My first band MTS (the Most Terrible Sound) was at technical college in The Hague, the Netherlands:

In 1970 i formed my first touring band with bassist Pim van der Zwaan playing original material written by Ron Witte, Pim and me:

followed with some of my new band's song recordings at the EMI studios:

before starting my first Canadian band Dutch Touch a few years later (which was eventually renamed the Nater brothers when my brother Martin joined me at this time):

In 2003 i joined the Grayceful Daddies:

. . . shortly thereafter renamed:

Then i formed Rizing Tide with bassist Don Loney, singer Pauline Nault and singer/rhythm guitar player Brian McDowell in 2005:

This was followed in 2006 by:

with a variety of musicians (for one or more shows) such as Ron Nater (vocals / guitar), Brian McDowell (vocals / guitar), Richard Mattson (guitar / saxophone / harmonica / vocals), Brian Thomas (vocals / guitar), Lennox Jordan (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Pat Greisberg (guitar / vocals), Paul Zurin (keys / vocals), Eric Walker (keys / vocals), Andrew Borkowski (keys / vocals), Pauline Nault (vocals), Neil Kitagawa (saxophone), Robert Davis (harmonica / guitar / vocals), Don Loney (bass), Robert Thomas (bass / vocals), Mark Villmann (bass), Bruce Stolz (drums), Terry Kavanagh (drums / vocals), Peter Griffin (drums), Carl Spiteri (drums), Ro Shakoor (drums / vocals), Paul Beaulieu (drums)

While touring with the Ron Nater band i also joined other bands such as:

as i currently make my music with

and