Face In The Crowd is a three piece that has been active for about 13 years. Based out of Roseburg Oregon they have rocked the community with their true and heart felt lyrics as well as their edgy rock style riffs. Lead vocals and guitar are covered by Jeff E. Reed, Bass guitar by Andy Cameron and Drums and background vocals by Keddy (The Kedman) Blumenthal. All music originates from the band members themselves while lyrics are wri
The gene pool in the Blumenthal family has a killer slide. One that takes this person down a swirling adventure of rich musical family history. To Keddy, experiencing the gift of music in your life is the equivelent of breathing. Earlier memories would be falling asleep on the couch as a child while the family produces yet another jam session in the living room. From pianos, trumpets and saxaphones to fiddles guitars and drums, the way of life was going to inevitably be music.

Waking up for school inumerable times to the Black Gospel classics of Andrae Crouch and the Diciples was beginning to shape and mould the musical mind. Big Band and Jazz would soon step into play. With the influence from an incredible high school band director, Keddy would begin to understand how ones passion and emotion could become the music you make.

As he had fallen deeply in love with playing drums the talents of his father began to show. A lyricist was quickly growing inside of him and music ministry was knocking on his heart and soul.

Today, Keddy hopes to instill his passion for this gift from God in the mind of his greatest gift from God, his daughter. Maybe a trip down her slide will create even a bigger splash in her future ministries in serving God

Andy Cameron has always had something remarkable dwelling deep inside every since his childhood days. At an impressionable age, being exposed to different forms of Americana can be a very good thing and what could be more American than Harley Davidson Motorcycles and Classic Rock and Roll.

Being forced by his uncle to memorize compression ratio's, band names and song titles, a passion grew for all things Rock in Andy's life and now with the influences of some of the greatest classic rock bands in history, a spark was ignited in him with the ambition and drive to play guitar.

It's a long known fact in the local Face In The Crowd fan base that Andy has alway's been the original and number one fan but hopes of playing with the band never really seemed to even be a remote possibility...or was it. When former bass guitar player Steve Danielle retired from the band to join the navy, the need for a bass player was prevalent. Enter Andy: With bass guitar in hand, even if electric guitar was his first choice he was willing to step up to the plate to fill the void and became the official bass player in 2003.

Andy has a real passion and dedication to music and in addition to playing for FITC he also plays guitar in the worship band and in Generation youth services where he attends.

Obviously a calling is felt in this arena of ministry and when the lights go down and the band steps on stage you will feel this young mans ministry not just in his personality, but in the subsonic frequency's that he rattles your chest with.

At first glance one might wonder what this six foot six inch tall soft spoken man might have to say about his life. He might speak of a simply planned Christmas coloring contest which he won at the age of eight enabling him to buy his first guitar and cassette recorder. Or maybe that his uncle gave him a guitar the summer of his 6th grade which he used in the cover band "Paradox" that he started and that lasted all the way through his high school years. One might be intriqued by the fact that he only took three guitar lessons in his life. Thats right, only three. Three mind numbing lessons in which "The Gambler" would spark the beginning of the anti Kenny Rogers Fan Club. But to Jeff, one of the most impressionable times in his life was observing his father listening to classic rock music on his old Sony reel to reel for hours on end and having the music of the greats, such as The Beatles, Tom Petty, The Stones and many others saturate the mind of this young music prodigy. (Sharing the same birthday as the great John Lennon didn't exactly hurt his feelings either).

Flash forward to present day and you will find Jeff behind the studio console at Stone Puppy Records recording all of FITC's latest hits.

Since accepting the Lord Jesus Christ in his life at the age of twenty one, and starting the band Face In The Crowd in 1994, the Lords blessings have filled the life of this towering pillar of compassion from marriage and family to music ministy and every thing in between. Oh, and his surfings not half bad either.