Our Band
Shakey Ground is four over-the-edge-of-reasonable musicians that play blues and rock with an experienced, edgy-quality that works well on the mind and ears of people!
The Sipin brothers; (Tom on Bass and Mike on guitar), have an amount of time on the job not attained by many others. It shows in the shows!!
Growing up playing with their father, Sid, gave a childhood-start to both men that pretty-much guaranteed the desire to continue performing as they matured.
R&B, Rock, Swing, Country, Blues..... ALL in the mix of pathways-walked through elementary, junior-high, high-school and beyond.
You can hear the influences of the CYO dance-bands...the 50's, 60's, 70's-rock.... Soul-Bands to Hendricks and the Allman Brothers, back into the roots of Bo Diddley, Elmore James and the like to B.B., Albert, and Freddy King and back again when these guys play.
Mike's son, Mike Jr.; studied fusion and hard-rock; giving the group a hard, fast, driving rhythm for the group to build on.
A great twist added by alto-sax man, Michael, (Otto) Haupt wringing Jazz and blues and general wierdness out of his horn and there's a wonderful blend of sound that drives and pulls on the crowd.
You should hear them!
The music and pictures here are LIVE. Nothing canned or produced. BAD-ASS-Blues-Rock.
