Jack Hettema [percussion]
Jack Hettema has been playing the music of his generation since the age
of twelve. Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, together with Led
Zeppelin, ELP, Grand Funk, Jethro Tull,
and Mountain is what he lived
and breathed growing up. His Drummer idols are Buddy Rich and Ian Paice,
and you can still see some of their influence in his playing. Jack has
played with several bands around Richmond Va. Over the past 15 years and
settled in with the Sunday Times Band in '09. He still plays his
original, vintage, Ludwig Vistalite Quadra-Plus Kit.
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Konard Williams [bass]
Born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Konard started playing Bass
at the age of thirteen. His early motivation was the Motown sound and
60's rock, He later moved on to playing 70's funk and Jazz. Konard began
performing in the mid eighty's with area bands such as Ricky and the
Rockets, Wild Card Band, and The Fabulous Sensations. His early
influences were fellow Bassists Paul McCartney, James Jamerson, John
Entwistle, Chris Squire, and Stanley Clarke. Playing the Bass as his
primary instrument, Konard could have easily led the British invasion
with his melodic acoustical covers of that period.
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Mike Smith [keyboards, vocals]
Mike is our globe-trotter and unofficial vocal arranger. He has over 30
years of musical experience, most of it playing keyboards in bands across
the U.S., the Philippines, and Japan. He played sax in his teens and
taught himself piano for a high school show. Before moving to Virginia in
2008, he lived in Hawaii where he opened for or performed with the likes
of Train, John Ford Coley, Ambrosia, and Terry Sylvester. He also jammed
with Gene Simmons for an August
08 episode of "Family Jewels".
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Josh Switala [guitar, vocals]
Josh, who also played in Stan's previous band Trim, brings a heavy-sounding,
soulful rhythm guitar, and a love of driving rock & roll as well as softer rock
ballads. He claims U2's the Edge as a role model on guitar, and the bands
Metallica and Candlebox as musical
influences. In the Times, Josh takes the
lead vocal for a few surprising (maybe unexpected) turns.
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Stan Switala [vocals, guitar]
It all starts with Stan, the lead vocalist and spiritual center of the
band. Stan, who has been playing guitar and singing since his early teens,
fronted the band Trim for eight years before forming The Sunday Times. His
musical interests lay in straight-ahead rock-n-roll - he counts The Beatles,
Roy Orbinson, REM, and Tom Petty as major influences. As vocalist for
the band, he can simmer like Chris Isaak, or he can wail like Jagger.
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Larry Townley [guitar]
Larry learned guitar at age 13 from a DJ in his hometown of Shreveport,
Louisiana. He's played in rock bands on and off for 20 years and, in
addition to guitar, taught himself bass, banjo, and piano. He moved to
Virginia in 2005 and joined The Sunday Times early in 2008. His tastes
and influences run the gamut: Beatles, Aerosmith,
Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Motown, Willie Nelson, Kiss, B.B. King, contemporary pop and hip hop, and
even classical. A musician's musician: we haven't been able to stump him
yet.
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