Jeffrey Edward Sherman (born March 15, 1952) is an American musician. He is a founding member of the band

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and several other bands, as well as a solo artist who has released both under his own name and under the pseudonym Jeff Joad.

Biography

Early career (1952–1969)

Four years after Jeff Sherman was born in

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, his father an electrical engineer for

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, moved his wife and family to the tiny

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town of Diablo in the

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. This wilderness town mentioned in

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's 1958 novel ''

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'' was built by Seattle City Light as part of the

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for their employees. Qualified engineers were needed so as an enticement, free rent and utilities were offered in addition to the opportunity to raise a family in a pristine natural setting. Jeff, his brother Greg and their sister Janis grew up literally in the wilderness of the Cascade Mountains. Jeff began his formal musical training in Diablo in the early ‘60s, taking accordion lessons from a family friend at age eight. When the Sherman family moved to

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(on the

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) in 1964, Jeff taught himself to play the electric guitar and, in the spirit of the times, soon formed the first of many bands. When the bass player in one of these bands quit, Jeff switched to the bass guitar, which eventually became his main composing tool for progressive music. In

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, Jeff played saxophone in the school concert band and cello in the school orchestra. As a senior he wrote “Euphoria 17,” an experimental

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classical piece premiered by the school orchestra along with his keyboardist brother Greg, and their childhood friend drummer Jerry Cook. Jeff had just turned 17. Jeff, Greg and Jerry were by this time already performing as a

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called The Vaguest Notion. On September 6, 1968 they traveled to

to attend a

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concert. One of the opening acts for the concert was a British band called The

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. The Soft Machine was a trio (consisting at the time of

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and

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) but with an entirely new sound. The boys left the concert determined to pursue a new direction.

With Glass (1969–1976)

Not long after the concert, Jeff and his bandmates resolved to play original music only. The profound effect that The Soft Machine's September 6 performance had on Jeff and the band can be found on page 145 of Graham Bennett's authorized Soft Machine biography ''Out-Bloody-Rageous''. In keeping with the spirit of re-invention, The Vaguest Notion changed their name to Glass. Over the next six years they performed all over

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, building up a loyal

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. In 1971 they relocated to

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to attend

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and became favorites on-campus for their spirited performances. They performed the first-ever live concert broadcast on the college’s new radio station,

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. In 1975 professional recordings were undertaken in Seattle, which the band shopped around to labels up and down the West Coast, around New York and even in England. Unfortunately the mid-’70s were tough times for rehearsal-intensive progressive rock. Even well-established rock acts were being dropped by their labels. Despite their well-honed musicianship, strong local reputation and enormous efforts to secure a record deal, Glass remained unsigned. Disillusioned, the band elected to break up rather than compromise.

Paying dues (1977–1983)

After Glass disbanded, Jeff returned to his roots of ‘60s rock and R&B, fronting a

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called Changer (after a Glass song). The band performed a month-long residency in

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to rowdy

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s in a scene straight out of

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. In 1977 Changer toured Western Canada and became experts in learning the favorite songs of Canadian

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. Later in the year personnel changes brought a name change to Straw Dogs (after the

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film of the same name). The band began a 6-week November residency in frozen

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, followed by more gigs in

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. By 1978 the band had morphed once again to become The Sherman Brothers Band, and began playing regularly back in the States on the comparatively balmy

. When the

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sank during a

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, the band found themselves playing before a wildly appreciative captive audience. For the next two years the band gigged extensively and even professionally recorded a single (with legendary NW producer Don McKinney of

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). The Sherman Brothers Band is considered by those who witnessed their reign, to be one of the most popular bands to come out of Port Townsend, Washington. Their popularity at the peak of their career can be exemplified by a story related by Sherman on their MySpace fan page: ''"I remember one of the most incredible things happened to me and the guitar player, Jack Scott. We were walking up from a little grocery store near the Port Townsend Junior High School which we had both attended as kids. There was a playfield right below the school and across the street from the store. Suddenly some kid yells "Hey Look!! It's the Sherman Brothers!!!", and this huge mob of kids started running towards us! It was something right out of 'A Hard Days Night'". Though playing the occasional original The Sherman Brothers Band remained primarily a

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, so when the band evolved again in 1980, they took the name The Drive and concentrated on the large catalog of original songs Jeff had been writing. This band played frequently around Seattle,

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and Port Townsend but did not achieve the acclaim of The Sherman Brothers Band. With the Hood Canal Bridge repaired Sherman contemplated a career move to Los Angeles.

