ABOUT YOGOMAN BURNING BAND
Yogoman Burning Band is a live original celebration dance band out of Bellingham, WA founded in 2005 by Band Leader/Conductor/Songwriter Jordan Rain/YOGOMAN, a world class drummer and highly dynamic singer who leads his band while singing from the drum kit. Rain formed Yogoman Burning Band to bring musical sunshine to the often overcast and rainy Pacific Northwest region where he was raised (Seattle and Bellingham, WA) by way of his original mix of Jamaican and New Orleans Dance Riddims (Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Roots, Dub, Dancehall and Soul, Funk, Blues, Jazz and Brass Band music). YOGOMAN Burning Band engages and compels audiences to get up and dance with shout outs, sing a longs, and call and response lyrics, bringing to mind artists such as Toots & The Maytals, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Bob & Damian Marley, James Brown and the Meters. YOGOMAN's music removes the barriers between audience, entertainers and the industry, making each performance a celebration of life.
YOGOMAN Burning Band travels far and wide playing festivals, private parties, weddings and anywhere a celebration is needed and is internationally recognized for a fun, high quality and positive musical experience.
YOGOMAN Burning Band has been awarded the following:
* BEST BAND/MUSICIAN by Cascadia Weekly Magazine (twice)
* BEST BOOTY SHAKIN' MUSIC by What's Up Music Magazine (7 times)
* BEST UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL by What's Up Music Magazine
*LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by What's Up Magazine
YOGOMAN Burning Band has opened for the world famous Skatalites in Bellingham, Seattle and Los Angeles, toured and backed Jamaican Reggae legend and pioneer Winston "Flames" Jarrett, while sharing the stage with other Jamaican legends such including Toots & The Maytals, Third World, Clinton Fearon (of the Gladiators), Marcia Griffiths, Sly & Robbie, and other contemporary groups such as Iron & Wine, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Dengue Fever, Cave Singers, Camper Van Beethoven, Slightly Stoopid and Stick Figure.
With multiple appearances Burning Man festival, Reggae on the River (CA), Victoria BC's Skafest (Canada), Austin Reggae Fest (TX), Boogie Woogie Fest (TX), Yogoman Burning Band is blazing a trail of positive dance music wherever they go.
BAND MEMBERS
DRUMS/LEAD VOCALS
JORDAN RAIN/YOGOMAN
Raised in the Emerald City, Rain came up through Seattle's underground music scene in the 1990's, and started performing in the Northwest in 1993. Rain toured nationally in the Underground/All-Ages music scene in two ground breaking bands before forming Yogoman Burning Band in 2005. Occasionally, Rain performs solo guitar/vocal shows or with his son Buck Rain as a duo. Rain also spins records as active vinyl DJ YOGOMAN since 1999, awarded 'Best Spinner' 7 times by What's Up Music Magazine.
KEYS/MELODICA/PERCUSSION/VOCALS
BUCK RAIN
Yogoman & Bongo Jac’s son Buck Rain is a multi instrumentalist and vocalist with YBB officially since 2021. Watching Buck’s talent unfold on stage with the band is magical. He's always been a piano man from an early age as well a natural on the drums since he played his first show with Yogoman & Bongo Jac at a festival in New Orleans at age 3. Prepare to be captivated by this young man and his infectious spirit.
BASS GUITAR
ADAM EDWARDS-BOND
Bond is the name, Adam Edwards-Bond is the bass man on the Yogoman Burning Band train. Like a secret agent of bounce on the low end spectrum, Adam effortlessly weaves interstellar bass lines down the tracks providing the framework for the Burning Band sound that's hard to sit still to.
ELECTRIC GUITAR
TYLER CLARKE
Tea Sea, as he's known around the Pacific Northwest, is Yogoman Burning Band's original guitarist, weaving cinematic soulful guitar lines, rocksteady rhythms and ecstatic improvisations into the fabric of the Burning Band's unfolding motion picture. Tea Sea will take you to places you've never seen before, as a man of mystery, comfortable with in the great unknown, leaving you on the edge of your seat.
Tenor Saxophone
Owen stanley
Like a satellite from the planet Yog, transmitting sophisticated jubilation toward home, Owen Stanley crafts extraterrestrial lines on his Tenor saxophone that connect with significant and resounding impact on the planet Earth. Stanley's bold sonic soundwaves merge comfortably within the human psyche, ultimately reaching the heart strings with familiarity, like a wave's arching crest before it hits the sandy shores.
TROMBONE
WILLIAM Kovacevic
Kovachavic's style on the trombone is punchy and accurate yet unafraid of a good melody, which is rare these days in the world of brass players. His tone is sweet and solid, going straight to the heart, while tickling the hairs on the back of your neck. You know you're in for some sweet bends and round houses with William on the Burning Band trombone.
