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Nancy and Next Exit is a band that was originally established in 1998 in Caldwell, Idaho. It has been dusted off, new members added, and is based out of Coos Bay, OR.
BIOS
Nancy McIntosh - Nancy's love for music comes naturally. As the daughter of well-known Northwestern musician, Frederick Reynold "Renny" Foster, Nancy grew up in a house always filled with music. Her dad used to let her tag along to rehearsals when he was the Assistant Conductor and Lead Sax man at Harrah's South Shore Room in Lake Tahoe. There she met stars like Sammy Davis Jr., Wayne Newton, Donald O'Conner, and Jack Benny. This put the bug in her to perform. She remembers singing around the piano since about the age of 5 (singing classics such as "five foot two, eyes of blue"......and "it was an itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny, yellow polka-dot bikini"....well, you get the picture). Later she recalls being a featured soloist at numerous school concerts from grade school through high school. Upon graduating from high school in the early 70's, she spent her evenings honing her musical abilities at North Bend, Oregon's "Little Theater on the Bay" in productions such as Cabaret, and Jesus Christ Superstar. After she moved to Boise, ID from Phoenix, AZ in 1981, she formed Next Exit. The band has undergone many changes over the last couple of years but is better than ever!
JOHN PASSED AWAY IN JULY 2011 - HIS BIO WILL REMAIN FOR THE TIME BEING WHILE WE SEARCH FOR A NEW GUITARIST. - Starting out on guitar and bass at 13 years of age, John Plautz began performing live with musicians much older than he was. Within a couple years, John became a versatile, in demand guitarist playing a variety of styles with many bands. Since then, John has performed, recorded and toured with blues, rock, jazz and country groups throughout New England, the Mid-West and the Pacific North West. From 1998 through 2001, John was musically active with the historical Little Theater on the Bay in North Bend, Oregon. Initially, he played lead guitar with the Opry band at the theater then soon became the music director and band leader for the Little Ole' Opry music shows. John's musical influences include: Albert King, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Paul Butterfield, Miles Davis, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton, A devotee of the blues and a veteran of clubs and concerts for over 40 years, John now performs with The Next Exit Band.
Doro Reeves joined her first band at age sixteen, and has played in many others in the decades since then. She is currently in two bands: Next Exit and Soulpie. She is also a composer, drawing from a broad spectrum of influences ranging from Claude Debussy to Billy Preston. Doro llove performing and has a special affinity for the blues, which makes Next Exit the perfect fit for her!
Jona Artz was born in Vancouver, WA but spent his formative years in Alaska. At the age of two he was figuring out Christmas tunes on a toy xylophone. Part of that was due to being born into a musical family. Jona was in the concert band (percussion) in elementary and middle school, and took beginning guitar in high school. Although he played several instruments Jona didn't find his voice until he was eighteen, while on stage performing at a Senior Center. Jona moved back to WA in 1998, and then to Coos Bay, OR in 2000. In 2003 he auditioned for the Little Opry On The Bay and ended up playing bass in the band for several years. Through friends he met at the Opry he stayed busy playing with different bands, at one point every weekend plus one or two nights a week, while working full time delivering furniture. In 2006 he found a higher paying job in Roseburg. Finding it difficult to break into the music scene, he continued to drive to Coos Bay to play on the weekends. Jona brings solid in-the-pocket bass to Next Exit.
Dave Andrist has played the drums for 40 years. Rock and Roll. Blues. Fusion. Country. Touring the NorthWest and Alaska, for about 10 years with Blues bands. He has years of recording experience...more to come on this later! He has perfomred in many theater productions and clubs, shows, and festivals
Age
56
Hometown
Caldwell Idaho
Country
United States
Occupation
Project Development Assistant
Companies
D.B. Western, Inc., North Bend, OR
Schools
Boise State University 1986
Interests
music, art, painting, crabbing, fishing, clam digging, SCRABBLE!
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I didn't even know anyone else recorded us that day! Love it! Nancy