Uploaded January 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Just for fun. Was cleaning out the garage and found our old Hurricane Band demo CD that we recorded back in the year 2002. This version of the Hurricanes Band came together when Matt Peterson (drums) and Mike Hensley (keys) asked me to join them at Matt's house to jam some material just for fun. We'd been hanging out and playing for awhile, and things began to sound like we could maybe consider playing out. Matt P kept telling us about this lady who was his personal fitness trainer at the gym and that she told him she was a singer when he mentioned that he was involved in this jam thing. We knew we needed someone to front the band so we kept bugging Matt to ask his trainer to come by the house some night. It seems like it was forever before we made the connection, but man, when Gyll Perkins stepped in the practice room that first meeting we were immediately in awe of her statuesque and stunningly good looks. When she grabbed a mic and dug into a few R&B tunes, we knew we had hit pay dirt. We were so lucky to have found Gyll and we had a really great run with the band for the next several years and had tons of fun in the process. We were super green when we recorded this, but we had a ball doing some bar dates as well as some nice corporate events and private parties. The Hurricanes Band lineup on this Demo CD were:
Matthew Greenwood - Guitars & Vocals
Mike Hensley - Keyboards & keyboard bass
Gyll Perkins - Vocals & Percussion
Matthew Peterson - Drum
Later on we added a bass guitar player, Greg Voorhees, who held that spot for about the final two years of the band.
The songs on this CD are:
01. Something to Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
02. Get This Party Started - Pink
03. Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow
04. The Time of Our Lives - Bonnie Raitt
05. Believe - Cher
06. You're Still The One - Shania Twain
07. Whenever, Wherever - Shakira
08. Runaway - Bonnie Raitt
09. Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera
10. Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
11. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
12. Crossfire - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Just for fun. Was cleaning out the garage and found our old Hurricane Band demo CD that we recorded back in the year 2002. This version of the Hurricanes Band came together when Matt Peterson (drums) and Mike Hensley (keys) asked me to join them at Matt's house to jam some material just for fun. We'd been hanging out and playing for awhile, and things began to sound like we could maybe consider playing out. Matt P kept telling us about this lady who was his personal fitness trainer at the gym and that she told him she was a singer when he mentioned that he was involved in this jam thing. We knew we needed someone to front the band so we kept bugging Matt to ask his trainer to come by the house some night. It seems like it was forever before we made the connection, but man, when Gyll Perkins stepped in the practice room that first meeting we were immediately in awe of her statuesque and stunningly good looks. When she grabbed a mic and dug into a few R&B tunes, we knew we had hit pay dirt. We were so lucky to have found Gyll and we had a really great run with the band for the next several years and had tons of fun in the process. We were super green when we recorded this, but we had a ball doing some bar dates as well as some nice corporate events and private parties. The Hurricanes Band lineup on this Demo CD were:
Matthew Greenwood - Guitars & Vocals
Mike Hensley - Keyboards & keyboard bass
Gyll Perkins - Vocals & Percussion
Matthew Peterson - Drum
Later on we added a bass guitar player, Greg Voorhees, who held that spot for about the final two years of the band.
The songs on this CD are:
01. Something to Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
02. Get This Party Started - Pink
03. Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow
04. The Time of Our Lives - Bonnie Raitt
05. Believe - Cher
06. You're Still The One - Shania Twain
07. Whenever, Wherever - Shakira
08. Runaway - Bonnie Raitt
09. Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera
10. Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
11. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
12. Crossfire - Stevie Ray Vaughn
