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Tim Myers

Tim Myers began performing in 1982 in Portland, Oregon. Initially he studied with Jeff Cumpston, Rick Green and Tom Wakeling. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA from 1983-1987. He studied drums with Tommy Campbell, Ian Froman, Robert Kaufman, Ed Uribe, and Ed Saindon while at Berklee. He played and performed with Rudi Linka, Ole Mathisen, Ariel Goldemberg, Sam Holmstock and Philip Hii. After returning to Portland, Oregon in 1987 Tim played with Dan Schulty, John Stowell, Darin Clendenin, Scott White, Dave Honig, Cal Hudson and Jay Collins. Tim credits Ron Steen with opening doors to play with some of the best musicians in Portland. Ron would occasionally offer his first set to Tim and through those opportunities he played with Dave Captein, Rob Thomas, Ralph Black, Gordon Lee. One of his prized memories was a session where he sat in with Leroy Vinnegar. After 1990, Tim played briefly with Backporch Blues and began playing frequently with rock/blues guitarist Lew Jones. With Lew and Jon Wager, Tim played Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival as well as various gigs throughout the Pacific Northwest. In the early 1990s Tim produced a music video for Lew Jones which was entered and premiered at the Clinton Street Theater's multimedia festival.