Willis Pride started playing classical piano with the royal conservatory of Toronto in 1994 with Denise Lefebvre. After being accepted in an arts specialisation program at De La Salle high School in Ottawa, Willis also began playing the Trombone. Before becoming a permanent member of The Preachers, he performed as the pianist for both ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Into the Weeds’ musical productions. 

An accomplished pianist and composer in his own right, he toured the Ontario festival and club circuit with his group ‘The Willis Pride Experience’, having been a featured performer in the Rockland Rhythm and Blues Festival and The Ottawa X Festival. Willis continued his music education at Carleton University in trombone performance, and eventually moved to Montreal to study jazz piano performance with Toronto Legend Wray Downes and Steve Amirault, who is one of Canada’s most accomplished pianists.
Willis has been performing with Patrick Lehman on his tours and recently completed arranging and recording the new full length album ‘Electric Soul Kitchen Vol.2’, featuring a new Willis Pride original composition 'Time'.


WILLIS' TOP 5 ALBUMS
 Oscar Peterson - Night Train
The Beatles - The White album
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Ray Charles - The Genius Hits the Road

Sébastien Boucher began performing music in his early teenage years. After being blown away from watching other guitarists, he decided to pick up the guitar himself. His first love as a teenager was rock n’roll music and hard rock, listening to bands like Black Sabbath and Tool. Sébastien, or Butch as his friends call him, later went on to discover the jam band style which had an enormous impact on him as it opened his mind to improvised music. Having studied music performance and composition at Saint-Laurent College, his decision to pursue music professionally was clear and he never looked back.

Being a guitar player and genuine music lover, Butch learned the music of Robben Ford, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Pass, Warren Haynes, and many many more. Some of his major influences also include Robben Ford, David Gilmour and Brent Mason. In the early stages of his career, he played in small jazz ensembles and toured across south America. He has also performed with francophone hip hop group Dubmatique.
In 2011, Sébastien joined The Preachers, has toured across the US and Canada with Patrick Lehman and recorded and arranged the new album ‘Electric Soul Kitchen Vol.2’.


SEBASTIEN'S TOP 5 ALBUMS
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Tower of Power - Soul Vaccination
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Tool - Lateralus

Dawnney discovered piano as a child and began to play at a young age, but was quickly drawn to the bass at the age of thirteen. After having taught himself how to play, he went on to study music performance, composition and arrangement at Saint-Laurent College and studied with the legendary Sylvain Bolduc.

Dawn spent many years performing in many festivals including the International Montreal Jazzfest, Les Francofolies and International FestiBlues, and touring in south America and Alaska with various groups. In 2010 he was asked to compose and arrange violins for Steve Provost’s traditional folk-rock album ‘Au Fil du Temps’.
Some of his biggest influences musically are D'Angelo, Marcus Miller and Motown music, and most recently Dawnney played bass and arranged the violin sections for ‘Electric Soul Kitchen Vol.2’.

 

DAWNNEY'S TOP 5 ALBUMS
Marcus Miller – M2
Jamiroquai – A Funk Odyssey
Remy Shand – The Way I Feel
Charlie Winston – Running Still
Snarky Puppy – Tell you Friends