Ron Green is the bass player for The Flatt Stanley Incident
Having grown up in rural East Texas steeped in the sounds of American roots music, Ron Green graduated from the University of North Texas, where he studied French horn at the prestigious UNT School of Music. During his college days he played string bass as a sideline, gaining jazz combo experience through a wide variety of jam session, recording and live performance opportunities. He worked for many years on both upright and electric bass in every style of music, including sit-ins and gigs with Texas blues players such as Sumter and Steven Bruton, Jimmy and Stevie Vaughan and Delbert McClinton. Ron was also active in the local jazz scene as a first-call player in and around Fort Worth, and then in Santa Fe, New Mexico with Three Faces of Jazz. Since moving to the Oregon Coast in 2003, he has kept busy with the David Hutson Quartet, Pat and Patty George, the Lincoln Pops Big Band and gypsy quartet Hot Club du Jour, as well as theater work with Porthole Players and the Central Coast Chorale. He played the 2007 and 2008 seasons with the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra, and since moving from the Coast in 2009 now plays with the Willamette Valley Symphony Orchestra as well as the Flatt Stanley Incident.
Steve Martin is the guitarist, lead singer and song writer for FSI
Originally from Bozeman, Montana, Steve spent his formidable years in San Diego. Montana roots and Southern California were the grounds for the growth of a wide taste for diverse musical styles. He moved to Oregon in 1978 and was one of the founding members of the Willamette Valley band Justin Tyme. The band, initially a honkytonk country band, progressed through country rock and rock and roll throughout the decade and performed in Oregon before finally disbanding in 1990. Steve continued to be involved in a number of rock projects until temporarily retiring from performing until 2003. Returning to his roots music, along with Rob Pugliese, he was one of the founding members of The Kindreds, an acoustic country Americana group which released its' CD Checkin’ Out in 2008.
Steve was raised on country music with Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Lefty Frizzell, Faron Young and Johnny Horton as early influences and later on with other heroes such as Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, The Eagles, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd and the wide array of Texas singer songwriters, Willie and Waylon, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and endless others. His songwriting has been influenced by all of them. Songwriting has been a primary passion since his early years, writing his first songs when he was 14. He wrote the original material for the earlier projects and continues on with The Flatt Stanley Incident today.
Rob Pugliese plays mandolin and sings high tenor harmony in the Flatt Stanley Incident
He is originally from New Hampshire, and moved to Oregon in 1992 after finishing graduate school. He learned his first guitar chords from his college roommate at the University of New Hampshire, and started playing mandolin in 2001 with an instrument that was a 10th wedding anniversary gift from his wife. It didn't take long for him to realize that he had found his passion in the mandolin. He developed his ear for harmony from several years as a tenor in a Presbyterian church choir. Rob is inspired by Doc Watson, John Reischman, David Grisman and Norman Blake. Outside of church guitar playing and choir, Rob’s first public music project was with the Kindreds with Steve.