California (1983-1999)

When he was offered the opportunity to come to Los Angeles and sleep on the couch of legendary songwriter Ron Davies a friend who had mentored him as a teenager, he jumped at the chance. Soon thereafter he was pounding the pavements of that city taking demo tapes around to record companies by day and writing songs with Ron late into the early morning hours. Southern California afforded Sherman not only closer proximity to the music industry, but also a view of poverty and homelessness he had not previously experienced. He lived near LA’s famous

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and even for a time in the

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as he struggled to find performance opportunities. It was at this point he met and befriended novelist-to-be John O'Brien and formed a close bond. O'Brien encouraged Sherman in the pursuit of his songwriting goals and Sherman returned the favor by encouraging O'Brien in his nascent writing endeavors. He soon formed another band, called Alan Rench & The ViceGrips, and began playing venues up and down The

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including The FM Station,

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, The Troubadour and others. These clubs participated with event promoters in a

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arrangement known as “showcasing.” Bands are offered the chance to play these prestigious venues, but their contract

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stipulates that the bands are liable for costs if the ticket sales fall below a certain minimum. He also founded along with singer/songwriter Sue Logg, a short-lived '60s retro band called The Chimes Of Freedom which specialized in original melodic rock songs in the musical vein of the great L.A. band

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. Over the next couple of years Sherman managed to play regularly, but found himself losing money as often as he made it. Eventually he was lobbied by his brother Greg who had moved to Southern California in part to play with him to forgo the pay-to-play schemes offered by these promoters. Always a major trusted influence, Sherman heeded his brothers advice. Living near the

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and rubbing shoulders with the area’s vast homeless community stirred political activist feelings in Sherman, and his songwriting turned activist. He created a fictional

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named Jeff Joad (after the family in

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’s ''

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''). Taking

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and

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as models, Sherman began playing his

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s at

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s and homeless encampments, just himself and an acoustic guitar. Appalled at the disparity between rich and poor in

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’s America and the intentional dismantling of

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s, he started working with the

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and Xela-Aid distributing food and other necessities to those in need. In 1990 he released ''Time for a Change'' as Jeff Joad on his own Relentless Pursuit Records, with profits donated to charity. He traveled to

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in 1991 and 1992 as part of Xela-Aid's in-country effort, providing music for the crowds waiting in line to see the volunteer doctors and nurses. In 1999 he released a second Jeff Joad album entitled ''Judgment of the Flame'' with several of his ex-bandmates. A video from this album, entitled ''Shine On'', won a 1995 music video award from INTERCOM, the INTERnational COMmunications program of the

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With Glass again (1999–present)

In 1999 Glass came back together again, and Jeff put aside his Jeff Joad persona to devote all his energies to Glass. In 2001 Glass released a double CD of archival recordings called ''No Stranger To The Skies'' which earned uniformly positive reviews. ''No Stranger to the Skies'' was re-released by Musea worldwide in 2004. Glass released a new album in 2005 ''Illuminations'' and a live album ''Glass Live At

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'' in 2007. At the

festivals in 2002 and 2003 Sherman met and befriended fellow bassist

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, and the two began working together via

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. Glass's next release, again on the Musea Label, was entitled "Spectrum Principle”. The music of Glass can also be purchased at iTunes and

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Solo (2002 – present)

In addition to his work with Glass, Jeff has continued to compose both as a singer/songwriter (material outside the scope of Glass) and as an electronic musician. He has four solo albums recorded but has delayed release of the latter two to avoid conflicting with the Glass releases. His first, ''Above & Beyond'', was issued in a limited edition by Relentless Pursuit Records in 2002. The second, ''Home'', features

bassist

and was also a limited edition (2003). The other two have been slated for release on Musea’s sub-label Gazul sometime in the near future. Meanwhile, Jeff continues to compose and record, when he’s not busy with Glass, and even create some videos for his pieces. On the July 23, 2010, Jeff and his brother Greg signed licensing agreements with

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which will allow Muzak to use their original recordings in their programs worldwide. This will include not only Glass music but music from all their solo projects as well. After the resurgence of "

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" and the

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under the

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Administration, the Jeff Joad persona was reactivated and Jeff has been performing around Southern California with a blend of older material and new compositions that focus on open tunings and

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played on National Steel

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. A new Jeff Joad album was released in 2016, and a possible tour of several European cities was contemplated, where he planned to street busk. In 2022 the Jeff Joad and Jeff Sherman catalogs were made available on

Discography

Under his name

* 2002: ''Above & Beyond'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4133) and

* 2003: ''Home'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4135) (featuring

) * 2004: ''Gauguin'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4136)) * 2007: Branes'' (

) * 2011: ''In Another Life'' (download album) ReverbNation * 2015:

- ''Was A Friend'' (duet with Hugh on one track - a track from Branes'') * 2018: ''Zen Music'' (with his son, Dylan Sherman) (

) * 2022: ''

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(5 Sketches in Progress - Planet 9)'' (

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) * 2022: ''The

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Suite (complete)'' (

) * 2023: ''

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'' (

) * 2023: ''The Survivor'' (

) * 2023: ''Borderline'' (

)

