A Harmonica Players Profile

18 Kings Highway North
Westport, CT 06880

ph: 203-227-7100
fax: 203-227-1100

People I have made Music with.........

Butch Taylor, Guitar, Vocals, Jay Sanza,Guitar ,Ron Nihoff, Drums ,Chris Toelken, Keys, Vocals ,Roy Rodriguez, Hamond Organ, Vocals, Keith Richards, Bass ,Barry Blumenfield: Acoustic Guitar,Vocals ,Rob Fried: Bass, Vocals Chris Pike: Drums, Vocals, Ottavio Liburdi, Guitar,Vocals, Greg Detroy: Keyboards ,Tara Engler Willams Vocals, Pat Williams, Guitar, Pat Palaka, Keys, John Lefrancois, Bass, Chris Breton, Drums,Vocals, John Cain, Guitar, Vocals, Pat Marafioti, Keys, Herb Clay, Drums, Scott Lebish, Drums,, Mike Marble, Drums, Don Hurta, Bass, Mark Stewart: Vocals, Screams, Craig Massaro: Vocals,Percussion, Bobby Esposito,guitar, Pat Bennett, Bass, Ronnie Ciccia, Vocals, T Bone Stone, Keys, Jody Herman,Drums, Warzone Maxwell,Singer,Songwriter, Paul Stapelton, Guitar,Casio, Chaz Fable, Drums, Chris Russo, Guitar ,Dave Scrofani, Vocals,Keys, Tim Dehuff, Guitar, Scott Spray, Bass, Kevin Totoian, Bass, Kenny Owens, Bass, Christine Tambakis, Vocals, Doug James Nagy, Drums, Billy Lopez, Vocals, Keys, Bill Bickford, Guitar, Tom Devino, Drums, Tyger MacNeil, Drums, Neil Smith, Drums, Joe Bouchard, Guitar, Vocals, Chris Parker, Drums, Rob Aries, Keys, Dodie Petit, Singer,Songwriter, Kevin Gray, Broadway Singer/Actor, Joe Meo, Sax ,Bruce Colyard, Sax, Ed Chervansky , Guitar, Donny Mazza, Guitar,Vocals, Murry The Wheel, Guitar, Vocals, Billy Bozo, Bass, Andrew (Tounge and Groove) Vocals, Melvin Sparks, Guitar,Vocals, Jay Stollman, Vocals, Kelly Mittleman, Vocals, Ratzo, Guitar, Vocals, Mike Talabac, Guitar ,Sarah Brooks, Vocals, Nick Bariluk, Keys, Chris Coogan, Keys, Chris Coogan Gospel Choir, Dennis Dunaway,Bass, Dave Jade, Bass, Shawn Allen, Singer/songwriter, The Rev, Guitar, Doug Rawady,Guitar ,Michael Bard, Sax, Paul Gabriel, Guitar, Dan Aldrich, Singer Songwriter, Curt Angel, Guitar, Chris Cross, Guitar,vocals, Smokin Opey, Guitar, Vocals, Barb and Bob Lavalle, Vocals,Drums, Frank Simbiosi,Guitar Vocal, Joe Demayo,Guitar ,Frank DeAngalis, Guitar,Vocals, Bobby Grasso, Drums, Ed Train, Accordian, Georgia Lewis, Gospel Singer ,Matt Bell,Keys, Geno Heiter,Bass, Tony Depalo, Guitar, Seth Blumenfield, Keys, Big Mikey Cusapo, Guitar, Vocals, Eddie Buster, Organ, Lance Duchene, Guitar, Pete Bennett,Bass, Wendy Taylor,Bass, Lauren Agnelli, Guitar, Vocal, Vince Sette,Bass,Steve Townsend, Drums, Matt Criseuolo, Sax ,Steve Detroy, Hammond Organ, Matt Moadel, drums,Thierry Arpino, Drums, Max and Ira Stone, Guitars, Vocals, Nichol Pasternak, jazz vocalist, Thomas Baker, Sax, Chris Goane, bass, Bobby Leonard, Drums, Renard Boissierre, Guitar,Vocals, Gerald Goode, Vocals


     
    Phat Cat is the husband/wife team of Pat William and Tara Engler.
    Born from Pat and my discontent with To The Max slack off period.
    Pat was invited to be the lead guitar player on one of my Bone Dry gigs. I invited Tara, who happen to be on at the club that night to sit in and sing a blues tune. They are now husband and wife.
    Our first gig was Amberjacks in South Norwalk. We learned 30 new songs in 30 days.
    Tara pushed us to sing harmonies and it was this band that I began to
    play Congas.
    We played a lot of cool Motown, Temptations,Jackson Five and plenty of rock jams. What a great band, great front person, Pat and My signature sound. Young enthusiastic back up musicians.......and then.
    Tara got pregnant. Conner is a beautiful boy. Phat Cat is history.

    Tara Engler Willams, Vocals
    Pat Williams, Guitar
    Jerry Vig, Harp, Congas, Vocals
    Pat Palaka, Keys
    John Lefrancois, Bass
    Chris Breton, Drums,Vocals


    The Stone Band
    60's Woodstock perfomers Max and Ira Stone. Cool Story here.....
    http://www.thestoneband.com/

     

    Moses Gomberg Quintet

    My first band. Boy did we suck!
    Never played a gig but sure acted like we did.
    Tightness,talent,equipment,all things missing from this band.
    But we did have fun. Night after night we would make up original songs, many on the spot, record them and laugh....hard.
    Most subjects revolved around Stews misadventures.

    Mark Stewart: Vocals, Screams
    Craig Massaro: Vocals,Percussion
    Jay Sanza : Guitar
    Jerry Vig : Guitar
    Brad Hoyda: Vodka
    Nobody: Bass

    Worm Guillotine

    Worm Guillotine, A Punk alter ego created by Vocalist, Writer, Warzone Maxwell. ( name altered  )
    In a nutshell, this was a crazy fantasy of a band.
    I mention it because it was this band that I actually started to think about music, structure and actual writing.
    We played dopey original music, mostly for the entertainment ourselves and our friends. "I like Eating Hamsters" comes to mind.
    We actually worked with producer/musician Chris Toelken of Toelken Music Productions, and recorded "Rank Dude" and "Dont Tell Alice."
    It was the latter that I first picked up the Harp for a solo break.
    The rest is harmonica history. Although these songs were expertly produced and actually pretty good, it was the raw recording of Toxic Waste that defined us. Done in my living room, after 20 takes, vocalist Warzone Maxwell nailed what was to be his best performance.
    The band went nowhere but keep alive for sometime through his
    creative imagination.

    Warzone Maxwell, Vocals
    Jerry Vig, Guitar, Harp
    Paul Stapelton, Guitar,Casio,Bass
    Chaz Fable, Drums

     

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    18 Kings Highway North
    Westport, CT 06880

    ph: 203-227-7100
    fax: 203-227-1100