Welcome John Good
Upright Bass - John C Good
What’s a band without a low end? We’ve got a “Good” un!!
John C. Good (trombone, euphonium, and upright and electric basses) has enjoyed a successful career as a non-profit executive with premiere arts presenters including The John F. Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap Farm Park, the Washington Performing Arts Society, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals, and Blues Alley. He is the founder of the Virginia Jazz Service Organization, and is President and CEO of GMG Events, an entertainment and special events production group. He is currently Executive Director of Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts.
Often sought-after as an arts consultant, John has worked with, among others, The Washington Ballet, The Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lone Star Performing Arts Association, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, and Potomac River Jazz Club, and has executive produced the University of Virginia JAZZFEST, the Association for Independent Music 1992 through 1998 INDIE Awards, and the 1997 and 1998 JazzTimes Conventions. An enthusiastic speaker he has presented many lectures and seminars on the music business at colleges, high schools and The Brookings Institution.
John has served on the Board of Directors of the Washington Area Music Association, Capital Area Performers Organization and Community Arts Agencies of Virginia, and has been a grant reviewerfor the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Alexandria Arts Commission.
As a performer, John can frequently be heard playing trombone and bass in many of the area’s symphony orchestras, chamber groups, jazz big bands, and pit orchestras. He is a founding member of the Brass Menagerie Quintet, the Indubitable Equivalents, a touring rock tribute band, and Vaguely Familiar, an experimental rock power quartet. He now joins King Street Bluegrass.
John earned his Bachelors of Music Management from James Madison University. He currently resides in Alexandria, VA, with this wife, Trina, and their four children, Kaspar, Scott, Mina and Zara.
Charlie Bean Lead Singer
Charlie Bean
Charlie has joined the KSB fray
Here’s what we know so far about Charles Bean: Recently retired from the Library of Congress, Charlie is also a West Virginia man, still having his property near Moorefield WV. He has played with such luminaries as Multiple award winning Bluegrass singer Lynn Healey in her band the Orange Line Special, The Gonzo Cowboys and The Capitol Hillbillies. He sometimes can be found “cutting a rug” at the Glen Echo dances. We hope you like him as much as we do.”
Roger Hart
Roger Hart - harmonica and vocals
The multitalented Harmonica wizard
Roger Hart:
Vocalist and harmonica
Truly a "Harmonica Wizard," Roger has been nominated for awards as an instrumental soloist. He adds his soulful bluesy lead vocals to the mix, and even a dash of fun sound effects from his cajon, kazoo, or jaw harp which never fails to help KSB entertain our listeners.
Of course, one can expect a guy like Roger Hart
to have his own band.
Here it is, Alpha Dog Blues ~ it's fantastic.
Founder Robert Swain
Robert Swain:
Raised by Quaker parents in Manasquan, New Jersey, picking corn and tomatoes, and running a Farmall tractor on their farm, Robert loved the Black Gospel groups such as the Mighty Clouds of Joy. He later enjoyed the harmonies of The Beach Boys in high school, as class president cool kid, driving his father’s Model T on the Jersey shore. Robert then learned to appreciate bluegrass & country music while attending Guilford College in North Carolina, moonlighting as a gas station attendant and playing drums in a rockabilly band.
Becoming a lead Attorney for DOL OSHA and heading up a team of brilliant lawyers, he realized his dream of working to protect the working man.
Here’s his own YouTube of his last day there, after 42 years. clearing out his office overlooking the US Capitol, during the pandemic.
Robert has recently been hosting charity shows at his property he’s dubbed “Dogue Cottage”, where collects New Jersey Decoys and practices guitar,
Robert Swain, Stroke Survivor