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Misty Mamas

The American Working Man's Sweethearts

About Me

This band is new on the Vancouver/Portland acoustic music scene, but together these women have decades of experience playing and singing in harmony. Misty Mamas serve up beautiful harmonies and tasty instrumentals combining the American genres of bluegrass, folk and country music.
Carol Harley: (Vancouver, WA) lead and harmony vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin & ukulele (for booking and additional information, Email Carol at: [email protected]). Currently, she is a founding member of the popular Portland/Vancouver acoustic Americana band, Misty River. Carol is a multi-instrumentalist and provides solid rhythm playing and tasteful creative leads - the result of nine years of practice and training in the bluegrass style. Carol's soulful low alto voice adds depth, heart and character to the mix.
Katherine Nitsch: (Vancouver, WA) lead and harmony vocals, guitar, bass & ukulele. As a multi-instrumentalist, and a student of bluegrass for the last 8 years, Katherine supplies dependable solid rhythm for the band. Her rich lead voice and stunning vocal harmony arrangements provide distinctive qualities to The Misty Mamas.
April Parker: (Portland, OR) lead and harmony vocals, mandolin and accordion. April's strong pleasing lead voice anchors the harmonies of many of the band's bluegrass songs. Her mandolin's precise, yet graceful leads and solid chops keep the energy up through the popular bluegrass songs.
Eileen Rocci: (Vancouver, WA) lead and harmony vocals and upright acoustic bass. Eileen's current musical interests include performing with her church music ministry as well as singing and playing bass with her husband in a local bluegrass band called Northwest Passage. Her extraordinary attention to detail helps define the Misty Mamas song arrangements as first class.
Background Painting: The painting used in the background is "Misty Morning," painted by Birgitta Lapides. Find her art at: www.birgittalapides.com
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Member Since: 12/30/2006
Band Website: mistymamas.com
Band Members: Carol Harley, Katherine Nitsch, April Parker, and Eileen Rocci
Influences: Bill Monroe, Carter Family, Hazel Dickens, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury Band, Hot Rize, AKUS, Nickel Creek, Emmylou Harris, Rhonda Vincent, Laurie Lewis, Dale Ann Bradley, Claire Lynch, Todd Phillips, Mountain Heart, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Blue Highway, King Wilkie, Misty River, Mamas & Papas, James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Sterling Generation, Lex Browning, George Chudacoff, Courtney Von Drehle, Tom Blaylock
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Plans for fall & winter

We have had a busy fall with gigs, and are now preparing to play a couple showcases @ the Far West Folk Alliance Conference in the 1st week of November. We're excited about it! After that, we'll be ta...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:28:00 PST

Strings & Hoops

I went to String Summit on Sunday and was amazed to see some wonderful hula hoop dancing down near the stage. Nothing like it was back in the 60's! There was one 7 yr. old girl in particular...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:04:00 PST

Kurt Hagardorn/Rod Picott @ Mississippi Studios - 7/11

I'll be playing with Kurt Hagardorn's band this Wed., July 11th @ 7:30pm @ Mississippi Studios - 3939 N. Mississippi, Portland. Kurt's a great singer/songwriter (see www.myspace.com/kurthagardorn ). W...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:59:00 PST

John Sullivan tribute

Our good friend and luthier, John Sullivan passed away last week. We are still somewhat in shock, although we knew that he was fighting a difficult battle with esophageal cancer. Carol & I both ha...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:34:00 PST

Kurt Hagardorn's show - schedule change

MP (Mini-Pearl) and I  had fun playing at the White Eagle with Kurt Hagardorn & friends tonight - and I found out that his Miss. Studios show has been rescheduled - so it WON'T be happen...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:14:00 PST

Mini-Pearl is here!

My new Weltmeister accordion, Mini-Pearl arrived yesterday. She is 2/3 the size of my old accordion, Pearl - much lighter in weight, and best of all, has musette tunings (traditional sound of French, ...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:43:00 PST

Tell Someone

"Tell Someone" is the name of the new gospel CD by Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. You can hear clips on their website @ www.kenny-amandasmith.com . The most awesome feature of this new album is song #...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:06:00 PST

Mississippi Pizza

We had fun playing the early show (6-8pm) @ Mississippi Pizza tonight. Thanks to all of our friends & fans that came out to hear us. It was good to get our feet wet again, after the 2 month break ...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:35:00 PST

Mountain Heart

I hear that band member changes are common in the world of bluegrass, but when you get attached to a band as it is - it's hard to see someone go. I just found out that Mountain Heart's lead singer - S...
Posted by Misty Mamas on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:23:00 PST