Cathy Tibert (vocals, rhythm guitar, flute, harmonica)
Mike Pace (vocals, lead guitar)
Paul Tibert (bass)
Yorck Franken (drums and vocals)

Kenton Owsley, cajon

Check us out!

KCR covers an eclectic mix of songs and genres
including rock, alt country, Americana, and blues.Join us as we ramble along familiar roads with engaging harmonies
and exciting arrangements of our favorite tunes that will be sure
to have you tapping your feet and dancing.Some of the artists we cover: The Band, Carole King, Star Anna, Jackie Greene, Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, Marshall Tucker Band, Linda Ronstadt, The Beatles, James Taylor, Fred Eaglesmith, Chris Isaak, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Robert Johnson, Allman Brothers, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and many more

Videos

Why Get Up
New Moon Craft Tavern
11/11/23

Coming into Los Angeles
New Moon Craft Tavern
11/11/2023

The Blues is Just a Bad Dream
New Moon Craft Tavern
11/11/23

When will I be Loved
New Moon Craft Tavern
August 2023

Freight Train
New Moon Craft Tavern
11/11/23

T for Texas
New Moon Craft Tavern
11/11/2023

If I Could
New Moon Craft Tavern
5/27/2023

Audio Clips

Freight Train

Coming Into Los Angeles

Upcoming Shows

November 25, 2023
Highway 20 Roadhouse
Port Townsend, WA
7 to 10 PMDecember 2, 2023
Discovery Bay Brewing
Port Townsend, WA
4 to 7 PMDecember 9, 2023
Vintage, Port Townsend Vineyards
725 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA
4:30 to 6:30 PMDecember 16, 2023
New Moon Craft Tavern
Port Angeles, WA
8 to 11 PMDecember 31, 2023
New Year's Eve at the
New Moon Craft Tavern
3 bands and then a music jam Featuring:
Ches & Friends
Renegade
The Key City RamblersJanuary 5, 2023
Wind Rose Cellars
Sequim, WA
6 to 8 PMJanuary 6, 2023
The Keg & I
Chimacum, WA
6 to 8 PMJanuary 13, 2024
New Moon Craft Tavern
Port Angeles, WA
8 to 11 PMFebruary 9, 2024
New Moon Craft Tavern
Port Angeles, WA
8 to 11 PMMarch 9, 2024
Highway 20 Roadhouse
Port Townsend, WA
7 to 10 PMMarch 30, 2024
Vintage, Port Townsend Vineyards
725 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA
4:30 to 6:30 PMMay 18, 2024
Vintage, Port Townsend Vineyards
725 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA
4:30 to 6:30 PM

Band Bios

Cathy started playing live music in 1995 when she formed a band called Somebody's Mother based in the Stanwood/Camano Island area. Over the years, this morphed into a string band called Somebody's Mother and The Acoustic Detour playing string-based covers of favorite songs, and releasing a CD called Familiar Roads and New Horizons in 2006. The band eventually became electric as The Acoustic Detour. She later formed the band Pioneer Highway also in the Stanwood/Camano area. After relocating to Port Townsend in 2017, Cathy and her husband Paul quickly formed Key City Ramblers. Cathy really enjoys singing and has a great voice and a love of harmony, which has been the basis of all of the bands she has been in over the years. She also dabbles in flute and harmonica and really enjoys the creative magic that happens on stage when she sings with other like-minded players.Mike has been playing professionally for about 45 years, the last 22 right here on the Olympic Peninsula. You may have seen him in The Crocs, The Soulshakers Blues Band, or Kayohti. The Key City Ramblers is an exciting new episode in a long career.Paul first picked up the bass in 2004 thinking "how hard could it be with only 4 strings?" Within two weeks, he was on stage with Somebody's Mother, playing root notes and trying to keep time. Over the years playing with Somebody's Mother, Acoustic Detour, and Pioneer Highway, Paul learned through trial and error the fretboard and the important role of the bass in a band. Thankfully, he has a natural sense of time that got him through many gigs. It is in the Key City Ramblers that Paul finally feels he has a decent grasp on his instrument and he enjoys holding down his role in the band.

Artwork by Jon Glover