Ramble On Rose

Evan Couture is a guitarist from Brookfield, MA. He has been playing guitar since he was about 8 years old. Aside from playing in Ramble On Rose he regularly plays shows with The Moonlight Saints, and plays acoustic solo gigs. He writes and records original songs that can be found on all streaming platforms. He has been playing gigs and recording songs for about 7 years. You can follow him @evancouturemusic on instagram or Facebook.

Hailing from Rochester NY, Steve began playing guitar at the end of high school. Initially influenced by the rock sound of the 1980’s he soon heard his first jazz guitar record (Pat Metheny’s Question and Answer) and was instantly converted. After getting a degree in classical guitar studies at the local community college, he then moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music as a Jazz Guitar Performance major, graduating in 1994 and began working with numerous local musicians while also beginning to study computer programming. 

When the jam band scene started to explode, Steve joined the band Pretty Cool Chair as their bassist and recorded two albums with the group before it disbanded. Steve then went on to play with many different musical projects, both on guitar and bass and eventually answered the calling for a new bassist for Ramble On Rose. 

Today, Steve keeps busy by working with a number of different musical projects across different genres (and different instruments) to help fulfill his artistic desires and also to meet other like-minded artists and build the community.

Ray, grew up outside of Providence, RI and began playing guitar in his teens.  He has been in numerous rock and cover bands, playing at local venues, house parties or whenever there was an opportunity.  Early on, he played with “Brothers Unrelated”, a band made up  of high school cohorts, playing Southern Rock and blues inspired music.  Before “Ramble On Rose”, Ray was a member of the band “Final Approach”.

Ray's musical interests are rooted in rock, blues, jazz and bluegrass.  Drawn to improvisational music, when he saw an opportunity to help form a Grateful Dead tribute band, he immediately seized that opportunity.  Along with other like-minded musicians, “Ramble On Rose” was born in a basement somewhere in Marlboro, MA.

Ian Svagdis is a drummer and musician from Boston, MA. Raised in a musical family, he has been playing drums since he was 8 years old. He enjoys playing and listening to various styles of music: ranging from rock to jazz, to everything in between. Ian played bass drum for 4 years in the UMass Drumline at the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the direction of Thom Hannum, and drumset in the Hoop and Ice bands. These days, Ian is playing drums in Boston-based jam band Spoondrift, as well as local indie bands Alive Last Week and Tulip. You can find him on instagram @svagdrum