MARK McFADDEN –
SONGWRITER / GUITARIST / VOCALS
Mark learned to play the guitar at age 14 and played in Surf Bands in the early 1960's during the height of Surf musics' popularity. Mark played in various blues and rock bands until 1992 when he joined “Wellspring” playing original "Spirit Rock" at various venues around Santa Cruz, Monterey and throughout Northern California. He played lead guitar and shared in some of the songs' compositions and was with the band for approximately
10 years. After spending about 2 years writing new songs after the loss of his significant other, Nadine, he was introduced to Catherine Lewis who began doing the vocals on all of the songs he had been writing. Their music connection was immediate and after about 6 months, they decided to record their first CD, “We Are One".

CATHERINE LEWIS -
VOCALS / RECORDERS / NATIVE INDIAN FLUTE
Catherine was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to British Columbia in 1998. It was in BC that some special friends encouraged her to sing and play her recorders to a variety of styles of music and perform at the local coffeehouses. Since then she has played and recorded with some very accomplished musicians in BC and Santa Cruz, including Jim & Sharon Cameron (Wham Go the Ducks -a theatrical musical group), Larry MacKenzie ("In Our Eyes" -LM Records), Rory Koshlaychuk ("Fallen Kisses" & "Fly On" -Grandpa Records), plus the Sweet Jam debut CD ("We Are One" -Global Recording Artists).

ART PITTS –
BASS / VOCALS / GUITAR
Art was born into a musical family in Santa Barbara, California and began performing in grammar school. His education focused on music and he was able to tour many of the U.S. western states, parts of Canada and most of western Europe as a member of choral groups from the schools he attended. After graduation Art moved to the San Francisco Bay area and began writing songs and performing acoustic music in coffeehouses in Marin and Sonoma Counties and San Francisco. In 1978 Art co-founded the group SECRETS with his sister Laurel and two fellow musicians. Art toured the western United States and Alaska with SECRETS for over 10 years.

KEITH GRAVES –
BASS / DRUMS / GUITAR
Keith is the bass player for the new Quicksilver Messenger Service band. He also plays bass or drums with Jerry Miller (formerly of Moby Grape) and fills in on bass at times with Jefferson Starship and It's A Beautiful Day. Keith grew up with Gabe Butterfield (son of Paul Butterfield) and in high school formed their first band. He is currently recording the second Sweet Jam CD in his LEROX Studio in Santa Cruz. As well, he is playing and recording with Prairie Prince (The Tubes/Todd Rondgren) and Jim Thomas (The Mermen) at The Mermen Studio in Santa Cruz.