Make Me Shiver

Make Me Shiver is:
Charity - Rhythm Guitars/Vocals
Kenneth - Lead Guitars/Vocals
Ed - Bass Guitar
Steve - Drums (bio coming soon!)

From time to time, a band comes along that brings you to your feet, gets you to put your fist in the air, makes you call your friends and tell them at length about a band they’ve never heard of. It's music that makes you glad to be alive. This is Make Me Shiver. Make no mistake: behind these catchy as hell tunes are thoughtful, introspective lyrics. To call Make Me Shiver just a “rock band” would be to miss the point entirely. Make Me Shiver's music is an emotion-fueled shot of musical soul-searching for the masses: a hefty dose of turbocharged pop-rock sensibility combined with a bit of blues and a little metal, and infused with just a touch of classical and bluegrass.

Make Me Shiver’s beginnings are either a reality show or a soap opera. It depends on whom you ask. In the spring of 2003, Charity Mason, the band’s rhythm guitarist, lead singer, and principle songwriter, began the search for musicians to create a band to make the songs she had written more than just a hobby. Ken has played guitar for almost 20 years. For bass, she had gone to college with Ed Johnson, a guitar player who idolizes Jimi Hendrix, and who could also play bass. All that left was a drummer. Rather than bore you with the details of who was in the band when and why they left, suffice to say that Make Me Shiver currently holds the record for most drummers in a year; they’ve also had two drummers just completely disappear, never to be heard from again.

But who is Make Me Shiver? Charity grew up around music. Her grandfather was a guitar maestro, who influenced every member of the family toward music. Charity’s father plays trumpet and trombone; one aunt plays saxophone; another, flute and drums. One summer, Charity’s father brought home an ancient player piano, and Charity took to the instrument immediately. At age 16, she had already won numerous piano competitions, and written several classical pieces. That same year, she started teaching herself guitar. By the time she founded Make Me Shiver in 2002, she had a catalogue of over 400 songs. Ken, stationed with the U.S. Army in Ft. Leonardwood, Missouri, was unsure what he wanted to do with his life. One smoky evening in a bar off base at around 4 AM, everything changed. He heard the scorching guitar solo from Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and knew that, for better or for worse, he wanted to make music his career. He traveled across the country twice – from Washington to Florida; from Chicago to Oregon – playing music to make his way. It’s a cliché, but Ed Johnson began playing guitar almost before he could walk. He carried that love of music and the desire to create new music with him to Europe and the Mediterranean, performing with bands in arenas in Spain, Turkey, and Germany, and back to the U.S., where he toured extensively throughout the Midwest and West Coast with rock bands and country bands alike.

Make Me Shiver's debut CD, “Too Much To Dream,” is an album loosely based on the theme of change and taking that “next step” in life, in love… in whatever “it” happens to be. Make Me Shiver has nearly sold out the first run of the CD, and has garnered praise from fans and critics alike. The album is dedicated to the man that, really, started it all, Charity’s grandfather, Don Brock, who died in February 2006, just months before “Too Much To Dream” was completed.

Since forming in 2002, Make Me Shiver has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments, including having their debut single, “Riding The Bell,” selected by VH1 for the cable channel’s “Best Week Ever” podcast, and reaching number three on the Seattle-regional list on MTV2's "On The Rise" competition in August 2006, and playing at the Denver Broncos home opener at Invesco Field at Mile High at the largest tailgate party at the event.

The future is wide open for Make Me Shiver. This is one band that simply refuses to sit back and dream about it. Instead, they are hell-bent on making their dreams a reality, and doing so the old-fashioned way -- through hard work, perseverance, and a keen understanding of what it takes to succeed.

Places Make Me Shiver Has Played

May 2, 2003 - Beef & Brew
May 3, 2003 - Speedway Lounge
June 7, 2003 - Crossroads Restaurant
June 21, 2003 - Crossroads Restaurant
August 16, 2003 - King's Bar & Grill
September 5 & 6, 2003 - Bishop's Marina
October 3 & 4, 2003 - Chiller's
March 27, 2004 - The Green Owl Tavern
May 29, 2004 - The Green Owl Tavern
July 10, 2004 - The Green Owl Tavern
September 4, 2004 - Private Party
October 30, 2004 - The Green Owl Tavern
December 18, 2004 - Outlaw Bar
December 31, 2004 - Outlaw Bar
January 21 & 22, 2005 - Pastime Lounge
February 18 & 19, 2005 - Pastime Lounge
March 9, 2005 - The B-Side
April 7, 2005 - The Grail
April 8, 2005 - Jimmy Z's
April 15, 2005 - The Coeur d'Alene Teahouse
April 22, 2005 - The Molotov Room
April 30, 2005 - The Coeur d'Alene Teahouse
May 13, 2005 - The Coeur d'Alene Teahouse
May 28, 2005 - The Green Owl Tavern
June 3 & 4, 2005 - The Blue Dolphin
June 15, 2005 - Volcano's
June 21, 2005 - Private Party
July 2, 2005 - The New Groove
July 4, 2005 - Private Party
July 8, 2005 - Market Street Market
July 23, 2005 - The Cusick Legion
August 5, 6, & 7, 2005 - Market Street Market
August 13, 2005 - The Green Owl Tavern
October 8, 2005 - Crossroads Restaurant
October 31, 2005 - Crossroads Restaurant
December 31, 2005 - Crossroads Restaurant
January 28, 2006 - Beef & Brew
March 25, 2006 - Beef & Brew
May 27, 2006 - The Green Owl Tavern
June 2, 2006 - The Blue Dolphin
July 14, 2006 - King's Bar & Grill
July 15, 2006 - The Green Owl Tavern
July 21 & 22, 2006 - Bunker's Golf Resort
August 4 & 5, 2006 - Bunker's Golf Resort
September 2, 2006 - The Green Owl Tavern
September 8, 2006 - Private Party
September 9, 2006 - Private Party
September 10, 2006 - Private Party
September 15 & 16, 2006 - Tailgate Party, Denver Broncos Home Opener, Invesco Field
September 23, 2006 - The Jammer
September 29 & 30, 2006 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
October 6, 2006 - The Cusick Legion (Private Party)
October 13 & 14, 2006 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
October 27, 2006 - King's Bar & Grill
October 28, 2006 - The Jammer
November 9, 2006 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
November 16, 2006 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
November 21, 2006 - Northern Quest Casino
December 7, 2006 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
December 15, 2006 - Kelly's Restaurant
December 22 & 23, 2006 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
December 31, 2006 - The Jammer
January 18, 2007 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
January 25, 2007 - The Rio (Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band)
February 10, 2007 - The Rio
March 10, 2007 - The Beef & Brew
March 16, 2007 - King's Bar & Grill
April 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2007 - The Rio Sitting in with the Doc Neil Band
May 5, 2007 - The Riverbend Restaurant
June 2, 2007 - The Riverbend Restaurant
June 6, 2007 - The Riverbend Restaurant
June 22, 2007 - The Burro
June 30, 2007 - Stateline Tavern
July 4, 2007 - Kalispel Tribe Pow Wow
July 4, 2007 - Private Party
July 21, 2007 - The Riverbend Restaurant
July 28, 2007 - The Burro
August 11, 2007 - The Burro
September 15, 2007 - Matthew's Restaurant
October 6, 2007 - Matthew's Restaurant