Shannon Tower Band

About The Band

Shannon Tower

singer songwriter guitar

Shannon is a singer, songwriter musician and activist from Portland, OR. As one reviewer put it: “She surveys similar socio-political minefields and aggro-folk textures as Ani DiFranco and Michelle Shocked. Tower injects the Pacific Northwest coffeehouse circuit with jagged edges, giving a punky spin on leftist protest music as well as finding a bluesy heart in unplugged confessionals.”

As a young girl Shannon always knew she wanted to play guitar but being from a poor family they couldn’t afford one, so she would get a shoe box and put different size rubber bands on it. Once she finally bought a real guitar she spent hours everyday working on her craft. It wasn’t long before that guitar became a vessel for expressing herself through her words. When Shannon isn’t playing or writing music, she can often be found in nature hiking and spending time with her favorite pup Dakota.

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Jeff Sullivan

5-String electric violin

Jeff was born in San Fernando, CA at the dawn of the 60's and raised in the Los Angeles area. He began playing the violin in the 3rd grade using his brother's hand-me-down instrument. In 1985 Jeff formed a band called Sex and Violins, but their success was cut short by a horrific car wreck that nearly ended his life. But he recovered and went on to dazzle the LA Music scene for years before relocating to Portland in 2002. He met Shannon in 2004 and the rest, as they say, is history. They have been best friends and playing together ever since.

A long time fan of progressive rock and political satire, Jeff fills his days with music and loves to take his dog Delilah, and Shannon’s dog Dakota, out for long walks on the beach with Charlie.

Evan Silverman

songwriter Bass vocals

Evan began playing the bass at age 12, inspired by the music of Led Zeppelin and a love of the early hits of Motown. Two years at Berklee College of Music in Boston (majoring in Bass and Composition & Arranging) added polish and diversity to his growing arsenal of musical tools. Evan plays fretted and fretless 4, 5 and 6 string basses, The Chapman Stick, percussion, keyboards and loves to sing.

Based for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area, Evan played or recorded with members of the Youngbloods, Zero, The Doobie Brothers, Ratt and Commander Cody. He relocated to Portland in 2004 where, in addition to being a band rat, Evan works as a Dance DJ and spends his free time bicycling, cooking, gardening and reading Science Fiction.

Dave Fischer

Drums and Percussion

Dave Fischer has been playing drums since adolescence. Throughout a long and successful career, he graduated from bedrooms, basements, and garages, to dive bars, clubs, wineries, restaurants, festival stages, and recording studios. And lots of weddings (always fun and usually good food). Adding Latin percussion to his repertoire, he has performed a wide variety of music with many different players – all in the name of moving, grooving, and having fun! He also brings mad video and audio editing skills to the band. A busy "weekend warrior" musician, Dave continues to hold his “day job” as a psychologist, although he is looking forward to the day when he can let that go in retirement and play even more music!