The Deacon Raleigh St. James Band is in a situation with funk rock, flirts with synth rock, smokes with punk, hip-hugs honkytonk, and gets sprinkled with psychedelia.
Deacon Raleigh St. James (vox1, guitar, songwriting)
Jim "the beard" Hurley (guitar2)
Edgars Klepers (bass/sound)
Tom Bain (drums/sound)
Dani-Rad (vox2)
Andrew Reichel (synth)
Each song; a story of sensory detail and characters, the plot twists, the river bends.
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Deacon Raleigh @Carnation Block Party Summer 2025
Deacon Raleigh is a homegrown singer-songwriter, self-taught on guitar. The rivers, woods, and fields of rural Snoqualmie Valley, the nooks and crannies of Seattle, are his playground. Tone? Tubes and hollow-body humbuckers.
Jim "the beard" Hurley is finally getting the opportunity to put down the bass and pick up his first love; guitar. Jim has been playing in bands w/ Deacon Raleigh for many years. Jim also plays lead/fronts On Common Ground, and formerly bass in Fuzzy Horrible while Deacon Raleigh fronted that band.
Edgars Kepers is a multi-instrumentalist who joined Deacon Raleigh in the Summer of 2025 on bass after a long affiliation with his improvised jams at the Twin Dragon in Duvall. He contributes to many projects in the studio and onstage in the greater Seattle area. A sound engineer and one of our in-house experts, making our rehearsal recordings top shelf.
Tom Bain is a former Mackie engineer who once volunteered to mix/record live sound at a party with the band. His workshopping of the live sound recording process with Edgars continues to provide a lot of potential content for release. He also happens to be a rockstar drummer with dazzling hands and a deep pocket. Tom plays out with a few other casual blues rock projects in the NW.
After years at the kit for Deacon Raleigh St James, Dani-Rad @rockinkitti now stands with us at the mic and adds the sacred feminine to the vocals, turning the songs in a more textured, soulful, and vibrant direction. Dani is a Snoqualmie Valley scene fixture with a long local connection to the music community. She also plays percussion and sings in local band @BuddyDoWrong.
Andrew John Reichel or Gel-Sol is the newest addition to the band. He loves analog synthesizers. He is a certified electro-geek with too many strange projects and talents to list here.
Hip Hop Collab w/
AG Joints (MC & Prod)
Humble Thanks to these people who I've worked with in the past.
2025
"Smokie Joe" Mohring (drums)
Brian Berbinac (documentary video)
Summer of 2024
Jack Cornwell of Monsterwatch on drums
Doug McGrew (drums)
Maren VanNostrand (keys)
Rio Wilson (vox)
Daniella Landolfi (drums, vox)
Pat Owen-Kashekis (bass)
Pat Broughem (steel slide)
During the recording and live performances of "&"
Daniella Landolfi (vox, percussion)
Eric Hoglund (bass, audio engineer)
As the band Redwing Blackbirds; Karl Snyder (drums), Paul Ehlen (bass)
Drums for hire; Bill Ray
Stan Ott (keys) Evol Wilson (guitar)
Recording of Make Believe: Rachel Rigsby (harp), Butterfly Fiddle-Hooper (cello/fiddle), J.D. Wilson (trombone)
Invisible Hour (David Choe) for photography with the Blackbirds
Kelsey Graham and John Landolfi along with Last Light photography for DRSJBand
Dominique Hall for raw video
John Metzler at Quiet Please studio in Greenwood for recordings on acoustic solo release Aug 2018
Kristian Kittle at Shack in the Back studio for demo work with Blackbirds.