Did You Know: Casey Savage, lead guitarist

Casey in a face-off during a game against the University of Texas in 2013.
(Credit to the Texas State club hockey website). 

Casey provides a rather edgy and powerful sound to the Jess & the Echoes already loaded repertoire. He compliments Jess with her smokey and raspy voice even when the band's songs sound clean and smooth. But did you know that Casey also plays on the Texas State club hockey team?

More so, Casey was named the captain of the very first Texas State club hockey team as well as in the following year which was the most recent season. The soon-to-be graduate led the team in goals and helped pave a foundation for what could be a successful future for an up and coming organization in the San Marcos university.

Being a captain on a team requires leadership obviously but it also takes initiative. Casey actually helped teach Jess to play guitar as she was in the early stages of learning. While living in Austin, Jess would take the 30 minute drive down to San Marcos to jam with Casey as both continued to finely tune their abilities.

"She didn't know many people in Austin when she first got down there, so she would come to San Marcos on the weekend because she knew me and other mutual friends from high school," Savage said. "Obviously I told her we should continue jamming and that I wanted to help her learn more on the guitar."

"She kept coming down to San Marcos during the next few months after that and we kept jamming, usually late at night at parties and stuff. That's kind of how it all started."

The friendship Casey and Jess had going into the makings of Jess & the Echoes helped tremendously as the band started to evolve and become more serious. Casey also started to turn his once considered hobby into a more serious focus as the band grew stronger.

"This band has really helped guitar playing to evolve into a huge passion for me," Savage said. "You kind of realize it when you are playing in a band with really talented people, like ours is. I naturally wanted to step my game up on the guitar to hang with them. I've become much more comfortable on stage performing."

Casey takes on a guitar solo while performing at Lucy's in Austin.
(Credit to Jess & the Echoes Facebook page).