Sonrise Jack
BORN OUT OF NEARLY 10 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP, SONGWRITING, AND SINGING TOGETHER(1994-2000 IN FORGIVEN, NOT PERFECT), MICHAEL CASEY AND THOMAS WRIGHT FORMED THE SONRISE JACK BAND IN THE SUMMER OF 2001, JOINED BY JOEL FISCHER-COLUMBO, BURKE MEYER AND CHRIS TAYLOR. FEATURING THE ORIGINAL MUSIC OF CASEY, THE LEAD GUITAR WORK OF CASEY AND FISCHER-COLUMBO, AND THE POWERFUL BACKBEAT OF TAYLOR, THE BAND LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON ALL WHO WITNESSED THESE EARLY SHOWS.
FOLLOWING A SHORT SUMMER BREAK IN 2002 FROM JAMMING, GIGGING (CURLYS, THE SLOW DUCK SALOON, THE FULL MOON ON CHERRY STREET, THE OTHER SIDE AND SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL TULSA VENUES), AND DEMO WORK, CASEY AND WRIGHT JOINED WITH ROBERT CHILCOAT(LEAD GUITAR), ROY HALEY(DRUMS) AND JOEY LOONEY(BASS) IN THE FALL OF 2002, PLAYING BLOCK PARTIES, OPENING FOR DARYL COLE AT THE BLUE WHALE DAYS FESTIVAL IN CATOOSA, OK SEPTEMBER 2003, PLAYING THE INAUGURAL NEW YEARS EVE 2003 PARTY WITH THREE ON THE TREE AT THE 1974 BAR AND GRILL , THE INTERNATIONAL ROUTE 66 FESTIVAL-CATOOSA IN MAY 2004, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ROLLING HILLS AND CROSSROADS FELLOWSHIP, BRICKHOUSE AND UNCLE BENTLEYS IN TULSA IN 2004 HIGHLIGHTED THESE MONTHS OF HARD WORK AND SWEAT.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2004, LOONEY DECIDED TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS, AND WITH WRIGHT TAKING OVER BASS DUTIES, A 4 PIECE EFFORT WAS BORN. WITH FISCHER-COLUMBO REJOINING THE BAND IN WINTER 2006, AND HALEY RETIRING IN SUMMER OF 2007, THE BLEND OF CASEY, CHILCOAT, FISHER-COLUMBO AND WRIGHT OFFERED MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE EVERY TIME THE TUBE AMPS CAME TO LIFE. THE SUMMER OF 2008 BROUGHT THE ADDITION OF SEAN SNOWDEN ON DRUMS TO SONRISE JACK, THANKS TO JOEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT RUN ON DRUMS, NOW MOVING ON TO OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS.
SONRISE JACK HAS A UNIQUE VIBE, TRANSCENDING VENUE AND AUDIENCE, WHETHER AT A LOCAL CLUB, COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY, FESTIVAL, LEADING IN WORSHIP, OR FEATURED IN CONCERT, EQUALLY AT HOME IN ALL THE ABOVE, AND REACHING AS DIVERSE AN AUDIENCE AGEWISE AS THE MAKE-UP OF THE BAND ITSELF, FROM TEENS AND 20-SOMETHINGS, GEN-XERS TO BABY BOOMERS, AND THOSE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE.
WHETHER FEATURING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS BY CASEY AND WRIGHT OR COVERING CLASSIC ROCK, COUNTRY AND BLUES, YOU WILL HEAR THE BEST OF THE TULSA SOUND, GREAT GUITARS, AND A BACKBEAT THAT LEAVES YOU ASKING FOR JUST ONE MORE, THAT IS THE SONRISE JACK EXPERIENCE.