Frontman Kenny Feinstein (right) has spent more than 15 years curating  the band to what it is today. In 2005 he began performing and recording  with the Water Tower Bucket Boys then modified members and style as  Water Tower String Band. In 2018 he moved from his Portland Oregon roots  to Los Angeles where he began the new iteration of the band as known  simply as Water Tower. The core group is made up of three unlikely  protégés who came from very different backgrounds to form one great  sound of their own. Kenny brings solid string experience (banjo,  mandolin, fiddle, guitar) in his favorite genres of Punk Rock, Old Time  Music and Bluegrass. Soon after moving to Los Angeles he met Tommy  Drinkard , an audio engineer , songwriter and front-man for his own rock  band called Tommy Drinkard and the Remedy. Tommy who is already a great  electric and acoustic guitar player began taking banjo lessons from  Kenny and within a year he won first place intermediate banjo at the  highly acclaimed Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Competition. Soon their  songwriting collaboration began to take place and songs like "The River  Song", "Fivers" and "AMPM" began to form their sound. Soon after that,  they met Jesse Blue Eads a 19 year old jazz bassist who held his own on  the banjo. They met while busking at the beach in Southern California.  Unbeknownst to Kenny and Tommy at the time Jesse had just received a  Jazz Award from Berklee School of Music. Amazing sounds were heard  across the beach as the three met and traded styles and licks for hours  including what would become the double banjo performance signature sound  in songs like "Take me Back" . Together they share their love for  Bluegrass, Old Time, Jam Grass while adding their individual infusion of  reggae and rock (Tommy Drinkard), Jazz and prog-rock (Jesse Blue Eads)  and Punk Rock & Old Time styles (Kenny Feinstein). 

Photo by David Cupp 

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