Jeff “Buckshot Bushman” (last name is Leonard) on the Bass and back-up vocals.  Went to school for Bass, and has years of professional experience. 

Darin “Double Barrel” Watkins on Drums.  Been playing drums since he was 10.  He also has years of professional playing experience. 

Jeff, Eric, & Darin have been playing with each other in multiple bands for years.  A lot of their musical accomplishments have been attained while playing together in other bands, or as the back up bands for other regional and national acts like, “Vicci Martinez”.

Colbie “Colt 45” Sanders on Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Mandolin, and Banjo, as well as back up vocals.  He is also a graduate in music, classical guitar to be exact.  He grew up in Homer, Alaska.  One of the greatest guitar players I have ever had the chance to meet and play with.  His role is to add the real country side of our music.  As well as all the picking and technical side of playing.

Henry “Single Shot” Smith (it only takes one, lol) on Lead and Melody Guitar.  He is an English Graduate with a Masters in English and Education from Pacific Lutheran University.  He was the Top Graduate in his class and is a High School English Teacher at White River High School.  Henry’s role as a guitar player is to add the bluesy, ripping it up guitar licks in the honor of greats like, Stevie Ray Vaughn.

DGT:  How long have you been writing music and when did you know you wanted to be a musician?

Robbie Walden:  I’ve been writing since I was a kid.  I would rewrite the lyrics to songs, I started doing this about the age of 12, and I would rewrite the lyrics to songs I liked.  I started writing seriously while I was in the Army around the age of 18 or 19.  I started taking classes and going to seminars, but I always wanted to do music since I was a kid.  Both my Grandpa’s were Pastor’s, so I grew up in the Church singing with them.  This set up my foundation for loving music.

DGT:  How long have you been with the Gunslingers?

R.W.:  We started about a year ago, sometime last summer.

DGT:  Tell me a little bit about you experiences in the Army.

R.W.:  I enlisted in the Army straight out of high school.  My first stop was in upstate New York at Fort Drum, where I was in a recon unit.  I then got into a special operations unit doing long-range surveillance.  Then I re-enlisted to Fort Lewis here in Tacoma, Wa. in a recon unit here as well.  I was sent to Iraq with the rest of my unit.  I got injured over there.  I was shot in the back and strafed in the shoulder, so they sent me back to get fixed.  Then they discharged me and I was out of the Army.  I had some fun but I grew up real fast.

DGT:  When were you injured?
R.W.:  April of 2004, end of April then sent back to the States May 1st I think.

DGT:  Some of your lyrics seem to be a little dark.  Have you always leaned that way or did your experiences have something to do with that?
R.W.:  My early writing starting in high school, were about stupid stuff you know.  Girls, love that you don’t even really know about, but I think it kink of changed and grew up with me and I put a lot of my experiences into it, what happened to me and friends.  It’s my way of getting out my feelings and words.  There are people experiencing the same things I have, so if I can touch someone else in a good way, that’s great.  As far as darker well I have a lot of hobbies and I like to think I have a talent to make people laugh, I love to get people involved and have a good time.  But as far as the writing goes, I think it has a lot to do with growing up real fast, you know going into the Army and then the experiences I had going off to war, having friends get killed, and then the passing of my brother a couple of years ago.  So I guess the dark side of things maybe a little bit.

DGT:  What do you like best about being in the entertainment business?

R.W.:  Meeting people, and to make everyone laugh, make jokes, if you can’t tell I was the
class clown.  For me it’s great to be in front of a crowd, it’s home, it’s natural.

DGT:  Could you tell me a little about each of The Gunslingers?
R.W.:  The Gunslingers consist of 5 members…
Eric “Bang-Bang” Roberts on Keys, Piano, and Organ.  He is a Cambridge University Graduate and teaches English to non-English speaking people. He is also an actor and has had multiple parts on TV, shows, movies, and plays.  He has played and sang the National Anthem for, I believe, Seahawks or Mariners games.  Has played with acts like B.B. King, Johnny Lang Sting & Jefferson Starship, to name a few.