Catherine "El Bossa" Zavala, practically a native Tucsonan, spent most of her early musical career in a partnership with a close friend, another long time Tucson musician, Nancy McCallion. Together they formed many bands, the most successful being the folk-rock "Celteño" band The Mollys. Over a ten year span The Mollys released seven CDs and developed a solid following while touring in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. After leaving the Mollys. Zavala spent roughly another ten years traveling the world and collecting music that would eventually form the foundation of the Minute2Minute sound.

In 2020, Catherine was inducted into the Tucson Musicians Museum in recognition of her 40 years of musical performances in the Old Pueblo.

Roger Sperline, wind instruments and vocals

Multi-instrumentalist Roger “Roj” Sperline is the wind beneath our musical wings in Minute2Minute.  Clarinet, sax, flute, pennywhistle, recorder, ocarina all grace our performances at one point or another.   He also plays banjo, violin, guitar, viola da gamba, mandolin, and the list goes on for a ridiculously long time.  

From junior high, Roger played woodwinds in every kind of group that would have him. He joined the String Bean Folk Orchestra in 2009 on violin and banjo, and periodically conducts and arranges for select performances.

A well-known highly skilled luthier and “doctor of all things musical,” Roger has saved the day for countless Tucson musicians.

Roger describes Minute2Minute as Energetic, Tight, Fearless, Fun, Transgenre, Quixotic, and Unembarrassable.

Among his life achievements, The Roj includes building a replica hurdy gurdy from Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights”.  Yes, really.

How does he do it?  “It’s like falling off a bicycle.”

Liz Fletcher, bass and vocals

Liz “Fletch” Fletcher started playing folk guitar and singing professionally as a teen.  Like many members of M2M, Liz experienced wanderlust and decided to move to Costa Rica where she toured and recorded with a local band at the tender young age of 17.

In the 90s, Liz played bass for a band in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico covering Spanish and English jazz and standards, as well as originals.

Liz moved to Tucson in the 80s and began playing bass with several bands in a variety of genres including rock, pop, jazz, and latin jazz.  During her 2+ years playing bass and singing in the Sam Taylor Blues Band she was steeped in traditional Chicago Blues and Funk.  She has penned many songs over the years and continues to work as a freelance bass player and singer.

In 1994, she was awarded a Tucson Area Music Award (Tammie) for “Best bass player in Tucson”.  In 2014, Liz was honored as an inductee into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame.

After years of wooing her, and due to the band’s persistence in saying to her “Minute2Minute, and you’re in it!”, she agreed to join our merry group.  She holds down the bottom end on bass and adds beautiful 3rd and 4th part vocal harmonies.  She reports that she was won over by our “eclectic/exotic” sound.  We’re good with that.

Brian Corkill, bass, guitar, vocals

Brian “Count Corkill” was a consummate comedian and a damn fine musician.  The fine musicianship was immediately apparent, but the hilarity only peeked thru when you got to know him.  He performed with many other great Tucson-based bands, including The Billy Shears Band, Trilogy, Hit and Run, Tunesmith, Peaches and Autumn, Higher Ground and Reverie to name a few. At last count, the Count had been in 16 bands (although not all of them have been televised).  He was very well known in the local rock arena for his amazing guitar sound and beautiful vocals.  Not surprising since he started playing music at the tender age of seven.

Brian’s journey into the great unknown began in Nov 2019. Although he is gone from our sight, he shall forever remain in our hearts. Brian, thank you for blessing us with your presence, your humor, and your love. 

Heidi Schewel, bass, percussion, vocals

If you’ve ever attended the Tucson Folk Festival or a Tucson Kitchen Musicians (TKMA) event you have been blessed with the efforts of “Frau” Heidi Schewel.  Heidi has served as an officer of TKMA for years including serving as president for three years. She has attended every Tucson Folk Festival and performed at most.

Besides playing bass and percussion for Minute2Minute, she also plays bass for the String Bean Folk Orchestra and can occasionally be heard dabbling on mandolin, ukulele, piano, guitar, dobro.

