After years of playing on Pat and Rosemary's porch, at festival jams, and an occasional gig, Jillian nagged enough for Pat to cave in and put a band together. Coincidentally, this happened shortly after Dave arrived on the scene and Pat realized how much fun he was to pick with. CCE spends their band time together picking at Pat's house, mostly because Rosemary is the best hostess in the world and feeds them well.

The trio has been picking up steam with more festival bookings every year. They recently released their first CD titled Welcome To Coal County. It has been received well and is being played on local community access radio stations.

Pat
	Pat McGeehan is located in Summit Hill, PA, and began playing musical instruments when he was just a boy. As one of 8 children in a musical family, he took up the banjo first and later also learned to play guitar, harmonica, mandolin, and bass. He has played in many configurations, but mainly as a solo performer. Pat and his wife Rosemary have a teenage son, Shane (guitar, drums, piano), who hopes someday to outplay his father. He's making headway.
Dave
	Dave Lucas is located in West Lawn, PA, and also began playing guitar as a youngster. Dave has worked in country, rock, and bluegrass bands, and has also played as a solo performer for many years. He has added dobro and bass to his list of instruments, and is presently learning to play banjo.
Jillian
	Jillian Lucas is located in West Lawn, PA and started singing as a child. Her microphones were sponsored by Goodie Hairbrushes, and she covered Bonnie Raitt tunes with her sisters. She learned to play the bass in 1996 when her band at the time couldn't find a bass player. As Coal County Express is only her second band, she's the musical newbie of the trio. Jillian has two children: Chelsea (guitar) and Mason (drums, bass, beginner mandolin).

2013 Bookings:

• Apr

  27
  Bluegrass and Beyond
  Upper Darby, PA 1:00PM
• May

  10
  Sam Miller Field
  Jim Thorpe, PA 7:00PM
• May

  30
  June

  2
  NEPA Bluegrass Festival
  LazyBrook Park - Tunkhannock, PA
• June

  30
  Summit Hill Hootenanny
  Summit Hill, PA
• July

  4-7
  OATS Bluegrass Festival
  The Benton Rodeo Grounds
• July

  20
  Chantilli's Family Restaurant
  Barnesville, PA
• Aug

  2
  AFBA Bluegrass Festival
  Mountainview Park - Windgap, PA
• Aug

  17
  Chantilli's Restaurant
  Barnesville, PA
• Sept

  21
  Heritage Festival
  Mauch Chunk Lake - Jim Thorpe, PA