Raised in Wichita, Kansas, Jesse Rich (drums), Billy Driver (bass), Jenny Wood (guitar/vocals), and Gooding (guitar/vocals) play a breed of rock and roll that both harkens back to the past and looks optimistically to the future. After spending years on the road (900 shows in every state in the lower 48), GOODING have learned that ironic detachment won’t get a crowd on its feet or more drinks poured at the bar. This band plays honest rock and roll, the kind that’s not afraid to feature tender melodies one minute and mean solos the next. Although the band currently calls Los Angeles home, it is the vast expanse of the plains that is in their blood and in their music.