With The Sherman Brothers Band

* 1978: “Indian Woman”/”She's The One” (single, Entropy Records E45-781) * 2022: ''Sherman Bros. Band'' (recorded 1979) (

)

With The Drive

* 2022: ''Complete Original Output of The Drive'' (recorded 1981) (

)

With Alan Rench & The ViceGrips

* 2022: ''Ulysses Returned: The Complete Works'' (recorded 1983-88) (

)

With The Chimes of Freedom

* 1987: ''It's Never Too Late'' (

)

As Jeff Joad & the Joads

* 1990: ''Time For A Change'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4126) &

* 1999: ''Judgment of the Flame'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4127 &

) * 2016: ''Any Day Above Ground'' (Bluesy Mind Records BM 1010) &

* 2022: ''No Plan B, Obviously'' (recorded 2017) (

) * 2022: ''Busking the Blues'' (recorded 2022) (

)

With
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* 2001: ''No Stranger To The Skies, Vol.s I & II'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4128) (

) * 2002: ''No Stranger To The Skies, Vol. III'' (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4128-III) * 2004: ''No Stranger To The Skies'' (Musea Records FGBG 4516.AR) * 2005: ''Illuminations'' (Musea Records FGBG 4594.AR) * 2007: ''Glass Live At

'' (Musea Records FGBG 4736.AR) * 2010: ''Spectrum Principle'' (Musea Records FGBG 4854) * 2014: ''Palindrome'' (Musea FGBG 4935) * 2018: ''Emergence'' (Musea FGBG 4994) * 2022: ''BajaProg 2004'' (

) * 2022: ''Out of Time: The Wayne Barker Session'' (recorded 1971) (

) * 2022: ''No Stranger to the Skies, Vol. IV'' (recorded 1972-1976) (

) * 2022: ''After Playing at Lester's'' (recorded 1969) (

) * 2022: ''The Arcadia Tapes'' (recorded 1973 & 1975) (

) * 2022: ''Going Far Away'' (recorded 1988) (

) * 2022: ''Canterburied in Seattle 2002'' (highlights from the 2002

Festival) (

) * 2022: ''

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'' (recorded 1978) (

) * 2022: '' PTHS'' (recorded 1972, 1973 & 1975) (

) * 2022: ''Progman 2003'' (the complete 2003

Festival) (

) * 2022: ''Glassampler'' (a free sampler from the band's 50-year history) (

) * 2022: ''Zeitgeist'' (

) * 2022: ''The Robert Lang Session'' (featuring

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and

Phil Miller Philip Paul Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017) was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene. He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Miller formed his first band, Del ...

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Band personnel

The Silvertones (1965)

* Jeff Sherman - Sears Silvertone Stratotone electric guitar, lead vocals * Mark Hawley - Sears Silvertone lead guitar, vocals * Steve Adams - Sears Silvertone bass * Rolf Heibenstreit - drums

Phaze III (1966)

* Jeff Sherman - guitar, lead vocals * Steve Adams - bass guitar * Jerry Cook - drums

The Outcasts (1966–1967)

* Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals * Mark Hawley – lead guitar, vocals * Steve Adams – bass guitar * Rolf Heibenstreit – drums

The Vaguest Notion (1967–1968)

* Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals * Greg Sherman – keyboards * Mark Hawley – bass guitar, vocals * Jerry Cook – drums

Glass (1969–1976)

* Jeff Sherman – electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar,

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

piano,

Moog Taurus The Moog Taurus is a foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and manufactured by Moog Music, originally conceived as a part of the Constellation series of synthesizers. The initial Taurus I was manufactured from 1975 to 1981; a less popular re ...

bass pedals, vocals * Greg Sherman – acoustic & electric pianos,

Hohner Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of musical instruments, founded in 1857 by Matthias Hohner (1833–1902). The roots of the Hohner firm are in Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg. Since its foundation, and though known ...

Clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

, ARP &

Oberheim Oberheim is an American synthesizer manufacturer founded in 1969 by Tom Oberheim. History and products Tom Oberheim founded the company in 1969, originally as a designer and contract manufacturer of electronic effects devices for Maestro (most ...

synthesizers,

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, vibes, custom electronics * Jerry Cook – drums, tunable concert timpani, Moog drums,

Minimoog The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popul ...

synthesizer, percussion, gong ** Mark Hawley – electric viola, electric violin ** Paul Black – drums ** Gary Ormiston – soprano sax

Changer (1976–1977)

* Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals (Joe Cocker Review) * Earl Weida – lead vocals * Greg Sherman – keyboards * Jack Scott – lead guitar, vocals * Jim Smiley – keyboards, vocals * Mark Hawley – bass guitar, vocals * Paul Black – drums, vocals

Straw Dogs (1977–1978)

