Meet The Band

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A native of Philadelphia Jerry Rowan has been a North West Arkansas favorite for many years. A prolific songwriter he draws his audience in and lets them see the world as he sees it with his songs about family, life, love and partying. Jerry has been entertaining crowds for over thirty years as both a solo artist and as a member of such bands as Numa, Free Whiskey, Hazarax, and Class X. While in Hazarax his band opened for big acts such as Cinderella, Sebastian Bach, and Stryper.

Whether playing guitar, bass, drums or just singing, Jerry enjoys connecting with the audience through music and is always striving to perfect the lines of communication with them.

A Northern California girl, raised on Bob Wills, Patsy Cline and classic rock, Susan Boone is a balladeer at heart with a deep blues soul. She cut her musical teeth singing backup and being a roadie with the Dirt Road Dogs in 2013 and soon formed her own rock/blues band Mystic Blues. After a while she joined Earth Bone as a singer, harmonica/tambourine player, percussionist  and songwriter.

Susan's songs comes from life experiences and observing those around her. Whether it is an original or one that someone else wrote, Susan makes it her own and makes you feel her emotions that are tied with it.  The music is what moves her and she endeavors to make it move her audience as well.

Dave Doré is a renaissance man among musicians. He originally came from New Iberia, LA but spent his early years living in Oklahoma and Canada. His whole family being musical he learned his craft at a young age. A prolific song writer and instrumentalist, his music reflects his love of all styles and genres.

He formed his first band (a doo-wop group called Dave Charcoal and the Briquettes) while in high school. He has been in numerous bands over the years including Numa, King Gold Band, and now Earth Bone.  He has engineered & produced several albums including Numa's Outside Looking In and 3 Moons Over the Dunes, Fresh Tracks by the Dirt Road Dogs and several other projects.

Dave is a wizard on the keyboard and is a true stickler for detail which is evident every time he plays and sings.

 Donnie Lee is a Newton County Arkansas native who was born and raised in Hasty.  Surrounded by a family of musicians from day one, he became interested in drumming at a very young age.  After cutting his teeth playing “garage jams” with his friends from school, he borrowed a drum kit from a cousin and started learning.  It wasn’t long after that when his dad saw that he had enough talent and commitment to the craft that they went in 50/50 on a set of drums of his own.  Within months of acquiring his own set of drums, Donnie was playing fill in spots for local bands who needed a drummer for the night.  He was so young at the time that he needed to be accompanied by his parents to even enter the clubs…. maybe 15-16 years old.  He has been a part of the local and regional music scene for over 30 years being part of numerous bands during that time and playing with some of the finest musicians Northwest Arkansas has to offer.  Known for his sharp wit and zany sense of humor, you can always expect the unexpected when Donnie is around. 

Denise Doré is our big sister. She hails from all over the US and has been to many countries pursuing her former career as an artist and art restoration expert. 

She grew up mostly in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Canada. 

Today she sings, plays the ukulele, the  Güira (or fish) and writes songs with her brother Dave.   

Wayne Angel hails from the great state of Texas. He has played congas for King Gold Band, Dirt Road Dogs and now Earth Bone.  This crazy Texan has been serving up his brand of conga playing for the last 10 years to delight of audiences in Arkansas and Missouri. 

Of all the members of our group Wayne is the one who seems to attract the most attention with people begging to touch his beard. Not really sure why, but hey, that's rock and roll, baby!