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The trio came together in the summer of 2007 as the brainchild of Luis Moscoso, Secretary of the Washington State Democrats and Director of Government Relations for the Washington Public Employees Association. Joining Moscoso are Jackie Minchew (Chair of the 44th LD Democrats) and Chad Shue (Chair of Democracy for Snohomish County and Blogger at The Left Shue and Washblog).

After only a few a few weeks of rehearsals the trio made their debut at the Snohomish County Democrats picnic at the Tulalip Amphitheater (where they were asked to repeat their four rehearsed songs a couple of times). They have since performed for 32nd LD Chair, Lila Smith (in her DNC Candidate Hospitality Suite) at the WSDCC quarterly meeting in Wenatchee, at the King County Democrats Awards Banquet, and most recently as the motivational entertainment for the WPEA's "Lobby Day" in Olympia. Zippy's Java Lounge, while open to the general public, is widely known as "the activist's gathering spot" in Everett. Owner Marilyn Rosenberg‏ is a founding member of Green Everett; a group dedicated to promoting sustainable living in Everett and Snohomish County. She is also well respected for promoting local artists, musicians and poets.

Each of the members of the Three Chord Progressives has a history of performing in musical groups in their previous lives. They have found that a common appreciation of the music of those mentioned above (and other musician/activists) has made working together a real pleasure. While most of the material they perform comes from the folk/rock era of the 60's, an occasional love song or finger snapper has been known to be thrown in simply for the pleasure of it.

If you have the time and happen to find yourself in the Everett area on February 15th, you should drop in for a couple of hours of Peace, Love and Rock-n-Roll with the Three Chord Progressives.

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue