About Us

Hello there, and thanks for stopping to visit us! 

We are Joe and Jodi Passey, and together, we are Huron Out, a musical duo that travels the Thumb Area playing the songs we grew up with and heartfelt originals. As Joe says, we bought a half-acre of land on Lake Huron and decided to build our home upon it. We said to eachother, “From Huron Out we are going to do what we love and make people smile with music!”

Our newest endeavor is Huron Further Out, a massively experienced 5-piece band with super talented musicians which we feel very grateful to play music with! John Kane (guitar), Marc Smith (drums), and Bill Hitchcock (bass and vocals) take us further than we ever imagined in our musical journey. We are beyond honored to play with each of them. Look for us playing in the Thumb Area, as we are now taking bookings for the duo and the 5-piece band. Check us out on this website under the Huron Further Out page. You can also listen to our new single, “Default Notice”, on that page by clicking on the video link.

To book the duo Huron Out, or the full-band Huron Further Out, contact Joe directly at 810-834-9111.

Joe has been an avid music lover and involved in music since junior high school, where he began playing in high school musicals.  He later began specializing in concert promotions and organizing community music events.  Pre-pandemic, he was honored to be a member of an upscale, local 11-piece band, “The A-Side Players”.

Joe sings and plays a variety of instruments including guitar, ukulele, and harmonica.  He handles the booking and marketing end of the business.  Joe is also a music teacher and teaches kids and adults all over the world! If you are interested in taking classes, contact him at 810-834-9111. He teaches guitar, ukulele, harmonica, piano, singer/songwriter, and music history and is a very highly-rated and fun teacher.

Jodi has loved music her entire life, as well. She played the clarinet in middle school and Joe taught her how to play the ukulele during the pandemic.   

Jodi plays ukulele, sings harmony, and sings lead on a few songs with the band. Jodi handles the accounting side of things, manages the website, and shares in marketing/booking for Huron Out.   

Together we make great music and harmonies playing covers from Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, The Band, John Prine, U2, John Denver, Whiskey Myers, Pearl Jam, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, and many more. We throw some of our own originals into the mix as well!

Community is very important to us, so we volunteer our time many times throughout the year for various wonderful causes and events. Joe and Jodi joined both the Bad Axe Chamber of Commerce and the Port Hope Chamber of Commerce in 2023. Joe is the President of the Port Hope Chamber and Jodi is a Member at Large. We have been active members on the Bad Axe Chamber with the Event Committee and Marketing Committee. In 2024, we helped to bring the chart-topping national act, April Wine to Bad Axe for Fall Frenzy and rockin’ wonderful day! We also try our best to do business in our area to support the tremendous amount of awesome local business we have in Huron County!

We have also expanded our love of music by creating a musical fellowship with others in hosting the successful Open Mic Night at Lewisville Smoke Food & Spirits during the colder fall and winter months. 

Seeing all of the new and amazing talent in the area is amazing!  Some of that talent even ends up playing during the spring/ summertime at the restaurant, as well as at the many other wonderful organizations, restaurants, and festivals that we help manage entertainment for. Some of these places that we help manage music include the Lewisville Smokin’ Music Festival at Lewisville Smoke Food & Spirits, Huron Community Fair, Marlette Farmer’s Market, Caro Music in the Park, Port Hope 4th of July Festival, Hope Day in Port Hope, Bad Axe Chamber of Commerce Fall Frenzy, and others!

Lewisville Smokin’ Music Festival is FREE to the public, thanks to generous local businesses and sponsors!  We have had such awesome feedback from the community about this fun & local festival.  There is LIVE MUSIC from noon-midnight on two stages, a specialty vendor area, excellent award-winning menu items and drinks, and much, much more!  Bring a lawn chair and your family and friends! It falls on the third Saturday in July each year.

We are very lucky to work with so many talented musicians and awesome business owners!

See ya out and about in the Thumb! 

Some extra tidbits…

The two of us are so lucky to live on Lake Huron, just outside of beautiful Port Hope! We just love all of the nearby towns, as well! 

This is the perfect place to spend the rest of our days on this spinning ball we call Earth, so from “Huron Out”, we are going to enjoy the people, places, and beauty among us doing what we love – playing music!

Jodi is from Caro and grew up near the Deford/Cass City area.  Joe is from Mayville.  We both have so many fond childhood memories with family and friends of so much time spent all over Huron County.

Our three lovely adult children are JP, Nathan, and Isabella (all of whom we are very proud of),  and one very cute little fur-child named Who.

Joe previously worked in the culinary world, owning his own restaurants, and later helping to open some high-end eateries for celebrity chefs in the city. He started this exciting journey by doing dishes in a little local Mayville restaurant when he was just a kid!

Jodi previously enjoyed her time spent with colleagues and residents at a thumb area Skilled Nursing Facility.  After getting her Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, she was the Department Head in charge of Human Resources, Business Office, Accounts Receivables, and Collections. She remained there for 14 years and then decided to make a change and became an English as a Second Language teacher, and now a musician of course!