The Wendy Woo Band

Upcoming Shows
Join us this summer for a new line up, new acoustic live CD featuring Wendy and Robin, new songs written by Chris and Wendy, Wendy Woo's greatest hits and a great new drummer! The same fun and funky Wendy Woo Band! Check out our links below for specific details!
Wendy Woo and Robin Hoch are proud to announce the Denver release of their latest recording Saving Grace!
Wednesday, July 29
Swallow Hill Summer Music
Four Mile Historic Park
715 S Forest St
Denver 80246
6:30 PM
with Rob Drabkin
This Friday...
Friday, July 31
First and Main Summer Concert Series
First and Main Town Center
Center Point Drive
Colorado Springs
5:00 PM
with Wendy Woo and Robin Hoch
Buy Our Music
Saving Grace is now available for purchase online! The CD will be on iTunes very soon!
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Luxury is the latest full band album!
__ ___ ___ The Biography
The Wendy Woo Band has emerged from many musicians and several recordings. Lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Wendy Woo has been in the music scene for several years, and it all started with her early influences and an acoustic guitar. Having been in the high school choir, Wendy started learning how to play guitar after she graduated so she could keep singing. The folk-rock music of Suzanne Vega and Paul Simon influenced Wendy to stick with the acoustic guitar, rather than switching primarily to electric, and to take from her roots in Boulder and add her own style to it. It wasn’t until 1995, after working at the Fox Theatre in Boulder for a few years, that she started to perform her songs on stage with a band. Some of her first songs, “Gravity” and “Down and Dirty,” were played at her early shows.
While working at the Fox, Wendy added many accolades to her resume. When Sheryl Crow came to town, her opening act dropped out and Wendy took their place. In 1999, Wendy won a battle of the bands competition which allowed her to play in the Lilith Fair at Fiddler’s Green, with such acts as the Indigo Girls and Sarah McLachlan. Wendy won awards for Best Local Artist (Colorado Daily) and Independent Artist of the Year (Hapi Skratch Entertainment) among others. Her songs were used commercially as well, in the Food Network’s “FoodNation with Bobby Flay” and in the 1999 Discovery Channel documentary “Mountain of Dreams.” During this time Wendy produced Angels in the Crowd (1997) and put out another album Wide Awake and Dreaming (1999). In 2000 Wendy left the Fox, after nearly seven years, to pursue music full-time.
Since her time at the Fox Wendy has produced three more of her own recordings: Ecolalia (2001), Gonna Wear Red (2002) and Angels Laughing (2005). Prior to her recording of Walking the Skyline (2004), Wendy sought out a band that would help her write and develop songs. With the release of Luxury (2007), Wendy had formed a trio with Chris Maestas on drums and Mitch DeZwarte on bass, both of whom wrote songs on the album.
From the age of six, Chris Maestas has been playing drums. For nearly ten years Chris worked at Rupp’s Drums in Denver as well as manufactured custom drum kits. Some of his customers include current drummer Daren Hahn, Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the Fray and Jane’s Addiction. Chris started to put a band together in elementary school and over the years he has played with numerous bands and recorded with a few, but it wasn’t until he joined Wendy’s band that he found a niche where he could record, produce, write and perform. On Luxury, Chris produced the album, wrote the music for “Crisis” as well as co wrote most of the songs with Wendy. A year after the album's release, Chris switched from drums to bass because after years of playing drums his left hand would seize up during songs. To accompany Chris’ transition to bass, Mitch played guitar and keyboards for the band. Prior to adding Mitch DeZwarte to the band in 2005, Wendy met Chris Maestas at Rupp’s Drums in 2002. She and Chris have since gone on to have a little drummer boy of their own, Little Chris.
After getting a recommendation from a friend at Guitar X, a custom bass shop, Wendy auditioned Mitch DeZwarte to play bass in her band. In the spring of 2009, Mitch amicably left the band, after four years of playing with them. With Wendy’s band, Mitch wrote the song “Gone” and recorded bass on Luxury as well as played many shows with them over the years.
In the fall of 2008 vocalist, violist and guitarist Robin Hoch was added to the band. She has included her own song, “Saving Grace” to the set list and frequently plays at Wendy’s solo acoustic shows. The latest addition to the band is drummer Daren Hahn, who has played with Ani DiFranco and The Eels, to state a few. With Wendy Woo on lead vocals and guitars, Chris Maestas on bass, Daren Hahn on drums and Robin Hoch on vocals and viola, the Wendy Woo band is set to continue recording new material and playing shows.
Written by Linzy Novotny Videos
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