Jemimah Puddleduck

Jemimah Puddleduck

Jemimah Puddleduck is an American rock band led by Bob Weir & RatDog lead guitarist Mark Karan. In addition to Karan the band also includes Wally Ingram (Timbuk 3) on drums, Robin Sylvester (Bob Weir & RatDog) on bass and John "JT" Thomas (Bruce Hornsby) on keyboards.

History

The band was formed in 1999 by Karan, drummer John Molo (Bruce Hornsby, Phil Lesh & Friends), bassist Bob Gross (Albert King) and keyboardist Arlan Schierbaum (Richie Kotzen). They released one self titled album in 2000. Since then they have performed occasionally and members still maintain their separate careers. Thomas has replaced Schierbaum was replaced by John "JT" Thomas and the full band played on several songs on Mark Karan's debut solo album, Walk Through the Fire.

In 2009 John Molo was replaced on drums by Wally Ingram due to scheduling conflicts with Moonalice he was replaced with Carlo Nuccio for some dates. Robin Sylvester of RatDog replaced Bob Gross around the same time. The band has been performing regularly recently and are expected to perform a lot next year with Bob Weir spending most of his time playing with Furthur.

Discography

• Jemimah Puddleduck (2000)
• Walk Through the Fire - Mark Karan (2009) (tracks 1, 3, 10 and 11)

References

• Budnick, Dean (2003). Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0879307455.
• Budnick, Dean. "Mark Karan's Menagerie: From Ratdog to Jemimah Puddleduck", JamBands.com, May 2000
• Cook, Dennis. "A Fillmore Friday the 13th" (concert review), JamBase, February 22, 2004
• Jemimah Puddleduck at JamBase
• Jemimah Puddleduck at Blue Mountain Artists

External links

• Mark Karan Official Site
• Jemimah Puddleducks's MySpace Page