Jerry Hart & Southern Way

Jerry Hart - Lead Vocals

When not performing on stage, Jerry teaches school and writes music. Jerry put the band together fourteen years ago and has been performing in and around the area since.

Interview with Jerry Hart

Dean Chance - Lead Guitar and Vocals

Dean played the trumpet in the jazz & marching band at Lamar University. Later, he began playing the guitar and has been influenced by Roy Orbison, old Motown, classic Rolling Stones, Joe Pass, and Hank Williams, Sr. He has been playing country music for a while now and has picked up the steel guitar, bass guitar, and mandolin.

Chris Owen - Drums

Chris grew up with country music in his family. He began playing the drums at the early age of 5 and started a hard rock band at 16. He finally fell in love with country music and has been playing with Jerry for several years.

Claude Wooley - Bass Guitar

Claude Wooley is an Award winning songwriter who wrote the Tejano Country Song of the Year as recorded by David Lee Garza and Los Musicales in 1993. He is from Houston, playing bass guitar with such notables as Gene Thomas, Frenchie Burke, Johnny Lee, Kenny Dale and a host of others. Claude is a writer of humorous adult fiction, essays, poetry and children’s stories. He is a first year student in the Masters Program at Sam Houston State University. His plans are publishing his stories and teaching at the university level.

Interview with Claude Wooley

Eddie "Fastman" Steeves - Steel Guitar

Eddie is from Deer Park, Texas and has been playing professionally since 1975. He has written and recorded with many artists including Diamond Rio. Eddie has played on tour with people like Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel.

Interview with Eddie Steeves