Tim Marsh - Get Lost, Wiseapple, Tim Marsh Jazz Tim Marsh grew up outside Trenton, NJ where he began playing guitar and singing around the age of 14. With interests in both acoustic and electric music, Marsh began writing his own music while simultaneously learning to play from his own influences. Marsh began performing in high school with his lifelong friend and music cohort Darrell Muller, now of Old School Freight Train fame. The two formed an acoustic duo known as Azure Calm before plugging in to form the rock band Little Gimmick. The acoustic Azure Calm eventually evolved into the psychedelic rock band Grass Dance with the addition of drummer Michael Keating. This band made the jump from New Jersey to Boone, North Carolina. After graduating from Appalachian State University in 2000 with a BS in psychology, Marsh traveled for a while before returning to Boone to revive Wiseapple, an earlier bluegrass project. This band along with the funk and soul band Get Lost remain Marsh's foremost projects. Currently residing in Asheville NC along with Get Lost and members of Wiseapple, Tim anticipates an exciting future in the Asheville scene.

Jonathan Scales - Get Lost... This young multi-instrumentalist/composer appeared in the greenroom at Get lost's first show ever. After sitting in that night on steel pans he became and remained a permanent and key member. Scales stays busy with many projects including The Pan Situation, Character Project, and is a former member ASU's Steely Pan Band before graduating in 2006. The Pan Situation plays a variety of traditional caribbean music featuring double second and tenor pans. The fusion group, Character Project, features the steel pans with flute on "mind-twisting" original compositions. Scales began his steel pan career with ASU' renowned Steely Pan Band. In addition to these projects, Scales still finds time to work on his own solo recording project with some very special guests. We all await this with eager ears.

Ben Bjorlie - Get Lost, Ben Bjorlie Band, Jazz... Originally from Charlotte, NC, Ben started playing music very early. Being raised by two orchestral musicians exposed him to music every day. Starting with clarinet, Ben moved to the electric bass. By the time he was in high school, he was playing in local clubs in the Charlotte area including The Milestone (w/ Sight Unseen, and Lefty) Treemont Music Hall (w/ Lefty) The Pterodactyl (w/lefty opening for Drivin & Cryin) and many others... In 1997 Ben relocated to Asheville, NC to reunite with former lefty bandmate Peter Gray. They formed After School Special...nodding heavily to Zappa, Mr. Bungle... While in Asheville, Ben enjoyed two weekly drumset gigs at Tressa's Jazz & Blues bar. Teusdays was (and still is) open mic night where the Chuck Lichtenberger 4tet host a jazz jam. Wednesdays belongs to Ruby Mayfield and the wednesday night specials. In 2000, Ben met Shelby and they married in 2002. Both were eager to continue their education so they enrolled at Appalachian State University. Now living in Boone, NC Ben is working on his Bachelors in Music Industry Management. He can be found playing locally most nights. His current groups include The Ben Bjorlie Band featuring Andy Page, Patrick Brown and Jeremy Downing, The Swampland Syncopators (horn-heavy New Orleans tribute band), Get Lost featuring Jonathan Scales on steel pans. On the ASU campus Ben plays drums in the Jazz Ensemble, with the Percussion Ensemble, and at Crossroads every Monday with Patrick Brown & Friends.

Nik Hope - Get Lost, Hope Massive, Jazz Nik has been performing in the High Country for many years in various jazz ensembles, reggae bands and rock groups. One of the regions most versatile and dynamically gifted drummers, Nik currently plays jazz every Sunday (brunch) with Todd Wright at Canyons in Blowing Rock. Nik also leads the area’s finest original and roots reggae band, Hope Massive as well as supporting the Funk and Soul group Get Lost on drums and backing vocals. Check out the official Hope Massive website by clicking on the links button above.

Ben McPherron - Wiseapple, The Horse..., Jazz Ben holds a Bachelor of music degree from Appalachian State University where he studied classical music. After furthing his studies outside the classroom with several groups from folk to rock to jazz, Ben currently plays upright bass with Boone band Wiseapple as well as with various area jazz ensembles. In addition to these groups Ben performs on both electric five string bass and upright bass with local rock and fusion groups.

Brian Swenk - Wiseapple, Boss Hawg, The Erasers Brian has been performing in the High Country for several years with various acoustic and electric groups. As well as playing banjo with Wiseapple, Brian also moonlights with the energetic bluegrass group Boss Hawg. Most recently, Brian has joined the electric fusion group known as The Erasers. Featuring Swenk on electric banjo, this full on rock group also includes an electric fiddle. For more about Swenk visit Boss Hawg's or Wiseapple's site through the links button above.

Jon Hill - Wiseapple Born and raised in Winfield, West Virginia, Jon Hill’s interest in music started when he received his first guitar at age 11. He quickly became interested in many styles of music and began studying classical guitar as a teenager. While studying music at Marshall University he played guitar with several groups and earned his Bachelor’s degree in guitar performance in 1997. Hill continued his education at Illinois State University where he earned a Master’s Degree in music in 2000. During his years in school, he maintained a love of bluegrass and spent his spare hours learning to play banjo and mandolin. Hill came to Boone in 2001 to work on a degree in Appalachian Studies and began playing mandolin with Wiseapple in early 2002. Besides bluegrass and classical music, Hill loves listening to and playing jazz, rock, Latin, and traditional Appalachian music.