Joe Kreis | guitar, harmonica, vocals
Tim Coyle | mandolin, guitar, vocals
Josh Bender-Dubiel | banjo, guitar, vocals
Noel Sayre | fiddle, violin
Marty Coady | percussion
Pat McAvoy | Electric Bass
Joe Crum | String Bass
Chris Mazur | Drums
Studio tracks (including several never before released into the wild):
Saturday Night Crazy In Love The Bridge Lady You Are Fine Brother Can You Help Me Every Day Should I Tell Her Stop That Train Not The Way I Planned Then And Now Time Seems So Long Letter To You Out Of My Mind Harley Ridin' Walk With Me She's My Baby I'm Lovin' You Girl Wooden Sheeps
Willin' was originally formed by Joe Kreis and Tim Coyle in 1990, after the two had performed as a duo for several months under various names. The two met in church, though 'prison' makes a more plausible story.
"Electric Willin'" had several incarnations and variations between 1990 and early 1992, ultimately settling in with Matt Robinson on drums, Dan Liebtag on bass, and later adding Marty Coady on percussion. We also met Marty in church (likely story).
The biggest changeover happened in the fall of 1992, when Willin' was reformulated as an experimental acoustic band. Joe Kreis was still on guitar/vocals, Tim Coyle on mandolin/guitar/vocals, Marty Coady remained on percussion, Noel Sayre was added on the fiddle, Josh Bender-Dubiel on guitar/banjo/vocals, and Pat McAvoy on bass. This is the lineup that appeared on the first several tracks of their one release, "Time Seems So Long."
Joe Crum replaced Pat on string bass in 1993, also appearing on "Time Seems So Long", and Chris Mazur sat in on percussion during this period, and later joined the band on drum kit. This lineup appears on the last few studio recordings.
The bands last performances were on/around Halloween of 1995, including the mainstage on Court Street and a late set at Casa Cantina.
"Time Seems So Long" (the original album/cassette release) was recorded in the studios of Ohio University. Tracks 1-5 were recorded in the Theater sound design studio, and produced by Willin' and Chris Todd.
The last two tracks "She's My Baby" and "I'm Lovin' You Girl" (as well as a cover of "Wooden Ships" included now) were recorded in the TCOM studios, and produced by Willin' and Doug Phillips.
"Crazy In Love", "Brother Can You Help Me", "Should I Tell Her", "Stop That Train", and "Not The Way I Planned" were recorded in the OU Theater studio, with overdubs and re-mixing done at Aardvark Audio NYC, produced by Tim Coyle and Chris Todd.
Other tracks were recorded and mixed at the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, OH. These sessions were all tracked by students under the leadership of Dave Voight, and produced by Willin' and Dave Voight.