The Wendy Woo Trio
What started as a way to keep singing after high school, Wendy Woo picked up the guitar and has been playing music for a number of years now. Wendy’s early influences, the folk-rock music of Suzanne Vega and Paul Simon, inspired Wendy to stick with the acoustic guitar, rather than switching primarily to electric, and to take from her roots in Boulder and add her own style to it.
She produced five of her own recordings before beginning to form a band with members who would help her write lyrics and music. With the addition of Chris Maestas on drums, Wendy put out one more record before bass player Mitch DeZwarte was added, thus forming a trio. When examining music, Chris is mostly concerned with the capability that music has to affect people and why some songs are more popular than others. Mitch is influenced by composers, rock musicians, country singers and folk musicians alike. With these influences coming together, the trio’s album Luxury was released in 2007 and it has much more of a rock sound compared to Wendy’s earlier recordings which are jazz and folk based.
To further the sound of the band, Robin Hoch was added in the fall of 2008. Wendy and Robin released a duo-acoustic album, Saving Grace, in June of 2009, which showcases the pair’s vocal and songwriting abilities. The title track, “Saving Grace,” has become a crowd favorite.
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