My touring band L to R: Mark Olexon: bass; Anthony King: guitars;
John Morely: tour manager; Buffy: guitars & keys;
Michel Bruyere: drums; Kibwe Thomas: keyboards.
Mark Olexson – Bassist (Photo credit: Dash Olexson)
Mark Olexson is BC born (Nanaimo on Vancouver Island)and raised (White Rock), who started his musical journey at age 4 when he began to play the drums and piano. He began formal drum lessons at 7 and studying classical piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music at 9 where he continued for nine years. By age 13, he had played his first professional gig. Mark studied and received his diploma in Jazz and Commercial music performance and arrangement from Vancouver Community College and majored in Music Composition at Simon Fraser University. To date, he is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Guitar, keyboards, drums, and bass are in his repertoire. Mark has exhibited his diversity in music through producing, engineering and performance. He has also scored for film and contributed sound design and scoring for the St.Roch installation at the BC Maritime Museum. He has been the keyboardist and musical director for multi-platinum recording artists and currently plays bass and sings in support of legendary singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Anthony King – Guitar (photo credit: Joe Cacioppo)
Anthony King has been playing guitar for 38 years. He picked up the guitar at that age of 14 - his early influences rooted in classic rock and heavy metal. During college, first at Miami Dade Community and subsequently the University of Miami Jazz Program, Anthony was introduced to Jazz and Jazz/Fusion. Enchanted by the sound of Jazz he studied the vocabulary of this music intensely. Anthony commands the ability to move through many musical styles. He has toured with many artists playing both bass and guitar. He also produces music and 2015-16 saw the release of two full-length albums. He is currently the touring guitarist for Buffy Sainte-Marie and played on her latest Juno Award-winning album, Medicine Songs.
Matt Starr – percussions (photo credit: Chris Jensen)
Matt Starr - Percussions
Originally hailing from Toronto, Canada, Matt Starr has lived and worked in Los Angeles as a professional drummer since 2002. In that time, he has done many varied gigs, from theater work to major label artist touring, live National Television, recording and major music festivals. When not on the road touring, Matt runs his own studio and records drums for people all over the world.
