Biography

The Natalie Wells Band slowly began in early 2002, after Natalie had picked up playing the guitar (and quite quickly) not even a year before. She had been playing the 'blues jams' around Cincinnati, OH and northern KY, when one day she was offered a gig by the owner of Sonny's All Blues Lounge. She threw together a band and started to work on learning enough songs to fill up an hour-long set.

Over the next couple of years -and many club and festival dates- Natalie was voted 'blues artist of the year' by the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (in 2003) and has been nominated for the award a handful of other times. She has since had the opportunity to open for and share the stage with such artists as Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin's old band), John Stephan, Little Ed and the Blues Imperials and Elvin Bishop.

Natalie is also endorsed by Godin Guitars.

Bassist Marc Hoffman is a veteran of the Cincinnati music scene, having played with Cross Eyed Cat, the Warsaw Falcons and many other well known local bands. Marc most recently spent several years with blues great Sonny Moorman, as part of the Sonny Moorman Group. Marc is a phenomenal bass player and a respected member of the Cincinnati music scene. He also loves kettlebells, John Lennon and the Teletubbies (okay, just kidding about that last part).

Drummer Mike Hodges is also a veteran of the local music scene, and was an original member of the Raisins (with Rob Fetters, Ricky Nye and Bob Nyswonger). He was also a member of the trio 'Adrian', which featured none other than guitar great Adrian Belew. Mike has done several world tours with Adrian Belew, and was the drummer for David Bowie's 'Sound + Vision' world tour in 1990. Between those achievements, he also played in local bands such as Stagger Lee, Kelly Red and the Hammerheads and others. He is also endorsed by Mapex drums. In addition to his prowess on drums, which is considerable, he is also an expert smoothie maker and tap dancer (okay, we're only halfway kidding about that one...).