Joe Hendershot, currently the bassist for “The Michal Miller Band”, has played almost exclusively in the Puget Sound area throughout his musical career, venturing into Idaho, Montana, Oregon, California, Colorado and Alaska. A native of California, he has lived in Tacoma most of his life and grew up listening mostly to the sounds of Motown, Do Wop, R&B and the likes of Elvis Presley, The Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Doris Day, Benny Goodman etc. He came from a family of music lovers that frequented the local dancehalls. As a teenager, he was a full blown participant in the music of the 60's and 70's. It was then he began his life as a musician.

After studying classical and folk guitar his best friend and mentor, a guitarist also, wanted to put a band together and urged Joe to take up the bass. Joe gladly switched and discovered his love for the instrument's strong connection to rhythm in music. He never looked back.

Joe has played in many bands since the late 60's including Goldbrick, Deep Summer, Sleeping Village, The Village Band, Mariah, Magnum, Adrian, Wild Honey, Pamela Moore, Flight, Billy Street, Stackhouse, New Blues Brothers Revue, Rapture, Lion Heart and several others. Some of the local musicians with whom he has played in bands include Dave Bray, Laurie Johnson, Jim Adams, Doug Skoog, Jho Blenis, Mike Spotts, Paul Richardson, Steve Cox, Jeff Thompson, Mike Thompson, Leroy Bell, Mike Kinder, Mitch Reams, Mike Jaap, Mike Stohl, Larry Fowlkes, Ken Elhard, Carrie Kaye, Rico Corpuz, Curtis Steen, and Paul "Big Red" Wilson. That's the short version of a list too many to enumerate. He has jammed with Jeff Hanna of “The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band”, David LaFlame of “It's A Beautiful Day”, and Bo Diddly to name a few. He also managed to fit in three years of college studying music in the 70's.

Having played soft rock, hard rock, pop rock, country rock, Christian rock, rhythm and blues, funk, and even old jazz standards, Joe feels right at home playing the blues and loves the freedom of expression it affords him.

Joe says, “Creating is my lifeblood and I love playing music, especially blues. I look forward to entertaining music lovers for many years to come. It's an activity in which I can lose myself, in a world ethereal and carefree, and hopefully create that same world for those listening.”