THE BAND Formed in June of 2001, Otis is a four-piece band playing music in our hometown of Williamstown, MA. Before forming, each member had been performing with a different band from the Williamstown/North Adams area while repeatedly coming together to jam. In the end, it was the fusion of these bands and unique styles that created Otis. MEMBERS Jon Crowe is a junior at Skidmore College this fall and plays Ibanez electric and Fender acoustic guitars, both run through a Mesa Boogie stack. He has been playing guitar for eight of his 19 years and lives in Williamstown, MA. His influences include Pearl Jam, King's X, Nuno Bettencourt, and Dream Theater, among others. Pete Durning is 19 years old and a big junior at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He has been playing bass, most recently a baby blue Fender P, for about seven years. This past year he's taken up the guitar and has been contributing to the songwriting process. His influences come from a wide range of artists, including Weezer, Pearl Jam, Rush, and John Mayer. Chris DeSanty is a junior at Stonehill College. He has been playing his rusty set of pearl drums for seven years, which features Zildjian cymbals and Vic Firth sticks. His major influences include Rush, King's X, Dream Theater, Ben Harper, and many others. Neil Peart of Rush is his favorite drummer. Chris Muir is a nineteen-year old junior at Williams College. Though he played drums for several years before joining Otis, he has been playing guitar for three years. Chris uses an Alvarez Acoustic and a Carvin Electric guitar, both plugged into a Fender amp. His favorite artists are Pearl Jam, I Mother Earth and Jeff Buckley.