Acoustic, folky, funky and lyrical. docweissband incorporates influences from James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg/Bruce Cockburn to Hall & Oates and Funk Brothers Motown.

Ron Weiss (originally from Montreal) is the singer/songwriter behind docweissband and brings his classical guitar training to create a unique fingerstyle of acoustic guitar playing, the underpinning of most of the songs on the new full CD release, Different Point Of View. Two of the songs (I Just Wanted You To Know and Brighten Up My Day) received honourable mentions in Mike Pinder’s Songwars and Bandwars, respectively in 2009.

The band is rounded out by Gleb Sturov on drum kit, leaving Russia after helping mop up the Chern☢byl disaster...really. Mike Liepe, bass, hails from Smithers (pop. 5000) in the interior of British Columbia (BC). He has played with Odyssey in his home town of Smithers, BC, The Maple Street Shed Band in Penticton, The Swollen Members and All Over the Rug in Kingston, and The Tyrell Underground, ice9, and New Tricks in Ottawa. Jim Mattson, electric guitar, comes from Milwaukee, Wisconsin where local hero Les Paul left an indelible impression. Maya Ethier, backup vocals, has opened for various acts, including Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Classified and Exhibit..