OTS Trio is: Danny Mayer: Guitar, Jeff Wilson: Drums, & Kristopher Yunker: Hammond Organ, Rhodes, Clavinet, and Bass Keys. The inspiration is rooted in 1970s soul jazz and funk. The guys in OTS Trio mold that inspiration into a millennial soup of rock, jazz, afro beat, and improvisational groove. Based out of the fertile musical soil that is Santa Cruz County, California, OTS Trio give the NorCal treatment to the old-school tradition of the Hammond organ trio. If you’re looking for the scene of inspired musical action, OTS Trio stands as a great place to start. Alan Evans — drummer extraordinaire of Soulive — produced and appeared on OTS Trio’s debut album, “Straight Out the Garden.” During those sessions, recorded at Evans’ East Coast recording studio, the band forged a creative bond with the Soulive skinman that now results in the band’s second album, “SHAG.” Recorded in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains, OTS Trio and Alan Evans bind their musical minds and talents together to create “SHAG;” a fresh combination of funk, soul, jazz, & afro beat, tinged with a hint of rock and plenty of inspiration from the redwoods which surround the property where the album was recorded. “SHAG” hits shelves and digital stores in March 2012. As a bonus, expect a 7” vinyl-only release of extra tracks from OTS Trio’s “SHAG” sessions on Colemine Records, as well as an EP titled “Full Mono Breakdown,” containing mono remixes of tracks from the album. OTS Trio have entertained funk-hungry audiences at venues in Santa Cruz County, up and down California, and well beyond. They have secured monthly residencies at such renowned venues as the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco and the Crepe Place in Santa Cruz, Calif. They’re a nationally touring band & have appeared at venues including the Catskill Chill Music Festival in Hancock, New York, as well as clubs throughout The Pacific North West, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, & Vermont! The band have appeared and performed with Alan Evans (Soulive), DJ Logic, Monophonics, Eric Krasno (Soulive), Stanton Moore (Galactic), Russ Lawton (Trey Anastasio Band), Joey Porter (The Motet, Juno What), Ray Paczowski (Trey Anastasio Band), Nigel Hall, (Soulive, Warren Haynes Band), Sam Kininger (Soulive), and Big Sam Williams (Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation), Wil Blades, 7 Come 11, Teddy Presberg Quartet, Boca do Rio, Juno What, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Orgone, Particle, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and many more….