Tim Swisher

Tim comes from a musical background with parents who were both musicians. His father played in '40's and 50's†during the Big Band era. His mother was a pianist and singer. His brother Kevin is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and record producer and his sister Lori is an accomplished pianist and singer.

Tim started playing drums as a child, mostly to jazz and Dixieland jazz that his father introduced him too. But rock and roll caught Tim's ear and turned him on in a big way. His first band was the Bushman when he was 14 and actually got to play a set at the fabled Sandy's Escape. After that he started a band called the Rauckers..

After a hitch in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War he jammed and played sporadically until he and his brother, Kevin along with Dave Barger (guitar) and Ken Fallon (bass) started Risky Shift. They both left Risky Shift and formed a duo with Kevin on guitar and vocals and Tim on percussion and background vocals. Next came a well-known band out of the '80's called Oasis with Dave Barger, Buck Weyerman, Ken Fallon and the Swisher brothers. This band played mostly original music written by Kevin.

Over the years Tim has jammed and played the occasional gig and in 2013 formed the Lo Cats with Kevin and Jerry Potter (guitar). The next band consisted of Jim and Jason Churchill (guitars), Bob Manzel (bass) and Tim called the Shuffle Cats, which eventually changed personnel with Bob Manzel and Bill McIntosh coming on board and re-naming them the Lo Cats. He now plays with the Swisher-Manzel Band

Besides his love of music Tim is a private practice psychotherapist with an office in the Old Market in downtown Omaha, NE. He also is the President of the Omaha Friends of Jung an organization dedicated to offering educational programs to mental health professionals and the general public