about the band
History Potters Lghthouse.. Sherry Potter is originally from the San Francisco bay area and started playing guitar at age 8... as
soon as she first heard the Beatles on the radio in the early 60’s she decided then and there that music would always be a big
part of her life . She has always loved celtic music as well as muscle shoals,delta blues r& b (Aretha /Bonnie Raitt) and Cat
Stevens. From 10 to 14 yrs. old she played "folk masses" at local catholic churches, in the many cities that her family was
stationed . One of her first paying gigs in a band ("New Life"...with Joyce Motchman and Terry Overton) when she was 15
was for for Bob Hope in Palm Springs, when she lived in southern California. The band was good experience but didn’t move
in the direction musically that she wanted at the time and she continued with her guitar, practising when she could and writing
songs and staying in choir throughout high school. After a semester in college she left the U.S. and spent a few years travelling
in Australia, where she had her son, Skye. After returning to the states she started writing songs and playing coffeehouses
around the San Diego area...then relocating to Quebec in ’79 . Sherry and some new friends formed and toured as a french top
40’s rock band called "Milady" for almost 2 years. Then she started an all original band in 1985 called "Commusication" with
then song- writing partner, Gaston Gagnon, (former guitarist of quebec's, "PLUME") and her SAPMUSIC publishing
company that is now known as MONDIGMUSICPUBLISHING , was formed. She was also involved in recording
commercial jingles for a Quebecois recording studio with Denis Aubain and put back vocals on many different recording
projects , some that aired on Canadian radio and TV. Sherry sings, plays electric and acoustic guitar and bass(she is the bass
player in Kellers Lighthouse). She writes music ,lyrics and arranges songs. Her mother Annamaria, her biggest supporter, was
an opera singer from near Venice (Trieste), Italy, who gave up professional singing when she married Sherry’s father, an
Army g.i. from Dallas Texas, stationed in Europe in the 50’s. As Kellers Lighthouse, the band . ...Michael Keller has been
playing guitar since his mother taught him at 5 years old. He was singing from the time he could open his mouth... got up
spontaneously at his older sister’s wedding when he was 2 and sang the Anniversary Waltz... even if he doesn’t remember it .
He has always been an excellent whistler and remembers whistling loudly to steel himself on the long walks home after dark
when growing up in the countrysides of Bonner’s Ferry , Idaho and later Spokane and then Napavine , Washington. His
father, Jimmie Mac Keller was a retired Texas Ranger and when Michael was little he was sheriff of Boundary County ,
Idaho, as well as playing in his own modern dance band with Michael’s mother Ethel , a fine singer and musician herself.
Michael’s older brother, Jimmy Keller cut a 45 in the 60’s ("the name is love", an original ) with his band , The Four
Playboys from the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wa/Idaho area . Michael started in his first band, The Royals at 15 and continued
playing with local musicians....playing several festivals ...Waushugal’s Lighter Than Air Fair and Bigfoot Boogie in Tenino
WA. He has sat in with some notables, including "Steppenwolf" at the Smith Tower in Seattle, Marilee Rush of "Angel in the
Morning" fame and Paul Revere and the Raiders as well as jamming with Robert Cray when he was still known as "Bobby" in
Tacoma WA. His other bands included "The Exhiles"", "Concho", with bandmate and pianist Buck England (formerly from
the 60’s San Francisco band "Captain Beefheart "). He also played the Evergreen Ballroom downstairs the night Ray Charlse
was in the ballroom Another Buck , in his life was Buck Owens, who was a regular visitor on many Saturday "hootenanny
nights" in his parents’ home in Centralia Washington were Jerry Owens, Buck’s brother were friends with Jimmie Mac...
Michael often playing rhythm guitar or stand up bass ... his father was also a Weezer, Idaho OLD TIME FIDDLER
champion. Fiddle player, Don Rich from Buck Owens band, loved Jimmie Mac’s Delta Blues style of bow-drawing, that he
had learned as a kid in the 20’s in Texas/Louisiana and Don eagerly learned his style . Michael’s own love in music however
leaned towards Freddy King , Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton/Mark Knopfler and his style is a blend of all his early influences
uniquely his own. One of Michael’s upcoming project’s is releasing a new version of his grandfather, Pitman Mitchell Keller’s
original song, The Keller Waltz written in 1898 and sometimes traditionally known as The Kelly Waltz, and will be available
in Dec. 2009 . has been together 19 yrs. playing from Portland to the greater Seattle/ Olympia Wa area. They have appeared
on 3 different shows with their band (with a drummer)and as a duo on the local Olympia ,WA P.B.S. t.v. station. They have
had 9 drummers in the 19 years that they have been together and are currently playing as a duo with live programmable
drums... (gig on 01/31 will be with our nephew Gabriel on drums/percussion)...Kellers Lighthouse have played on bills with
the Guess Who, Elvin Bishop, Edgar Winter and Randy Hanson for B.A.S.H. at Darrington WA... Mystic Mountain, as well
as opening for the New Blues Brothers Revue in Centralia Wa. and headlining at the S.W.WA Rock and Blues Festival. They
are currently working on a c.d. of all originals in their OFF-THE-GRID studio in the Okanogan Highlands of northern
Washington state . The release date is uncertain at this time, a release date and c.d. release party date will be listed here and
their music available on their INDIE LABEL MONDIGMUSICPUBLISHING ...through this site and www.
kellerslighthouse.com andiTunes, AmazonMP3, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, GroupieTunes, Lala, Shockhound and
AmieStreet *see new blog about Kellers Lighthouse recording project(under construction now)