Meet The Band

Kristin Kay

Lead Vocals

Kristin Kay started performing at age 9.  Always "wowing" her fans on stage, she has been singing professionally for over two decades. Her talent has taken her abroad to entertain the troops, where she was inspired to write the songs on her album, "Woman On A Mission". She has done shows all across the United States, both east and west of the Mississippi, including fulfilling a childhood dream by performing on the world-famous Tootsies stage in Nashville, TN.

Today, she is the driving force behind her namesake band, formed in 2007.

Kristin's sometimes smoky, always sultry voice contributes a unique gritty flavor to her songs. Catch one of her live performances and you'll quickly realize that her zeal for music translates into raw emotion that's hard to resist. 

Mark Yoakam

Guitar/Vocals

Mark has been playing guitar since he was ten years old. He was first exposed to music by his mother, a classically trained musician. Mark - like so many of his generation - cites a certain Sunday night in 1964 seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Growing up in Southern California,  Mark joined his first band at twelve, and was playing clubs 6 nights a week when in high school. College brought more opportunities and soon there were more bands and session work. In 1999, with the decline of session work and live gigs, Mark moved to Colorado, not really knowing what kind of live music scene to expect. It wasn't long before Mark was picking up live work all over town. Considered a world class musician, when Mark shows up, he comes to play.

Mike Finkiewicz

Bass/vocals

Mike grew up on the south side of Chicago and like so many others, was knocked out by The Beatles' Ed Sullivan Show performance. It took a year of paper route money to get his first bass guitar when he started playing in Chicago area bands in 1968. Mike did USO and promotional gigs in the Army's rock band across the country, and has played in various bands from Ohio to Colorado. He moved to Maui for 20 years playing in duos and solo "Southside Mike" shows. He returned to Colorado in 2022 playing with various local bands and continues to entertain audiences with his solo show. Mike is a seasoned pro and still enjoys singing and laying down that all-important groove.

Carleton Pike

Drums/vocals

Carleton studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA and worked in the Boston area with Patty Larkin, John Curtis, and John Troy from the Pousette-Dart Band, and Richard Gates and Sheldon Mirowitz, both of whom are now teachers at Berklee. Now living in the Denver, CO area, he has worked with local legends Erik Boa and Randall Dubis, among many others.

Carleton started playing "drums" with his sister's marching band drum sticks, using them on coffee cans with plastic tops. He graduated to playing along with 45's on a coffee table, which convinced his mom to buy a drum set. Many years later, Carleton now has three drum kits and a calendar full of gigs. God Bless Mom and Montgomery Ward!