Katy Lawrence (Lead singer and Violin) is a native Californian, the daughter of two career music teachers. Katy has studied violin with Harriet McNeil, Doris Brill, and the renowned Hungarian violin prodigy Kato Havas; and had vocal instruction with Bob Boyle, Helen Stephens (Director of the Berkeley Inspiration Choir), and the late Judy Davis, whose students included Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mary Martin, and Grace Slick.

 During the 1980s Katy toured with various bands in the U.S. and Europe-  including “Promise”, “Electric Wood”, “Dawn Patrol”, “Mogul”,  “The Flow”, “2 Xtreme”, “Dennis & the Sharks”, “Triton”, and “The Katy Lawrence Band”. She recently opened for Eddie Money at Konocti Harbor. She has also performed with the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, and the New Approach Chamber Orchestra.  Katy has been a professional singer for commercials such as Ampex, Sir Gawain Hair Products, Cormark Trucking Co, Blue Chip Casinos, Cadence, and others. Katy earned the  Joey Award 1999 from the San Jose Film and Video Commission for performance in the Original Score of the Discovery Channel’s “Preemies: The Fight for Life”. Katy and her husband Dell are official endorsers of John Jordan’s Electric Violins, as well as Neo-Tech Straps, Tone-Pros, Kluson Keys, and Deering Banjos. They perform annually at John Jordan’s Booth at NAMM.  Katy is known throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as an excellent and versatile club musician; her sultry rock, blues and gospel stylings are reminiscent of the great Janis Joplin. Katy is a lead singer, and plays violin/fiddle, string bass, electric bass, and guitar. Her published CD’s include “Katy and Dell Anytime”, 2004, and “The Katy Lawrence Band”, originally marketed as “Triton”, 1997.

Dell E. Burchett (Lead guitar and vocals) was born and raised in California, and educated in the East San Francisco Bay Area. As a youth he performed professionally with his own rock band, as well as being involved in high school jazz band and expanding to a horn band in his professional work. He studied jazz guitar in the seventies with Mr. Stan Kenton. As a young man he performed in “Rock Island” with Marc Bonilla; also the Maguire Band and the Greg Kihn Band. In more recent years his own bands along with wife Katy Lawrence have included “Triton”, and “The Katy Lawrence Band”.  In the last couple of years he has performed with Eddie Money in Los Angeles, and with Paul Rodgers of Queen and Bad Company at the Superbowl party in Arizona. He opened with the Katy Lawrence Band for Mike Campbell at the Imperial Ballroom in Fullerton, CA; and performed with Peter Shroud of Sheryl Crowe Band at NAMM 2009. In addition, Dell has opened for Jefferson Starship, Rick Springfield, Rick Derringer, Ronnie Montrose, Journey and Elvin Bishop.  He performed on the sound track for the Warner Brothers T.V. series “Coast Guard”.

 Dell and his wife Katy are official endorsers of John Jordan’s Electric Violins, as well as Neo-Tech Straps, Tone-Pros, Kluson Keys, and Deering Banjos. They perform annually at John Jordan’s booth at NAMM.  Dell’s professional instruments include electric and acoustic guitar, Dobro, and 5 string banjo, in addition to vocals. His published CD’s include “Katy and Dell Anytime”, 2004, and “Triton” 1997