About Us

Frontman Kenny Feinstein (right) has  spent more than 15 years curating the band  to  what it is today.  In 2005 he began performing and recording with the Water Tower Bucket Boys then modified  members and style as Water Tower String Band.  In 2018 he moved from his Portland Oregon roots to  Los Angeles where he began the new iteration of the band as known simply as Water Tower.  The core group is made up of three unlikely protégés who came from very different backgrounds  to form one great sound of their own.  Kenny brings solid string experience (banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar) in his favorite genres of Punk Rock, Old Time Music and Bluegrass.   Soon after moving to Los Angeles he met Tommy Drinkard , an audio engineer , songwriter and front-man for his own  rock band  called Tommy Drinkard and the Remedy.   Tommy  who is already  a great electric and acoustic  guitar player began taking banjo lessons from Kenny and within a year he won first place  intermediate banjo at the highly acclaimed Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Competition.   Soon their songwriting collaboration began to take place and songs like "The River Song", "Fivers" and "AMPM" began to form their sound.  Soon after that,  they met Jesse Blue Eads a 19 year old  jazz bassist  who held his own on the banjo.  They met while  busking at the beach in  Southern California.  Unbeknownst to Kenny and Tommy at the time Jesse  had just received a Jazz Award from Berklee School of Music.  Amazing sounds were heard across the beach as the three met and traded styles and licks for hours including what would become the double banjo performance signature sound  in songs like "Take me Back" .   Together they share their  love for Bluegrass, Old Time, Jam Grass  while adding their individual infusion of reggae  and rock (Tommy Drinkard), Jazz and prog-rock (Jesse Blue Eads) and Punk Rock & Old Time  styles (Kenny Feinstein).