Bios

Sandy Johnson

Sandy, the vocalist in the band, sang her first solo when she was six at the Irish pageant at St. John's Catholic school. At 14, she went to Woodstock to get inspired (that's right, kids, the original one!) and since then has sung in choirs, musicals, rock bands, singing telegrams and a 40's style Big Band. Music means a lot to her and she's even picked out songs for her rapture though she's not exactly sure what that means or if she gets to choose.

With the Guinea Pigs, she is finally singing her favorite music that she hopes becomes YOUR favorite music. Some of her big influences are Robyn Hitchcock, Guided By Voices, Aimee Mann and the Pretenders. 
Dan Thompson

Dan is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Manchester CT. He's been playing with Sandy (and others) as The Guinea Pigs since 2007. He loves music from Texas Swing to contemporary Trap, from Pop and Jazz to 80's punk. World music is always on his playlist. But he especially loves writing new tunes with Sandy. 

Dan runs the UUS:E Coffeehouse, and is the Manchester Town Troubadour emeritus. He was winner of the 2019 CT Songwriters Association Annual Songwriting Competition, and is a board member of CT-Folk. Dan sings to Chuckles the Groundhog for the kids every February 2nd at the Lutz Children's Museum in Manchester. He also produces music and videos for numerous people and organizations.