Jeff
got his start in music at age sixteen. He started his first cover band in
1990 under the name "Stratus". They later dissolved and Jeff moved
to Portland, OR to join "Tommy Gunn", but later returned to Eastern
Oregon to form "Napalm Blue" with Christopher Bechtel and Ron Abram
from "Stratus". Jeff then joined the popular cover band I4NI.
During this time, Jeff worked continually on demos for his first album, in
hopes to be released in the summer of 1995. Once Jeff left I4NI, he took some
time away from live music to work on his original songs. He moved to McMinnville,
OR to form Time
Piece Music where he would eventually release his first album titled "Call
It What You Want". Released to positive reviews, Jeff then returned to
live music to form the cover band "Morning Wood". Jeff then returned
to Eastern Oregon to form "The
Dead Ringers" with Christopher Bechtel & Nate Greer. They released
one album before Nate returned to the Navy. Then Jeff and Chris formed "Aftershock"
with Joe Maffeo and Bekah Kinney. Then came "The
Crossroad Band" which involves Christopher Bechtel and Joe Maffeo.
Jeff has also released another solo album titled "Lost Horizons"
in the summer of 2003 as well. From there, he took over the drumming duties
for I4NI
as well. 2004 was busy as well as Jeff was also drumming & singing for
X-Factor
while recording a new side project featuring some of his blues, funk and R
& B songs. The album was released to critical acclaim in 2005 and was
titled Jeff Carman and the Cadillac
Daddies. Jeff returned to drumming duties for X-Factor
and played some side shows with the Cadillac
Daddies. In early 2006, Jeff returned to the studio to start his latest
creation and his return to rock ' roll. In January 2007, he formed "The
Jeff Carman Band" (JCB) with Christropher Bechtel, Marc Case & Todd
Arnoldus. In July 2007, the new album was released "Return 2 Zero"
by Time Piece Music & Digital Whispers Music. JCB continues to tour in support of "Return 2 Zero" & their new double album "Shadows In The Light" through 2009.