Voodoo BBQ

About Us
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Voodoo BBQ is a quartet of highly talented musicians playing a blend of New Orleans funk, Zydeco and jazz-rock. "Finger lickin’ good…Tastes like chick’n!"

Leah Hinchcliff- Bass, Vox
Email Leah: jett_pony@hotmail.com
Leah has been called "the Femme Fatale of Funk" by the Olympian Newspaper and Pat Ferris of HOTBANDS says, "She is definitely the funkiest bass player I've seen in the entire country in the past two years!" Widely recognized as one of the NW's premier bassits, Leah is a first call studio musician and a fiery performer. Having played with many of the NW's A-list groups, she is proud to call Voodoo BBQ her home to lay down her signature spicy groove.

Jeff Davis- Drums, Vox.  Email Jeff: jeff@voodoobbqband.com
Since relocating from Denver with former band Etherglow in 2004, Jeff has played with many different artists in the Portland area. He has recorded with some of NW's top singer-songwriters and is an in-demand studio drummer. Prior to his work in the Portland area Jeff performed with several rock bands jazz and funk combos in Denver as well as Honolulu local funk favorites El Toupe and the pop band Second Nature. When not spicing up the funk of VBBQ Jeff is busy spicing things up at home with his wife and two sons and working with PC's and Macs.  Jeff brings rhythmic command and knowledgable arrangement input to VBBQ's music.

Mark Bosnian- Keys, Accordian, Vox.  Email Mark: mark@markbosnian.com
Mark is an award-winning songwriter (Grand Prize - Portland Music Assoc. Songwriter's Contest) and was voted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in 2001. As a member of national acts Nu Shooz and Body & Soul, he toured the U.S. and played on The Pat Sajak Show. His song "Don't Stop Now" was recorded by Vanilla Fudge on their reunion album. Mark's CD "Shed My Skin" was featured as one of the best independent albums by Perfoming Songwriter Magazine. Locally, Mark has performed live on KINK, Z100, KEX, KGW TV, AM Northwest, and Good Day Oregon, and has sung the National Anthem numerous times at Portland Trailblazer games. "Bosnian has impressive songwriting skills. His tunes are distinguished by their memorable hooks and intelligent lyrics." --The Oregonian "A very talented composer and performer. I'm impressed with his versatility and his ability to work with all types of music." --Les Sarnoff, KINK FM

Andrew Maldarelli- Guitar, Keys, Vox.
  Email Andrew: andrew@voodoobbqband.com 
As VBBQ's newest member Andrew brings many positive spices to the mix.  Before relocating to Portland, Andrew performed with the popular San Francisco vocal jazz quartet, CornerPocket.  Andrew has an extensive background in musical theater, and when he is not relaxing with his wife and two daughters, he teaches Kindergarten and First grade in Portland. Andrew is excited to be making music with such fine and flavorful professionals.