* Jeff Sherman – bass guitar, lead vocals * Greg Sherman – keyboards * Bob Moore – guitar * Tim Oches – drums, vocals * Tim Johnson – drums, vocals

The Sherman Brothers Band (1978–1980)

* Jeff Sherman – bass guitar, lead vocals * Greg Sherman – keyboards * Jack Scott – lead guitar, vocals * Rick Wiley – drums, vocals * Bob Moore – guitar * Brian Nall – lead guitar * Paul Black – drums, vocals

The Drive (1980–1983)

* Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals * Greg Sherman – keyboards, vocals * Rick Lee – bass guitar, vocals * Paul Buchignani – drums, vocals

The Promise (1982-1983)

* Jeff Sherman - guitar, lead vocals * Greg Sherman - Hammond organ, Casio, vocals * Jack Scott - lead guitar, vocals * Dave Hutcheson - bass guitar * Jim Smiley - piano, Hohner Clavinet * "Minnesota Mike" - harp * Paul Black - drums, vocals

Alan Rench & The ViceGrips (Seattle, 1983)

* Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals * Paul Black – drums * Jim Smiley - keyboards * Jack Scott - lead guitar, backing vocals * Dave Hutcheson - bass

Alan Rench & The ViceGrips (L.A., 1983-86)

* Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals * Greg Sherman – keyboards, vocals * Paul Black - drums * Carrington MacDuffie – vocals, keyboards * Jane Erskine – bass * Rob "Brick" Schmidt – lead guitar * Hamilton Metz III – guitar, backing vocals * Jeff Brown - drums

The Chimes Of Freedom (1987–1988)

* Jeff Sherman – 12-string Rickenbacker lead guitar, lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, harmonica * Sue Logg – lead vocals * Hamilton Metz III – 12-string Rickenbacker rhythm guitar, electric guitar, vocals * Denise Fraser – drums, claves, tambourine * Paul Black – (two studio tracks) drums * Randy Nichols – (live gigs) drums * Jane Erskine – (live gigs) bass guitar

Alan Rench & The ViceGrips (L.A., Fall 1988)

* Jeff Sherman - guitar, lead vocals * Ron Thorn - bass * Pat - drums

Alan Rench & The ViceGrips (L.A., Winter 1989-1990)

* Jeff Sherman - guitar, lead vocals, drum machine, keyboards * Bob Carson - lead guitar

Jeff Joad & The Joads (1989–1999, 2008-present)

* Jeff Joad – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano * Greg 'Lefty' Joad – real Hammond organ * Andy Armer Joad – acoustic piano, digital Hammond organ * Pete Pendras Joad – acoustic slide guitar * Ron 'Jethro' Thorn Joad – bass guitar * Al 'The Rench' Joad – bass guitar * Sue Logg Joad – vocals * Natalie Farr Joad – vocals * Paul 'Pa' Black Joad – drums, percussion * Vinnie Fazzari Joad – percussion, engineer

Glass (1999–present)

* Jeff Sherman –

Alembic An alembic (from ar, الإنبيق, al-inbīq, originating from grc, ἄμβιξ, ambix, 'cup, beaker') is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distillation of liquids. Description The complete disti ...

bass guitar, Thorn Custom Inlay Hugh Hopper bass guitar,

Steinberger Steinberger is a series of distinctive electric guitars and bass guitars, designed and originally manufactured by Ned Steinberger. The name "Steinberger" can be used to refer to either the instruments themselves or the company that originally pro ...

system Hohner electric guitar, C.F. Martin & Company D18 acoustic guitar,

piano, Korg O1/W & Korg Karma Wavestations, Studio Logic

bass pedals Bass pedals are an electronic musical instrument with a foot-operated pedal keyboard with a range of one or more octaves. The earliest bass pedals from the 1970s consisted of a pedalboard and analog synthesizer tone generation circuitry packaged ...

, Synthesizers.com analog modular synthesizer,

Ensoniq Ensoniq Corp. was an American electronics manufacturer, best known throughout the mid-1980s and 1990s for its musical instruments, principally Sampler (musical instrument), samplers and synthesizers. Company history In spring 1983, former MO ...

DSK-1 samplers, Alien Devices Alien Sonifer Bent Keyboard, effects, samples * Greg Sherman –

grand piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Mk VI,

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptua ...

, Hammond CRX Organ, Korg O1/W Wavestation,

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

A-90 digital piano,

ARP 2600 The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer produced by ARP Instruments, Inc. History Developed by a design team headed by ARP namesake Allen R. Pearlman and engineer Dennis Colin, the ARP 2600 was introduced in 1971 a ...

synthesizer,

ARP Odyssey The ARP Odyssey is an analog synthesizer introduced by ARP Instruments in 1972. History ARP developed the Odyssey as a direct competitor to the Moog Minimoog and an answer to the demand for more affordable, portable, and less complicated "perf ...