Offering: Bio
Offering
Launching the listener on an acoustic rock journey, Offering engages its audience with a repertoire of songs which speak to the desperation and fragility of life interspersed with messages of hope reminiscent of groups such as U2, Lifehouse, and Switchfoot. Established in 1999, and headed by lead singer and founder Jeanine Guidry, Offering plays between 70-90 shows a year, mainly in the mid-Atlantic region.
The band plays in diverse venues such as festivals, coffee shops, restaurants, churches, and community events. In an effort to make music make a difference, Offering often sponsors food drives and community-enhancing efforts. With an acoustic rock sound anchored in guitar and piano, supplemented by strings, flute, and world percussion, Offering marries music, passion, and response to a difficult world.
Jeanine Guidry - Lead singer, acoustic guitar
Playing with Offering since: December 1999
Favorite ice cream flavor: tiramisu
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: Reading Dutch magazines, watching “Friends” DVDs, our dogs and cat
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: John Mayer, U2, Sarah McLachlan, Lifehouse, Anna Nalick, The Fray, Augustana, Mat Kearney
Favorite question: Hmmm..... I wonder how else I can lower the mean age of the band????
First language: Dutch
Can't say this in English: How about I just sing that up an octave?
Personal Blog: Music Trends
Eric Reynolds - Keyboards, backup vocals, electric guitar, bass
Playing with Offering since: July 2005
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: youth baseball team managing/coaching, reading, surfing (channel)
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: Dave Bainbridge/Troy Donockley, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Snow Patrol, Iona
Favorite question: What key is this song in?
Musical Disorder: TDD (Tempo Deficiency Disorder)
Rob Wright - Electric & acoustic guitar, Espresso Machine
Playing with Offering since: October 2004
Favorite ice cream flavor: Bev's Espresso Brownie (three thumbs up!)
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: Playing Guitar, Listening to my iPod, Recording Music (wait...)
In my iPod at the moment: John Mayer (all 4 CDs)
Favorite question: How does that song go again?
Personal Vice: Drinking way too many cappucinos.
Kim Gammon - Vocals, guitar
Playing with Offering since: December 2006
Favorite ice cream flavor: Raspberry sherbet (it's all about the raspberry!)
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: I love to read when I have a chance. Favorite genres: sci-fi, fantasy, mystery... still stuck on some outrageous children's books like "The Little Prince" (for the child still inside :))). I also like to travel, cook (which I don't get much chance to do either), work out (well, like??), watch movies (Braveheart!!!)
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: KT Tunstall, Iona, Jack Johnson, This Time It's War (my son's band!) and some great local music
Favorite question: If a tree falls in a forest, and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? If a world class violin virtuoso plays in the Metro, will anyone stop to listen? (Hidden question: Do you have time for beauty? )
Favorite quote: Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.~ Thomas Edison ~
David Robinson - Bass guitar
Playing with Offering since: December 1999
Favorite ice cream flavor: amaretto with oreo-crunch milkshake (a Shockoe Espresso special)
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: my family, aikido
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: Mercy me
Dan Wheeler - Bass guitar
Playing with Offering since: April 2005
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Strawberry
Hobbies/interests: 1:1 scale railroading, amateur rocketry, reading. Also playing bass/singing with local band Spectrum since Nov. 1999.
In my CD player: Stone Temple Pilots, Rush, Yes, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple
Favorite Quote: "If you make a mistake, do it twice - AND IT'S A RIFF" - Michael Allsup, Guitarist, Three Dog Night
Pacita Hill - Violin, bass guitar
Playing with Offering since: July 2003
Favorite ice cream flavor: Stracciatella
Hobbies/Interest outside of music: Since I have spent years away from music to raise my kids, now that I am getting back into it, it is my only real passion. Writing, playing bass, violin and recording is what I want to do. Teaching the Word is one of my gifts and I really love that as well. Now, I can do both through the songs I write.
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: some Jazz, Classical, and Christian music
Mark Holt - Cello
Playing with Offering since: May 2005
Favorite ice cream flavor: Moose Tracks
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: Travel, Reading, Swimming, disproving Regressive Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: Edgar Meyer's "Bach Suites on Double Bass", Putamayo sampler w/ Dougie Mclean & Karen Black, the Graceland album (Do I need help? I can't stop listening to that south african sound)
Favorite question: "Would you prefer your cash in twenties or fifties?"
Chris Johnston - Violin, viola
Playing with Offering since: March 2000
Lisa Wheeler - Flute, alto flute
Playing with Offering since: July 2005
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate Chip
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: weight training, softball, reading, movies
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: Amy Grant, John Williams & the Boston Pops, Jennifer Knapp, Kathy Mattea, the BeeGees, Mark Schultz, Glad, the Carpenters, Michael W. Smith, Caedmon's Call, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Casting Crowns, Vince Gill, Avalon, the Statler Brothers, Offering (you know I had to get that in there!), the Eagles, Hillsong, Delirious?, Twila Paris, Vineyard music
Favorite quote: "It doesn't take a genius to know that evil is bad, and good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISN'T!" --The Tick.
Geoff Fitch - Drums, percussion
Playing with Offering since: April 2007
Favorite ice cream flavor: Breyers Orange Sherbet
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: Woodworking, bicycling, playing with my boys
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: Chalk Farm, Switchfoot, Live
Favorite question: Daddy, does God have a mustache? (asked by Will, my oldest, at age 5)
Favorite quote: If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
Bruce Crump - Drums, percussion
Playing with Offering since: July 2003
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate & Coconut mixed
Hobbies / Interests outside of music: Snowboarding, Surfing, Golf
In my CD player/iPod favorite playlist at the moment: Keith Urban - "Love, pain & the whole crazy thing"
Favorite question: Deal or NO Deal?
Favorite quote: There's a lot ot think about but nothing to worry about...
Barry Stewart - Drums
Playing with Offering since: November 2005