Olde & in the Way:  We're four musicians who pursue a lifelong passion for good music and great live performance. We all come from diverse backgrounds of professional music performance. Like you, we love the music from the 60', 70's, 80's and 90's. It was such a prolific and huge time in popular music. Great bands, great writing, and great playing. You will love how we perform these great tunes. We do tight, harmonic vocals along with tasteful, well thought out insturmentation. OITW as a band has evolved over the years, starting out as a trio, doing mostly acoustic tunes, to adding a fourth member on keyboards. We have maintained that mix of vocals and instruments over the last several years, with personnel occasionally changing as our lives, jobs, etc. change. You will love the current band. It is the best it has ever been, with amazing tunes, vocals and instrumentation.

The name: Of course Olde & in the Way is a somewhat derogatory phrase, if you want to take it that way.  We prefer to be a bit self deprecating in our overall view of our journey on this planet.  Actually we "lifted" the name from a now pretty much defunct bluegrass group that was composed of Jerry Garcia (deceased), David Grisman, Herb Pederson, and Vassar Clements (deceased).  We were amused by the phrase,and determined to use it for a band name when the time was right.

Jerry Dixon:  Jerry has been a guitar player and vocalist since he was 12.  As a young man, he toured with various professional groups while still in High School and College.  After college he continued to pursue music performance, but made his profession the motion picture and television industry, working as a cameraman, producer/director, and sound engineer. Jerry is the founding member of Olde & in the Way, and contributes guitar, harmonica and vocals to the band.

Joel Grieshaber: Joel joined OITW on a permanent basis back in early 2021. He has filled in on drums for the band on numerous occasions over the years. He replaced Robin Barber after Dave and Robin moved to Lubbock. Joel is recognized as one of the top percussionists in the Albuquerque are. He also has a great voice and contributes to the band with excellent vocals.

Phil Petty: Phil is a well know bassist around the Albuquerque metro, performing with numerous bands in the area. His bass lines are tasty and creative. Phil joined us in mid 2021 replacing Dave Barber after Dave and Robin moved to Lubbock.

Cathleen Valencia: Cathleen joined Olde & in the Way in January of 2020. Cathleen comes to OITW with great vocal skills (she is the voice on the well know Almond Joy commercials, "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut"). She also handles all the keyboards with creativity and skill. And her solos on flute are just astounding. She is a multi instrumentalist, playing flute, sax, other woodwind and brass insturments.