Joining forces in '95 as "The Road Home", Chad, Mike McClain, Ken and Dave began performing acoustic music around the Kalamazoo area. After disbanding for three years while Chad lived in Nashville, TN, they saddled back up in 2000 as "Local Motive," writing original music and playing festivals, fairs and dance clubs.
Lately, Local Motive has also been playing smaller auditoriums and opening up for artists such as Exile, Highway 101, Ronnie McDowell and Stella Parton, selling CD's and merchandise, and gradually spreading out into new areas. They recently released their sophomore album, Rhythm of the Rails, which includes twelve original, harmony-driven songs, a Restless Heart cover song, and a jazzy, innovative, Michigan-themed ghost track.

Both contemporary and traditional, up-beat and laid-back, Local Motive appeals to ages '5 to 85'. "It's about the ups and downs of real life." Local Motive is a perfect fit at a Saturday afternoon gathering, and still an energetic, crowd-pleaser on a Friday night. But it's the tight, four-part harmony that sets them apart. "It's amazing how many people tell us, 'I didn't think I liked country music, but I love you guys.'"

As much work as it is, the payoffs with this band are huge. And it begins with our core group of fans who ramble around Michigan with us to our gigs. You request our originals, you come up with your own hand motions to our songs, you sell our stuff, you give this train momentum. We thank you.