Sunshine Becker Just back from summer tour with Furthur will be bringing the uniquely crafted sounds of Passenger to a few venues around the San Francisco Bay Area. Sunshine is no stranger to Kicking out vocal harmonies, early on in the history of passenger (1991) she combined her vocal gymnastics with Jeff Pierson (also backing up vocals for the Furthur summer tour) and Jim Brumburg. Sunshine cut her improvisational chops whith the world renowned SoVoSó a highly imaginative a cappella ensemble that sings a unique, rhythmic mix of jazz, gospel, world and R&B music, all rendered in their trademark improvisational style.
Marshall Luck began his keyboard obsession in grade school when a childhood friend played the entertainer for him. Several years of classical training nearly ended that passion until he heard his friends making a bunch of noise and suggested that he get a keyboard to join them. Little did he know that he'd be still at it with those same fools 20+ yrs later! Some of the side projects he has been involved with include Lamina Groove and Russian Solution www.russiansolution.net. His piano influences range from Chopin to Hornsby and for the organ it's all about Jimmie Smith, John Medeski and Robert Walter.