It all began at Mcgill Toolen High School in Mobile AL. A group of musically challenged young boys got musical instruments, learned three chords and decided to play in the school talent show. This performance of White Room earned the band, called Cloud Nine, the respect of their peers and the chance to play a few partys. This band included Pat Marston and John Keuler. They were the guitarists, they learned how to play together by trading off licks to such challenging tunes as Smoke on the Water and assorted Misfits tunes. Throughout the next two years the boys grew in ability but were moving musically in a diferent direction than the others in the band. They discovered the blues. Naturally this led to the choice of Andy Beck to "round" out their new arrangement. Andy's main influences were Kirk Hammet and Shorty B, of Metallica and The Dangerous Crew respectively. Actually there was a chemistry between the three that transversed musical style or ability. The three formed an acoustic blues band named Midnight Blue. Since then, their blues valves have been open, and their veins flowing with the soul of the southern blues. In March of 1995, the boys cut their first tape. An eclectic collection of traditional blues standards and originals, it was a portrait of the band at its transition from three separate players, to a single, creative entity. Just as the ingredients began to gel, the winds of change split the trio to seperate paths. Down, but not out, Beck took a chance and caught up with Keuler in the tiny little hamlet known only as Tuscaloosa. Within months, the two had formed a slipshod duo. Call it many things: energetic, charismatic, spontaneous. Whatever. Andy and John just called it Goodride. A departure from the soul-infused snycopation of the early days, Goodride was more than just a name. Their shows were free-form rampages - treks through music and celebration. The two were fixtures on the University of Alabama Strip and began to gather a little following and a little publicity in the local student press. But something was missing. Although John and Andy were able to ramble off into ten-minute oceans of continuous song, they lacked their anchor, Marston. It wouldn't be too long before the original line-up was together again making the music that started it all - but with a difference. This time, the three each brought a new, distinct voice to the mix. Andy, the power and energy. John, the technical. Pat, the soul. Apart, the three are without a voice. Together, they always fall into a natural groove. Every time the boys get on their "wavelength", they cook up a funky blues gumbo with a side of psychadelic rock that will make you want to slap your granny. And this delectable dish can only be described with one word -DOUBLEDOWN!