While some of the larger cities may have moved away from live music, there are more local and small town venues available for musicians and fans. You may recognize the Poorman name from the above interview, as Marty Poorman is the father of Thundercore's Nathan Poorman. Musical talent definitely runs in this family, as Marty's sisters Jeannie Tapscott and Nancy Loveless are also in Pearl, with Jeannie playing acoustic guitar and sharing lead vocals with Nancy. Their brother Chris Nield is also in the band, playing bass. Pearl is rounded out by Roger Coffin on keyboards and Bob Kelly on drums.
Pearl plays blues, rock and classic rock, and has been together for a year and a half.
But Poorman has been playing music in clubs since he was 14 years old, and has no plans to stop. Before Pearl, he played with Bounty Hunter Band which was more southern rock. With this band Poorman toured Canada for three months. He also played with Big Richard, the Lance Cameron Band, and Glass Heart. Pearl plays a lot of original music, and has been busy putting together a CD of all original music which will be out by the first of the year.