Name: The Essentials
Start: 2026-01-17T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Songbirds Foundation

Doors at 6:00 PM
Show at 7:00 PM
Standing Show (+ limited table seating)
Recognized in 2024 & 2025 by the Chattanooga Times Free Press for best Local Band, The Essentials perform high energy Classic Rock, Grunge, and Southern Rock favorites. You’ll know every song!
If you want an experience where you'll dance to all your Rock classics, then The Essentials is your band.
Aaron Raulston is from Jasper, TN and is a well- known and respected drummer in Chattanooga’s music scene. He is the drummer for the world-renowned and locally based progressive rock band, Glass Hammer. Aaron has had the opportunity to share stages with many revered musicians, such as… Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Jimmy Keegan, Alan White, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Levin, Pat Mastellotto, Adrian Belew, John Wetton, and Terry Bozzio. Aaron was also featured in the December 5, 2018 edition of the Italian magazine, Drum Club. When he is not making music with Glass Hammer, you will now see him on stage with The Essentials! Aaron is a proud artist for Punkinater Custom Drum/Pelfrey Drum Works and Heartbeat Cymbals.
Sammi Moore is a soulful, rock & country singer/songwriter hailing from Jasper, TN. She has performed up and down the East Coast from Key West to New York City in various venues and has opened for the likes of The Marshall Tucker Band, Chris Cagle, Big & Rich, James Otto, Craig Morgan, David Allen Coe, John Michael Montgomery, Exile, and The Kentucky Headhunters. She has also placed nationally in several singing and songwriting competitions, including making it to the top 12 in season 4 of USA Network’s Nashville Star. A true comeback story, Sammi is excited to be back to her roots and rocking out on stage.
Johnny G has played guitar on stage from coast to coast, North to South, Japan, The Philippines, and even Iraq and Afghanistan. His performance and studio experience speaks for itself, and has performed with Jason Bonham, The Robert and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots, Vinny and Carmine Appice, Tony Franklin of The Firm and Blue Murder, members of Rare Earth, Overkill, Candlebox, and former members of Slaughter, ZOSO, The Wildabouts, and others. Johnny’s influences are deeply rooted in the genius of Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards, and other Rock & Roll and Blues greats. Founding The Essentials after completing 23 years as an active duty Marine, Johnny is honored to be among such outstanding musicians.
Find out what the buzz is all about.... The Essentials put on a show you don’t want to miss.
Check out their website at essentials423.com