What music does gedalife play?

Anything is fair game -  rock, blues, folk, country.  On any given night you're likely to hear songs by CSN&Y, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Elton John, Traffic, Tom Petty, The 

    Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, Doobie Brothers, Bon Jovi, REM, 

   Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms, KT Tunstall,  

    Jason Mraz, Darius Rucker, Echosmith, Phillip Phillips and Zac Brown Band. Our music is all over the place, but we guarantee you'll have fun!

OK, so it's music I'll love!  But who are these guys?

Jeff Chapman sings those sweet harmony lines and plays just about any stringed instrument he can get his hands on, be it guitar, mandolin, or banjo. He also wails on a mean blues harp harmonica which he learned to play as a kid while jamming in his bedroom to Elvis 45's. With a Dad who was a big band leader in the 40's, Jeff has music in his blood, and has been entertaining himself and others for years. 

Sarah Miller possesses the only music degree in the band. She's played the violin since the age of three, has been a music therapist, and has spent many years playing 1st Violin with the West Valley Symphony Orchestra, but she has a wonderful ear for vocal harmonies and has a lot of fun leaving her classical roots behind to sing and play fiddle with us! In addition to GedaLifE, Sarah shares her gifts by teaching kids to sing and appreciate music. In addition to her musical contributions, we keep Sarah around to counter-act the rest of the band's massive amount of testosterone with her beauty, charm, grace and talent.

Randy Nelson plays bass guitar providing the band with those sub-sonic tones that serve as the foundation for our unique GedaLifE sound. He grew up in SoCal, and Randy brings a wide range of musical influences to the group. His dad was a published country song writer and Randy is an avid collector of recorded music who has been playing in bands in California and here in Arizona for many more years than he is willing to admit! 

Chris Knudsen is a percussionist extraordinaire who comes from a Southern California family of Latin jazz musicians. Chris creates a rhythmic foundation for the tunes on the GedaLifE play list and, in addition to being the band's sommelier, acts as our body guard on that very rare occasion when overly aggressive fans go wild and try to mob us. 

Ted Levie plays guitar, sings, and rocks out on an occasional kazoo solo. After growing up in northern Arizona, he attended Northern Arizona University, where (in between engineering classes) he played in bars around Flagstaff. We’ll keep Ted in the band as long as he keeps pulling obscure songs out of the deep recesses of his cluttered mind.