Tim Trautman
My name is Tim and I am often in the company of a notoriously good bass player, Dick Stenson. You can find us at some restaurants and wineries in Washington County and elsewhere. I invite you to look at the schedule.
I am a piano player, been at it for a good while. I usually sing along while I play. You’ll recognize some of the tunes we play but not others. You see, I like to write songs and they are not widely known. We hope to make some inroads on that, perhaps even with this page. Some time when I was around high school-age, I decided that I didn’t need to avoid being a singer-songwriter, just ‘cause I play piano (not guitar). So, I am still at it, in fact more at it than ever.
I hope you’ll come hear us. There’s a rumor that I’ll have an extended-play (seven songs or so) disc out, soon.
Dick Stenson
Dick grew up in northern California and started playing bass guitar in the mid 60's (surf and rock); then moved on to "Top 40" as a union musician in bars in the Bay Area while an undergraduate student at Berkeley and graduate student at Tulane in New Orleans. His music took a back seat to his career in health care administration with only occasional gigs for many years. But as retirement neared he spent more time working on his music chops in anticipation of playing more in retirement. He picked up the string bass a dozen years ago and prefers standards, jazz, and Latin numbers now. He also picked up the baritone and euphonium horns which he plays with brass groups Valley Brass and the One More Time Around Again Marching Band. He enjoys his association and creative opportunities to grow musically working with Tim Trautman.
