Meet the Band

Mason Cottam

Guitar-Vocals-Mandolin

  • Born and raised in St. George, Utah
  • SUU Songwriter of the Year 2005
  • Former singer and guitarist for the band Gradient
  • Professional guitar instructor
  • On the Board of Southern Utah Songwriters Association
  • Owns and operates Gradient Sound and Entertainment
  
 

Steve Lemmon

Guitar - Vocals - Mandolin

  

Steve Flaig

Drums

  • Steve was born and raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota were he spent time playing in several bands through out the mid-west.
  • He moved to Las Vegas in 1979 and remained there for 24 years.
  • Moved to St George in 2002 and has since been playing with The Sam Payne Project and Peter Brienholt before joining Mason’s Jar of Jam.
  • Steve is an avid drum collector and builder.
  
 

Kiley B. Astle

Violin - Backgrounds - Vocals & more

  • Kiley was born in Scottsdale, Az; grew up in Salt Lake City, Ut and moved to Cedar City to attend college and stayed - minus 2 years in Florida
  • Coming up on 17 years experience with the violin
  • Currently teaches middle school and elementary orchestra in the Cedar City area
  • Continues on building her private violin studio at home
  • Kiley was influenced and trained by Kate MacLeod, Lynn Rosen and Xun Sun.
  • Styles span classical to fiddle, with some rock, jazz, country, and folk inspiration

Marc Kolodziej

Bass

  • Marc was born and raised in Boston , MA
  • Now resides in Cedar City, UT
  • Has been playing bass for 19 years