The Band

the band

Will McGowan: Drums

Will McGowan was so enamored with the drums that he taught himself to play with nothing more than a couple of tree branches and empty cans of Crisco. Despite his grandmother’s constant pleas to “quit making all that racket,” Will pursued his love and, at the age of 19, with a real drum set in hand, played his first gig on Austin’s famed Sixth Street.

Since then, Will has served as the music director of one of Austin’s largest churches, toured the “Chitlin Circuit” with Kyle Turner and entertained our troops in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo and Sarajevo.

Yoggie Musgrove: Bass Guitar

When Freescale Semiconductor built a band to back Bonnie Raitt, Eric Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, Ian McLagan, Stephen Bruton, Ruthie Foster, and Malford Milligan for their “Road to Austin” concert, they had their pick of bass players and they picked Yoggie Musgrove. Yoggie has been voted by readers of the Austin Chronicle the “Best Bassist in Austin” on multiple occasions, proving that he is a player with broad appeal, not merely a musician’s musician.

Phil Redmond: Keyboards

Phil is a modern-day renaissance man: keyboard player, guitarist, drummer, trumpet player, producer, engineer, singer, and songwriter. It’s in his blood: Phil’s father, Roy Redmond, sang with James Brown, Ray Charles and Sam and Dave. Phil has forged his own career playing with such notable acts as Tommy Shane Steiner, Toby Beau and Motown’s El Debarge.

Willie Scoggins: Guitar

Willie Scoggins developed his work ethic while shucking corn and milking cows on his grand-daddy’s farm just outside of Fort Worth, Texas, and began his music career at the age of 8 when he was given the choice of learning piano or taking ballet. Thankfully he chose piano, and three years later received his first guitar as a gift from his dad.

Willie graduated from the Guitar Institute of Technology where he then taught for 7 years before joining Memphis Train Revue in 1995.