Band

• Jes Winter - Guitar, Vocals, Writer

  Getting her first journal at the age of 9 years old, Jes has held on to a notebook and pen ever since. As an outcome of how dedicated and determined Jes is, she taught herself guitar and incorporated her abilities to write and sing to create deep, original, and catchy music. Using personal experience and the experiences of others, It is very easy for fans to relate to her music. "I believe I am put on this earth to do music, I hope that I can bring to others what music has brought to me." -Jes

• Kyle Sheldon - Guitar

  Growing up listening to his fathers records, Kyle's roots were build from the bluesy rock riffs of Jimmy Page and Keith Richard. As he progress musically, his love for gritty bands like Social Distortion and Backyard Babies. Now he brings his own style of Stonesesque rock to the table with Jes Winter.

• PJ Butler- Guitar

  Coming from a background of 90's country rock, PJ has come full circle with Jes Winter. He has blended his inspiration from punk bands like the Lawrence Arms and legends like Bruce Springsteen into a hybrid of melody and snarl. He is also single. Ladies...

• Chris Holtemeier - Bass

  A veteran of the local and regional music scene, Chris’s musical projects are as diverse as his influences. A new addition to the band, Chris rounds out and completes the rhythm section of the Jes Winter Band.

• Sean Severson - Drums

  "Walk this way" by Aerosmith was what got Sean into r n' r in the first place. Influenced by the likes of his instructor Steve Thomas, Chad Sexton, Steve Garibaldi, and Adrian Young, Sean has built a groovy style of his own.

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• Temptations - Play mp3
• Like I Do - Play mp3
• Lone Lost Star - Play mp3
• Company - Play mp3
• Bombshell Beauty - Play mp3

Biography

Armed with a pen and paper, hair raising vocals and a guitar, Jes Winter takes on society and the world with her music. Jes Winter with her down to earth personality, pizzazz, determination and eye capturing style completes the package.

Since forming the band in 2008, Jes Winter music has been played repeatedly on the regional college radio station 89.7 The River. The Jes Winter Band was selected out of thousands of bands to perform for the Mid America Music Festival and has shared the stage with national acts like Dashboard Confessional, G Love and Special Sauce, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Pomeroy, Dirty Little Rabbits, Swizzle Tree, Capehart and many more. The bands summer of shows came to a head August 21 at their EP release party and is being followed by a full schedule of regional dates through out the fall to push the new disc. Jes Winter also earned a spot on the MAHA Music Festival after gaining more votes than over 60 artists from the nationally recognized Omaha music scene. The band is also up for a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2010 Omaha Entertainment and Art Awards.

Treat the Bad Good

Charged with hooks, grooves and sneering boldness, the new Jes Winter EP Treat the Bad Good is ELECTRIC! Produced by the infamous Curtis Grubb, the four songs on Treat the Bad Good; Little Bit of Love, Bombshell Beauty, Treat the Bad Good and Little Girl, capture the intensity and exhilaration of the Jes Winter Band live show like never before.

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Shows

• 09.10.10
  Cunninhams - 120th and Blondo
  9pm \ $0
• 09.11.10
  Fremont Lakes - Fremont NE
  5pm \ $0
• 09.28.10
  Ozone - Solo
  8pm \ $0
• 12.03.10
  The Slowdown - W/ End in Red and Voodoo Method
  8pm \ $0
• 12.18.10
  The Waiting Room - W/ Clever and Straight Outa Junior High
  8pm \ $0