Katie Nordquist

Jeff and his wife, Katie (Perrault) Nordquist, a 1995 Eagan High School graduate, are expecting their first child in December, so the Benjamins rolling in from sold-out arenas and Billboard-charting records would be a welcome result, but he'll settle for nights playing at smaller local clubs covering the cost for diapers and baby formula for a month or two.
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Nordquist busies himself during the work week as a programmer for MakeMusic in Eden Prairie, which produces Finale and SmartMusic software.

He also plays trumpet at Chanhassen Dinner Theater a couple times a week and other venues like the Children's Theater in Minneapolis, The Guthrie, Pantages and lots of churches.

Nordquist met most of his bandmates in Kubla Khan while a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield.Some played in the jam-rock outfit Bobby Llama, and Nordquist was a big fan, but also secretly jealous of all the fun they were having.

He played occasionally with Bobby Llama and then Kubla Khan, when they went to record their first CD about two years ago.
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Capturing the power of the live show on CD was a challenge that had Nordquist recording his entire horn track a second time.

"You don't want to miss a note, so we were holding something back," Nordquist said."We wanted it to be as ballsy as a live show. … They sounded too nice, so we kind of played everything louder and with a little more energy."

He says it was important for them to do that because most of their loyal fans are accustomed to the spontaneity, energy and general craziness of the live shows.

"Sometimes we have big crowds for the bar shows," he said.