Jacqueline Lalley
/ Songwriter, Vocalist, Bassist /
Jacqueline Lalley is a writer, bassist, and singer living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She's played upright bass since childhood and also spent a few years studying classical guitar. She spent many years writing poetry and nonfiction and is a member of the Milwaukee-based old time / bluegrass band Pay the Devil.
Jackie came of age going to punk, folk, and rock shows in Madison. She started writing poetry in high school and became a community journalist, cofounding The Madison Insurgent and later writing for The Onion. After earning her BA at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, she lived in Chicago for 10 years, working in the nonprofit sector, and completed an MFA in writing (poetry) at Vermont College of Fine Arts. In the early 2000s she settled in Milwaukee, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and their large shepherd-lab mix.
Chuck Lawton
/ Guitarist, Vocalist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer /
Chuck Lawton is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer living in Milwaukee, WI. With a spark nurtured by his father, Chuck took to music at a young age, learning bass, guitar, percussion and vocals. Starting with American roots rock and blues, Chuck has explored a variety of genres across his career including co-founding Milwaukee's gypsy-noir band, The Vitrolum Republic and is a member of SONOf, a folktronica band also based in Milwaukee.
Producing and recording has always been an interest and for the past 20 years, Chuck has managed and grown a project studio where his bands and friends can come and make music. His album For the Lovespun Ramblings and Ghosts in our Shoes, by The Vitrolum Republic, received nominations from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee for Album of the Year and Independent Release of the Year in 2015.
Sachin Chheda
/ Percussion /
Sachin Chheda is Warning Glory’s percussionist and drummer, and despite playing on and off for 40 years, he believes he’s the least talented member of the group.
Sachin is a proud (almost) lifelong Milwaukeean, father to four boys, and once won the Shepherd Express’ Activist of the Year award for leading Wisconsin’s movement to end gerrymandering.
Donna Kummer
/ Keyboards, Accordion /
Donna Kummer is the Minister of Worship and Music for Plymouth United Church of Christ in Milwaukee, and also the Director of the Wauwatosa Community Band & Tosa Jazz. She has also served as a musical director, accompanist, or conductor (sometimes, all three!) for over 200 different productions with various professional, community, and school theatres in the Milwaukee area over the past 35 years. In her spare time, she is an avid bicyclist and game content creator on Twitch! twitch.tv/aubwon