From the first 1986 Powerhouse Songlist
There’s a lot of aspects to this band.
Together non-stop for over 30 years, the
band has been through a lot of different
personnel changes as musicians have
moved around from project to project. But
the band has stayed together, stayed
working and added a number of different
things to their shows as new members
have joined and added their influence to
the mix.
Taking a cue from the first Blues Brothers movie, the band was formed in the mid-80's as a local attempt to
revive the R&B/Soul horn bands, so prevalent in the Southern Ontario, Canada area in the late '60's. Over
the decades, the band has kept its original ‘raw’ R&B sound, along with adding more technically-precise and
difficult arrangements. During the 1990’s, different ‘Tribute Show’ ideas were added to their original R&B
show as the band finally settled into the present day band ‘package’ that, on any given weekend, could be
any or all of these things.
POWERHOUSE continues to develop and play regularly, throughout Canada and the northern US – taking
one of their shows as far away as Europe a few years back. The band has been overseas, down through
northern New York State, to Quebec Canada, as far west as the United States mid-west, and all over
Southern and parts of Northern Ontario.
All the current band members are involved with many other things outside of POWERHOUSE – original
recording projects, other bands, other interests and other completely dissimilar occupations – yet the band
continues on, year after year.
The ‘Photo Album’ button on the navigation bar to the left has links to mostly pictorial, fan-friendly pages on all
the band's history, travels, shows and adventures over the years – from its earliest beginning as a raw, R&B
local band to its present identity as a multi-dimensional musical group. We hope you enjoy the stories of our
band.
The POWERHOUSE Band