Who are the True Romans

The True Romans are a group of seasoned professionals from the Seattle music scene who love to play music!       The band started as a side project by a few friends covering each others gigs and then quickly became a music making machine playing all over the Northwest.    From small clubs to festivals,  corporate events and weddings, and studio session work, they do it all!    Playing songs that span the last 6 decades of music across all genres from pop, blues, rock, the classics to current hits!   With Justin, Andrew and Scotty as the main group, they have the ability to also add other instruments and singers based on the gig,  from keys to horns to additional singers, they will cater to your event and you can even choose the songs you'd like to hear!   

Meet the Band:

Justin Kausal-Hayes

Born in Chicago to a musical family Justin began playing guitar as a young boy, and was quickly taken by the sounds of his parents records of folk, rock, jazz and blues and would spent hours trying to decipher Steven Stills guitar solos or Jimi Hendrix riffs.    When the family relocated to Seattle in the late 80's Justin became enamored with the local scene and after high school dove into open mics and jam sessions all around the city trying to hone his skills and learn from the best local talent!    Jamming with some high school buddies led to the formation of a band that started playing out, first with covers, then writing their own songs, then recording albums and generally having fun playing music!    The bands kept going through college and then came time to get a job but music was always a part of life and in 2006 Justin quit the day job to pursue music full time and has been rocking the Northwest and beyond ever since!

Scotty Harris

Scotty Harris began his musical journey in the great State of
Maine...growing up as an aspiring saxophonist he attended
The University of Maine for jazz studies

After about ten years playing in the Maine jazz/blues scene
Scotty yearned for something more and moved to Seattle in
1994....from there he continued his sax career playing with
countless local national/international artists and recording
full time for both his original project and local call studio
jobs...Scotty was also the horn section leader for former B.B
King Drummer Tony Coleman, played and recorded with
Canadian Juno Award winning Artist Kenny “Blues Boss”
Wayne and held a seven year tenure as Lee Oskar’s musical
director and stage/logistics manager
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After a time Scotty yearned to play bass, his lifelong love,
so in 2013 he decided to leave Lee Oskar’s band and switch
to bass completely....
Since then Scotty has been happily playing local and
regional gigs as well as festivals and club gigs with a sizable
palette of bands and styles ranging from country to jazz and
back...Scotty also enjoys recording original music and has
made countless recordings as a bass player including Left
Hand Smoke’s record “Seven” and “Drugstore Love” in which
Scotty wrote and recorded the bass parts...
Scotty has won “best blues horn” by the Washington Blues
Society 5 times, was nominated in 2018 for “Best Bass” and
won “Best Bass” in 2019 and 2023!!
To wrap up Scotty loves playing any and all music and is
very grateful to be playing bass....

Andrew Cloutier

A native of Maine, Andrew began playing drums in his early teens and it quickly became his only job and set him on a career path that would take him all over the world, from Europe to Asia and beyond   He has toured all up down the East and West coasts of the U.S. and parts in between with various bands over the years and continues to thrive in the Seattle scene. He can be seen most nights playing with any number of groups around town as well as recording a steady stream of artists in his studio, Bedhead productions.   Influences include drummers of all styles and parts of the world and the music of the great songwriting of Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and The Beatles. Andrew is also the longtime drummer for legendary harmonica player Lee Oskar.