The SheepDip Project
70's & 80's Classic Rock & Roll You May Have Herd

Dick Shelton
Dick has a lifetime of experience playing in bands and was the original driving force in getting us to play together and eventually to plug in and play electric music.  Dick is our alpha blazing lead guitar player but can play any instrument and usually does it too loud.  The SheepDip Project would have never happened without Dick’s guidance, encouragement, and huge heart.  His enthusiasm never wavers and we love that about him.  And, he has all the fun electronic musical stuff.

Scott Winchester
A founding member of the band, Scott is now taking a break from the band due to his travel from Maine to the band house taking it's toll. Of course he still sits in when he's in town. Scott took accordion lessons from age 8 to age 13.  Do you have any idea how uncool it is be playing accordion when you’re 13 years old in 1969?  The accordion went into storage and Scott embraced the piano as his instrument, penning ditties and bluesy tunes through his teen years.  When the campfire singing started, Scott dusted off the accordion cuz you just can’t drag a piano to the beach.  Now that we’re a real band he also adds that great Hammond B3 sound.  If anyone can convince him to move closer we’d appreciate it.

Dana Winchester
Dana had been basically strumming an acoustic guitar for 20 years until Dick made him plug in.  Afflicted with intense stage fright, Dana never wanted to venture very far from the campfire.  Now just try to shut him up.  Dana does a lot of singing mostly because he’s the one who remembers the words.  Dana still loves his acoustic music and you can find him playing open mics in the area.

Ken Smith
Ken would be familar to anyone who may have been hanging around the Franklin Pierce college pub in late 80’s.  Ken’s band, The Coconuts, was the house band at the pub and has played throughout the region.  He has also played with Spectrotones and Squid, playing bars and clubs throughout NY, NJ, MA, CT and NH.  Ken was looking for other local blokes to play with a few years ago and to our great fortune our bass player introduced him to us.  Ken added a perfect touch of sophistication, enthusiasm, and insanity to the band and he brings a strong rock & roll voice to our sound.  I think we can officially drop the “new guy” label.

Jim Connors
Jim has one of those minds that remembers details that nobody really needs to know.  Combine that with his love of music and he fills the role of resident music encyclopedia.  If you need to know the words to any popular song in the last 40 years, just ask Jim.  Jim used to play an acoustic bass (you know, the ones you can’t hear) beside the campfires, now he roams the neck of his Fender bass with the band.  He’s also a talented chef.  Sometimes he brings yummy things to eat.

Ron Hansen
Ron, the Velvet Hammer, Bam-Bam.  What can we say about Ron?  He started bongo-ing on a cooler top at the campfires, then as soon as we moved indoors and plugged in Ron quickly bought two drum sets, bongos, cowbells, noise makers, knockers, and all manner of percussive detritus.  A true tradesman, Ron loves drums because "there’s lots of parts to assemble".  If you’ve seen Ron at his drum set on a hot August night, you know why he is considered the sex symbol of the band.  At our gigs you’ll find him playing bongos and other percussion.

Pete Pineault
Pete also has many years experience playing in various local bands.  He has serious guitar chops and plays guitar in his own local band, Buster’s Gang.  Pete is one of those musical savants who plays everything well, but his first instrument in life was drums.  He’s happy to sit in as our drummer and we are thrilled to have him, not only for his touch at the drums, but for his musical knowledge.  He often tells us what chord comes next, and thankfully puts up with our cigar smoke.

Don Launder
Don played in The Coconuts with Ken for many years.  He's a talented bass player and we're lucky to have him sit in for a handful of songs at our gigs.  He wants his own full time band to play with, but we like him just where he is.  Don provides encouragement, coaching, constructive criticism (offered gently), and handles sound set up at our gigs.  He's an avid cyclist.  We don't let him wear shiny bicycle shorts during practice.

Craig Brown
Craig has played in bands with Pete for many years. He's another local talent that got sucked into The SheepDip Project's sphere of influence and has found a home with the band.  He has a soft touch on drums that is well suited for jazz and latin rythyms, but he's happy to help us out with our rock n' roll standards.  Watch him play, he's always smiling.

Sandra Winchester
Sandy joins in on a few tunes because she has those oh-so-sweet sister vocals.

John Gaudette
John has played piano since he was 5, having a love for all musical styles but grew up on classic rock and pop! He had to overcome severe stage fright that he has had since he started to play piano; as a matter of fact just a handful of people had seen him play up until the age of 38. At age 40, John joined his first working band called The Stoneblue Band and was a member with them for 6 years. After that, John joined Smokehouse Lightning which he had the pleasure for opening for a few national acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chris Duarte Group, and The Chris Beard Band to name a few. John now feels that he has found his home at the Spillmore being a part of The SheepDip Project