Shady Day

Shady Day came together over a couple of years in the late 1960's from your typical backyard bands of the time. We played a variety of music from the Beatles to Hank Williams to Blood Sweat and Tears and sprinkled a few of our own original tunes in as well. The membership at that time consisted of John Snider and Jim Magnusson on the drums; Rick Pritchard on bass; Dan Gillespie on keyboards; and Ted Bayes and Chad Shue on guitar. Over the years, members moved in and out until 1975 when Chad, Rick, and Jim finally decided to give it a rest.
In 2011, a full band reunion was achieved when all the original guys got together for a show in July of that year. The show was followed up by a studio recording of original songs and a few more shows from Tacoma to Everett. In 2014 Ted, Dan, and Jim decided to call it quits for good. Rick and Chad carried on for a year as a duo until we found Dale Murrow and John Gipson on drums and guitar respectively and we have been going on ever since.
Sadly, in April 2021, we lost Rick. It was a difficult decision to carry on but, having found Vince Chavez to play bass, we are marching full steam into 2022. We hope to see you along the way.