Bread & Gravy

A musically entertaining, passionate, fun loving, goofy, uplifting experience. Bread & Gravy is known for taking their audiences on a journey through song & emotion...with so much texture of genres that sometimes your head might spin. Expect the unexpected and also, some good, good comfort music for your soul. You might want to dance and you might want to sit in your seat and just feel it. Either way, it's pretty great.

Americana, Blues, Rock, Soul, Originals and much more!

Bread & Gravy is extremely versatile, high energy, passionate and fun loving! Jokes flow...there is dancing, laughing and some good, good comfort music for your soul...

Voted 2nd place for "Best Live Performance Group" in "Best on the Peninsula" in 2017!

The band was originally made up of Stephanie and Jess Doenges but has added members in the order...Angela Clift (The Queen of harmony), Jason Taylor (bass, harmony, kick drum) and Jerry Gilleland (Drummer-nickname; "Lint" because he never leaves the pocket. The band performs as a duo, trio, quartet, quintet and sextet and has put on much larger shows with 10 or more performers.

Stephanie Doenges' (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, ukulele) dynamic performance is raw, powerful, sweet and soulful. She has studied music since she was a child and has performed with a variety of groups in a variety of music styles...including the bands; "Deadwood Revival", "The CornStalks" and "Luck of the Draw" to name a few. Stephanie one first place in Sequim's "Pass the Mic" vocal competition in 2008.

Jess Doenges (piano, harmonica and other antics) is a well traveled New Yorker who has played and taught piano on the Olympic Peninsula for a decade. He co-hosted and MC'd one of the most popular open mics on the the Peninsula (The Buzz, in Sequim). Jess is a self taught musician, Spoken Word Performer (including 2005 Louisiana State Finalist), and songwriter who is well known for keeping audiences in stitches with his gift of gab and clever jokes.

Angela Clift (vocals) has an amazing super power; the ability to sing harmony with almost anyone in any style. She is a popular sit-in harmony singer for many musicians. She has been singing most of her life and has performed in a myriad of settings, from the back porch to Southern & contemporary church settings, weddings, funerals, big stages and street corners from Oklahoma to Washington. She compliments the singers she accompanies with her angelic yet powerful voice and her quick wit lifts the vibe at every show.

Jason Taylor (bass guitar, back up vocals) is a dog loving, local based bass player who has played in many parts of the world, as well as on many albums as a professional session player. His versatility parallels his talent, so he is that unique performer who can play with anyone, and with any type of music. His knowledge adds so much value to the group, that his sense of humor is easily tolerated.

Jerry Gilleland is a veteran drummer of more than 40 years. He has a background in Jazz and Blues in the Seattle music scene and all over the Olympic Peninsula. He currently performs with "Billy Corvette and The Smashers", "Chantilly Lace" and "Professor". He taught the percussion program at Port Angeles High School from (phone number hidden)7. Jerry is very active in keeping local live music alive and plays almost every week at the much loved "Dam Bar Blues Jam". His band mates often refer to him as "Lint", as he has an unshakable talent at keeping time and he never leaves the pocket.

We provide all over our own sound equipment for small to big venues. We are not equiped for concert size events and would require a hired sound professional to set up and run sound for events of this size. We do have individuals we can suggest for this that we have worked with and that we trust. If your event does have a designated sound person, we can provide a stage plot to assist in set up.

Lighting is nice to have. However, we can make do with just enough light to see our instruments and eachother. Anything more is not a requirement for us.