Past

Vocalists
  • Geoff Nunberg. Famous author, language expert, and media personality. Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley's School of Information. (1982 -- 1983) [see below]
  • Deanna Wilkes-Gibbs. Former Stanford graduate student (PhD, Psychology, 1986) [and coauthor of Herb Clark's]. Now at Panasonic Technologies, USA. (1983 -- 1986)
  • Jude Lozon (1986 -- 1991)
  • Aarthi Belani. Former Stanford undergraduate. Attorney: Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP (New York). (2000 -- 2002) [Aarthi sings Proud Mary]
  • Shelly Waksler. Professor of Linguistics, San Francisco State University. (2000)
  • Norma Mendoza-Denton. Former Stanford graduate student (PhD. 1997). Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona. (2000, 2005)
  • Meredith Josey Assistant Professor, Utica College. (2000, 2002)
  • Michael Ellsworth. Former graduate student, UC Berkeley Linguistics. (2001)
  • Penny Eckert. Professor of Linguistics and (by courtesy) of Cultural and Social Anthropology. (2001)
  • Carrie MacAndrews. Former Stanford undergraduate. Works at Ms. Magazine in New York. (2001 -- 2002) [Carrie, Aarthi, and Avik sing Creole Lady Marmalade]
  • Liz Coppock. Linguistics graduate student. (2004 -- 2007).
  • Lis Norcliffe. Linguistics graduate student. (2004 -- 2007).
  • Laura Staum Casasanto. Linguistics graduate student. (2004 -- 2007)
  • Daniel Casasanto. Psychology postdoctoral fellow. (2007)
Guitarists
  • Ivan Sag See below. (1982-1983)
  • Sami Shaio. Linguistics undergraduate student (BA, 1986). Famous developer of Java and Java applications. Founding partner of Marimba.
  • Doug Cutting. Linguistics undergraduate student (BA, 1986). Search engine maven. Founder of Lucene and Nutch.
  • Jim Ferrell. Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry, Stanford University. [Watch and listen to Jim's solo a third of the way into Blue Suede Shoes]
  • Chris Pilon
  • Steve Wechsler. Linguistics graduate student (PhD. 1991). Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin. (198?--1990)
  • Geoffrey K. Pullum. Professor of Linguistics and Distinguished Professor of Humanities, University of California, Santa Cruz. (1990 -- 1991)
  • John Steiner. Bay Area Attorney. (2002)
  • John Beavers. Linguistics graduate student (PhD. 2006). Assistant Professor of Linguistics, UT Austin. (2003 -- 2007)
  • John Niekrasz. Computational Linguist, CSLI. (2006 -- 2007)
Bassists
  • Jim Willson
  • Sami Shaio. See above.
  • Peter Sells. Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages.
  • Jim Ferrell (!) See above.
  • Michael Gold. Musician, engineer, lovable eccentric... died tragically in 2006.
  • Marty Cohen
  • George Figgs. Graduate student, University of Colorado Linguistics.
Wind Players
  • Jerry Kelly. Linguistics undergraduate student (BA, 1985). (saxophone)
  • Jamison (Reed) Smeltz. Psychology undergraduate student (BA circa 1986). Professional saxophonist. (saxophones) [Jamie plays nice solo about a third of the way through Hootchie Kootchie Man]
  • Kathryn Henniss. Former Linguistics graduate student. Computing Info Systems Analyst, Highwire Press. (trumpet and horn section arrangements)
  • Dani Duke (saxophones)
  • John Cooper (trumpet)
  • Ron Nash (trombone)
  • Gene Pinkston (saxophone)
  • Bill Ross (trumpet)
  • Jon Neyer (saxophones)
  • Norman Rose (saxophone)
  • Lauren Hall-Lew. Stanford graduate student. (saxophone, flute, and percussion)
  • Stacy Lewis. Stanford graduate student. (flute and slide whistle)
Drummers
  • Jim Sallis. Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University.
  • Evan Kirschenbaum
  • Joe Klecan
  • Vernon Fox
  • Marnel King. Network Engineer at Seagate Technology.
  • Eric
  • Dan Purtell. Attorney: Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain (San Francisco). (2001)
  • Phil Knudsen. Attorney, Oakland, CA.
  • Dan Jurafsky. Professor of Linguistics and (by courtesy) of Computer Science.
Other
  • Ivan Sag Sadie Dernham Professor in Humanities and Professor of Linguistics. (keyboards) (1982 -- present) [Ivan sings Blue Suede Shoes]
  • Pamela Benton (violin) (1989)
  • Sarah Benor. Former Linguistics graduate student (PhD. 2004). Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion. (violin) (2000)
  • Mike Rollin M.D.. Former Stanford undergraduate (Symbolic Systems). (blues harp; 2000, 2002) [Great harp solo in the middle of Hootchie Kootchie Man]