The Gretchen Emery Band
The Gretchen Emery Band (GEB): Infectious, Soul-Powered. Time-honored influences meet modern inspiration. Familiar. Fresh. Born out of years of partnership between singer Gretchen Emery & guitarist Kenny Windle, an unlikely pair from opposite sides of the tracks. Gretchen's impassioned delivery cuts to the heart & soul of each song with sultry, gutsy, powerful, award-winning, world-class vocals. Kenny's guitar style and sense of rhythm, space, & melody are driven by his exposure to diverse musical genres in his N. Philly neighborhood (Latin, Hispanic, African, Jazz), as well as influence from the Motown that saved his life as a kid.
Music with Soul, Power, Grit & Genuine Heart
Upcoming New Releases - 2025:
*FAME Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL
Recorded Live May 2024
*BarnSound Studios, Chester Springs, PA
GEB's 3rd Project with Producer Derek Chafin
Out Now...
If Love Were Enough (EP, 2022)
Rootsy, Soul-Fueled R&B
Streaming Worldwide
Airplay on College & Non-Com Stations in US & Canada
The Musicians
Kenny Windle
Kenny Windle has spent over 40 years playing guitar in bands and committing himself to the eternal quest for "tone". His guitar style, passionate and soulful, is undeniably palpable and emblematic of his North Philly roots. He spent many years touring the east coast with bands Yawa, Red House, Sixteen, & Cherry. He recorded with The Rave through Star Productions, and gained label interest from Philly International with the
funk/punk/soul-laced Spankeyalbo.
Kenny has spent the past 20+ years backing and promoting Gretchen Emery in bands and acoustic duo projects.
When not busy rehearsing or breaking in a new amplifier, his waking hours are consumed by laundry and
dedicated reflection on quantum physics.
Randy Waters
Randy has been a bassist for 40 years playing in both original and cover bands in Delaware and Philadelphia. His bands have opened up for such national and regional acts as: AWB, The Roots, Gnarls Barkley, Esperanza Spaulding, George Lynch(Lynch Mob, Dokken), Adler's Appetite(GnR original drummer Steven Adler), Howe II(Greg Howe), Jaguar Wright,Third World, Boy Sets Fire, PM Dawn, Mike Pinto, Matisyahu, Ky-Mani Marlley, Mykal Rose (Black Uhuru) and Dumpstaphunk. Recently, Randy has enjoyed playing in both cover and original acoustic duos, trios and quartets. In 2013, 2016 and 2017, he was nominated for 93.7 WSTW's Hometown Heroes' "Best Bassist" award. Over the years we has also worked as a backline technician/roadie for members of P-Funk and Schooly-D.
Mike Leger
Hard-hitting like a Canadian lumberjack, drummer & percussionist Mike Leger is no stranger to live shows and studio work having played with both cover bands and original acts in the DE, PA, NJ area, including Teretta Storm and Nitro Nitra. Worthy of a much longer bio (which one day may appear!), take heart dear readers, and trust us when we tell you that what you cannot read you will FEEL when Leger sits behind the kit and does what he does best, bringing power to the heartbeat of the Gretchen Emery Band!
Frank Donato
Frank Donato (a.k.a. "Frankie Four Fingers") was found aimlessly meandering outside the GEB rehearsal studio (no doubt looking for a fifth finger)...and well...we gave him a keyboard to keep him occupied and the rest, as they say, is history. In addition to playing with the GEB, Frank is a founding member of Hippocampus, and has played with numerous acts including Xtra Altra and many more.