Biographies

Andrea Potts has been writting songs and performing with a 12-string guitar for 14 years. Her music has immense depth, intriguing rhythms, and intense, beautifully written lyrics. Her songs deal with many topics ranging from a lighthearted historical view of a popular coffeehouse to how far the agony of loneliness can push a person. Each song is a journey. Her music has an obvious positive impact on her audience and affects a few of them quite deeply.

Willie Piper started playing drums as a kid. He was involved in various garage bands during high school, and then joined up with Jared Stuart and the Hideaway Blues Band in Billings, MT, along with various other bands in that area before moving to SD. His style is smooth, solid, and powerful. He is a driving, stable force within the band. Piper is a phenomenaly sensitive drummer whose rhythms are deeply emotional and can lend sarcasm, humor, intensity, and rage to counterbalance the depth of the lyrics.

Aaron Johnson started playing bass as a teenager. He is self-taught with a background in school bands in which he played trumpet for years. In high school, he was a member of various jazz bands. He picked up bass guitar and joined up with Black Mojo for 2 years. He graduated from USD with a degree in music. His style adds an emotional aspect to the music that grabs the listener and takes him or her on a beautiful ride.