BARE WIRES is four souls who started playing music many years ago, many bands ago, and many miles apart, finally coming together in Moscow, Idaho. Blues is the thread that holds it all together, with scraps of rock, and who knows what else woven in wherever it seems to fit. Lyrics and music from our heads and guts, spawned from life experiences and vivid imaginations, marinated in equal parts inspiration and desperation.






BARE WIRES plays an eclectic mix of original material best described as a hearty blues/rock, along with some carefully selected covers, trying to avoid the usual cookie-cutter band tunes.

MARTY YTREBERG: lead guitar

Marty has played in a number of bands over the years, mainly in the Northwest. He considers himself to be primarily a Texas-style blues musician, but also plays rock, funk, and other styles of music. He uses Paul Reed Smith and Goya guitars, and plugs into Mesa Boogie and Vox amplifiers. While he tries not to model his guitar playing after other artists, he cites Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan as inspirations.

DAVE GRAHAM: bass guitar and vocals

Dave was born in the corn belt of Iowa, then moved to southern California where his roots of music took hold. Surf music and the British invasion were his first musical influences until the San Francisco / Haight Ashbury scene, and the new British rock of Cream, The Who, Jethro Tull, and Hendrix took over. The influences of the blues were also mixed in with the likes of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, John Mayall, and Muddy Waters. Playing in his first rock band at the age of 15, he has come full circle back to the defining elements of his idea of rock. The blends of blues giving birth to rock in various forms such as the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, Lynard Skynard, and ZZ Top.

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DOUG LIND: guitar and lead vocals

Doug has been in many bands over the years, beginning when he was just 15 years old. He was raised in Montana, lived a brief time in Utah, and settled in Moscow, Idaho in 1989. Having grown up in a very musical family, he was exposed to a wide variety of musical styles, and all of these helped shape his influences. He cites The Beatles, The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, and The Doors as his major musical influences, but as a youth he was heavily exposed and influenced by the folk music scene with the likes of Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, and Jim Croce. He plays Gibson, Music Man, and Peavey guitars, and plugs into Fender and Vox amps.

TOM GARRETT: drums

Tom was born and raised in Idaho with a few years living in Washington. He has played in various bands throughout the years, including his current involvement with Bare Wires and Citizen. Tom is also the director of bands for the Moscow School District. His major rock and roll influences are bands such as Kansas, Rush, Toto, and Styx, but enjoys most styles of music. He loves to play Tama drums and Sabian cymbals with Vic Firth drumsticks.