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About the Band:

Orange County, California’s Wylde Rovers are living proof that artistry, skill and honesty can still prevail in an overly digital music scene.

Artfully blending traditional music with a signature vocal driven sound and just a bit of edge from multiple guitars, the band delivers a truly unique rock/folk sound. The current lineup includes: singer/guitarist Austin Cameron, singer/guitarist Bud Gawthrop, singer/mandolin player Scott Leukens, singer/accordion player Andreas Heberstroh, bassist Ed Lee, and drummer Jimmy Daehnert.

Come join in the mayhem that is a Wylde Rovers show.

The Members:

Austin Cameron (vocals/guitar): Austin comes from a varied musical background including vocal performances in stage productions as well as leading bands varying from Rhythm and Blues to Arena Rock. As a long time composer and performer, his current foray into folk music is driven by his Scottish roots and an affinity for the simplicity and beauty of this type of music. His vocal style and arrangement breathes new life into this classic, centuries old music.

Band credits include: Mercy Street, Chyldsplay, Orange County Rhythm and Blues and the A6 Blues band.

Bud Gawthrop (vocals/guitar) February of 1967, Herman’s Hermits just released “There’s a kind of hush” WOW! I was just taken prisoner by the British Invasion. A young man selling guitars door to door (Japanese copy of a Fender Strat), came by at the right time, and there you go. Dad bought the guitar and got them to throw in 3 free lessons. Soon after, joined by my next door neighbor JoJo Green, who was learning to play drums, we had a band. We were going to play “Revolution” by the Beatles but the three chords that I knew didn’t sound exactly right, so with the amp turned up and JoJo spanking those skins, it almost sounded okay, anyway it really impressed some of the neighborhood kids. The 70’s rolled in and acoustic guitars were back in vogue. I was in High School and that laid back SoCal sound was me. Just me and a guitar, heck I probably knew 7 or 8 chords by then. I was mostly “self-taught”, which is another way of saying that I was not very good in school. Vocally I was fine, Imean if people liked Neil Young’s or Bob Dylan’s voice, there was nothing to fear, right? So, some 40 years later I find myself in an Irish/Scottish band having more fun than ever before. By far the best group of guys you could ever ask for!

Ed Lee (bass guitar): Ed learned to play the guitar by taking private lessons during his college years and continued after he graduated.  He put his guitar away for several years and then picked the instrument back up after being inspired by some of his friends and a few coffee house performers.  He joined the cover band A6 and eventually switched over to electric bass to fulfill the needs of the group.  During his time with A6, he also learned to play the doumbek, a Middle Eastern drum that is also known as an Egyptian tabla.  He picked up quickly on the doumbek and joined the Turkish folk band Saf Mavi.  His time spent on Middle Eastern drumming gave him a strong sense of rhythm and timing, and he applied this knowledge to his bass playing.  The bass became the perfect instrument for him and establishes the foundational rhythm that drives the Wylde Rovers’ signature sound.