Far and away, most people will recognize Heidi as the spokesperson for Coronado National Forest. As someone who has a deep love for the outdoors and nature, she has been a great steward of our national heritage in her 30 years at the Forest Service.

lowercase limell', mandolin and vocals

Raised in the rural wilds of North Idaho, lowercase limell' is happy to call sunny Tucson her home. She generally prefers to stay out of the limelight but has been an avid supporter of the Tucson music scene for years. limell’ was a founding member of In Concert Tucson! and served as president for over a decade. She was also the founder of the Tucson Friends of Traditional Music Slow-jam. The String Bean Folk Orchestra and the Mt Lemmon Marching Mandolin Band were some of the earliest musical groups she performed in. An avid amateur photographer and videographer, she has provided many local bands with her video and photographic talents.

Tom Dukes, guitars and vocal

Tom “Tomaso the Duke” Dukes would like you to know that the only reason he is in this wacky band is because his wife demands it.  On further investigation, one quickly discerns that he is actually, in fact, addicted to Catherine’s band leadership style and discipline. In a recent interview, Tom publicly stated, “The songs are interesting and challenging and not anything I would have discovered on my own. The instrumentation is different from all my other guitar-based bands and, you know.... good humans everywhere you look!”  We’re not sure if he means in the audience or on stage with him.

Tomaso has been a musical overachiever since the age of 11. You can catch his’s musical brilliance in the Warren Dukes Band, the Dukes Family Band, Steve Bennett & The Two Hand Band, and the Undercover Band.  He sings lead and harmony vocals with ease and plays a variety of instruments including the guitar, ukulele, bass, clarinet, and various MIDI software instruments for recordings.  His bandmates have no idea when he sleeps, but he does seem unusually chipper so we think that the musical overload is good for him.

The Duke would like his fans to know that he aspires to be a vegan when he grows up. Well, actually he aspires to never have to grow up, but he recognizes that a vegan diet would best serve this true aspiration. You know, live long, but never really become a "grown up" :)

Dani Keiko, accordion

Born and raised in Tokyo, Dani has been a  "resident alien" of the U.S., according to her card, since 1993.  She was just a “hired hand” for a single tune on M2M's second CD, but finding the band too much fun, she squeezed herself into two more songs and then made every possible excuse to stay on.

As a musical kid since 5, she picked up and obsessively played every instrument she saw, from keyboard to strings, but nothing lasted long.  In her teenage, she got more committed as a high-school choir member, and in a Jesuit university, she continued singing to glorify God in Latin and Greek, although she had little idea about God nor the old languages.

After musically thin decades due to “life,” 50+ Dani finally got serious, picked up an accordion and moved to Tucson in 2013 to study and play more.  She now regularly plays in several local bands and orchestras.   In summer, she divides her 23-pound accordion, “Pino,” in half and flies to anywhere in the world that she can enjoy outdoor activities, including playing music on the street.

Nick Tomazic, percussion and vocals

“Natty Nicholai” Tomazic began his musical journey with piano lessons when he was a wee lad of six.  He enjoys dabbling with a variety of instruments, but others in the band feel that his true love is a’singing and a’dancing.  Nick’s grandmother told him that the secret to never being lonely was to learn to cook and to dance.  Sage advice that has served him well over the years!

And speaking of dabbling, Nick has a wide variety of musical experiences.  From elementary school band to choir to International Folk Dance, he is no stranger to haunting a wide variety of musical venues and experiences.

Gogol Bordello and Michael Franti serve as Nick’s current entertainment inspiration.  Brave Combo, The Beatles, Jim Hendrix, and Queen are long time favorites.  Weird Al is his long-term muse.

When speaking to his reason for being a part of Minute2Minute, The Natty One states, “It’s most definitely the diverse repertoire! Exploration is the “joy factor” that drives and delivers the magic in this music. I am a perpetual seeker of knowledge and experiences and this band delivers on both accounts!”

Other deep thoughts from Nick include, “I’m not a starving artist, although at any given moment I am probably kinda hungry. Got any toast? Or pie?”

Madame Jeanne Dusseault is responsible for our public reputation. She makes us look great in print, online, and on stage. She manages our stage design and never fails to wow us with her brilliant and playful graphic design ideas. Honestly, you'd think we're a much bigger deal than we are given how great we look!

She knocked it out of the park again with the graphic design for our newest CD, “Travelers, Transients, and Tourists”.

Although she insists that she doesn't really care for music, she is a rabid Leonard Cohen fan.

She sites the awesome costumes as the most enjoyable aspect of being a member of Minute2Minute.