Meet the band

Sunga Rose - vocals & ukulele

Sunga was raised on a diet of musical theater, 70s folk revival, funk and the Beatles. In other words, she has been genre-confused since childhood. Then she heard Mildred Bailey and her life was changed forever. Since then she has immersed herself in the music, fashion, and culture of the Jazz Age. Major influences are the aforementioned Miss Bailey, Lee Morse, Annette Hanshaw, Connee Boswell, Ruth Etting, Bing Crosby, and the wonderful Cliff Edwards (aka Ukulele Ike). These days she is thrilled to be strumming her beautiful Paddelele made by Joel Eckhaus of Earnest Instruments. She also has a vintage 1930s concert ukulele by Echo-Uke.

Carey Rayburn - cornet, flugelhorn & percussion

Carey trained under world renown Trumpeter Allen Vizzutti as well as David Gordon, Principal Trumpet of the Seattle Symphony. Having been kicked out of the University of Washington with a Bachelors degree in trumpet performance and a resounding "Stay out!" from the administration, Carey has since found his way into several notorious clubs around town playing with a cavalcade of different musicians. As a freelance musician in Seattle he plays in several groups around town and does studio work as well as writing pieces and doing arrangements. However, from Mariachi to Klezmer, Big Band Swing to Classical, he hasn't found anything quite as alluring as the likes of making music with Miss Rose and Her Percolators.

Hugh Sutton - piano

Hugh Sutton has been playing accordion & piano in Seattle longer than he cares to remember. Were a list compiled of the folks he has played with it would read like a phonebook (remember those?), but some of the luminaries Hugh has had the fortune to play with are: Zazou, Circus Contraption, Baby Gramps, Dudley Manlove Quartet, Iron Composer, Mummery, Hanuman, Jack Cook, Reggie Miles, Maria Gitana (Flamenco Dancer), & Manuela Horne (Yodeling Dominatrix). He counts playing with Miss Rose & her Rhythm Percolators as a highlight of his career.

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