends most of his free-time holed up in a bedroom recording music. “There’s something about recording and producing your own stuff that helps keep the original personality and soul of a song intact,” he commented, “you work on your own time whether it is nine at night or four in the morning–the freedom is unlimited…until the people below me hit their ceiling with a a broomstick in frustration.” He views songwriting as a conclusion to a lot of premises, “life has a lot of open-ends and tangles, songs help to organize.” He aims to be passionate, honest, and timeless in what he concocts as a musician in the hopes of producing something original and meaningful. “I can remember as a ten year-old sitting at a piano and playing Fur Elise by Beethoven–not so well, I might add–for one of my mom’s friends. She started crying and I had no idea why at the time, but later on in my life the memory resurfaced and I came to this conclusion: there is great power in stringing together notes. Hearts are moved and the soul is encouraged…a good song can never die. Every person has a soundtrack to their life, and my goal is to make loud my own in hopes of connecting paths with someone else.” Chase tries to play where he can, whether it is a local bar, coffee shop, music venue, or church.

Clint Collins is an up and coming singer/songwriter in the Birmingham area. His songs focus on the realities of life, coming from a place of friendship, marriage, and even touching on addiction.  The process of recovery has sparked a reflection on life that fuels his current music. Clint’s songs have a feel of gritty determination, hope in the face of despair, and stark honesty.  Influences include The Elms, Bob Dylan, Derek Webb, Caedmon’s Call, Kevin Max,  U2, Ben Folds, Joshua Kadison, and more. A recent member of Greyhaven, Clint is making the move to connect with the music community of Alabama.

In the past Duquette Johnston was a founding member of such influential bands as Verbena and Cutgrass. Along the way sharing the stage with bands such as Superchunk, Pavement, Foo Fighters, Jesus Lizard, The Strokes, Ryan Adams, Bonnie Prince Billy and so many more. For several years Duquette slipped into a dark place and found himself locked up in the Etowah County Detention center facing a very long prison sentence. By the grace of God he was given a second chance and released his first solo album Etowah, on Superphonic Records. In the present Duquette is making a new record with The Rebel Kings to be released sometime in 2010 and working on two records for charity.

Havilah began singing the same time she thought she wanted to be a dinosaur which was approximately the age of 4. She began playing the piano the age that two phonebooks were just right for reaching the keys, which was approximately the age of 7. She learned what those weird shapes called musical notes were approximately at the age of 11. At the age of 26, she’s forgotten how those weird shapes worked, but has embraced the joy those two phonebooks evoked. She likes pretentious beer about as much as she likes music, and well…..when the two are together..that’s just harmony.