Kim Trenerry and Jason Mogi met in Atlanta, GA during the mid 90’s. She was a veteran performer in musical theatre, and he was a drummer playing with various groups in the local blues, folk, and jam-band scene. They both ended up in the same band (Kim as a doo-wop girl, Jason on drums) and started hanging out between gigs playing guitars and singing Neil Young tunes. Inspired by the pure sound of their harmonies and frustrated with hectic city life, they decided to abandon their current directions and head to the Pacific Northwest to try something new. They performed as an acoustic duo in the coffee shops and bars of Port Angeles, WA as “Tongue and Groove” and were an immediate hit. T&G eventually added several other members, went electric and evolved into one of the Olympic Peninsula’s favorite bands, releasing three CD’s and playing everything from late-night Dead-esque jams in local bars to the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle. Over the course of five years, T&G’s gig schedule became too busy for some of the members working full-time jobs and the band’s momentum quickly waned. With the confidence and experience gained from fronting a successful band and hungry to keep performing, Kim and Jason went in a new and completely different direction. Jason picked up the claw-hammer style banjo while Kim explored old country-style rhythm guitar. And the duo “Deadwood Revival” was born. Hundreds of concerts and festivals, four west coast tours, and two cd's later...Kim and Jason reconnected with longtime friend, bassist Ches Ferguson and fiddler Julie Campbell. The foursome toured the West Coast multiple times, released a live album, and became known as one of the hottest bands in the old-time, bluegrass and jam band scene until disbanding in 2011. Soon after, Kim and Jason along with Paul Stehr-Green on bass and Terry Smith on drums became “Joy in Mudville”…a cross between the sounds of Tongue and Groove and Deadwood Revival.
