Brian Jones
Brian Jones was born in The Great State of Texas. He began his music career when he was 8, taking lessons from Marc Solomon, a well-known and respected musician in the Dallas music scene. He began playing with the band, The Questionable’s, in his early teens. During this time, he also began studying jazz technique, and soon began performing with a Jazz band. Jones was teaching guitar lessons by the age of 16. He continued to teach lessons and play in various bands throughout the remainder of high school. He then moved to Nashville, TN to attend Belmont University. Brian began playing bass for The Barefoot Bandits and Burn Run during his freshman and sophomore years. Brian also performed with many artists and bands as an on call musician. He joined Kate McRae’s band in the summer of 2010. In the past year, he has not only proven himself a great band leader, but he has also helped mold the band into Kate McRae and Texas Medicine.
Berkeley Platte
Berkeley Platte was born in Hollywood, Florida on the day the Berlin Wall fell. He lived in south Florida until he was six, when his family moved to Camden, South Carolina. It is here where his life-long obsession with music began. Berkeley started playing piano and singing in the church choir when he was eight, and, upon being exposed to the music of Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin when he was 14, took up the guitar as well. In high school, Berkeley gigged in the surrounding area with the local band 9 Ways to Sunday, taught guitar lessons, and recorded with Dick Goodwin, head of Composition at the University of South Carolina. Then, in 2008, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to study Commercial Music at Belmont University. There he would be trained in a wide array of genres, techniques, and instruments. At Belmont, he played for several different artists and groups. Last summer, Berkeley lived in Athens, Georgia, where he sang and played solo acoustic sets in various bars downtown and played at the annual music festival, Athfest. Soon after, he was recruited by his college friend, Brian Jones, to audition to play for Kate McRae. Berkeley continues to attend Belmont University and perform as the lead guitarist for Kate McRae and Texas Medicine.
Noah Elwell
Noah Elwell’s journey as a musician started in my hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the age of four, when he began violin lessons. At age nine, he also began playing the viola. At this young age, he played with the Florida Youth Orchestra and continued to play with them until he graduated high school. With this orchestra, he had the incredible opportunity to perform in many prestigious events and places including Carnegie Hall in New York City. Elwell began drumming at the age of eleven. By the age of 14, he was performing with a local punk band. Throughout high school he played in a variety of bands, with styles ranging from praise and worship to metal. Also in this time, Noah earned the title of drumline captain and was blessed to win 1st place in the state of Florida for percussion. After graduation, Noah moved to Nashville, TN to attend Belmont University, where he majors in music production with a minor in viola. Noah Elwell now performs and tours with Kate McRae and Texas Medicine.
