ACOUSTIC FOLK
Cathy T. Serrano
Set: Light acoustic guitar and vocals; pop, folk, light rock, ballads. Booking: Cathy T. Serrano, songbirdfortwayne@yahoo.com
For More: www.cathyserrano.com
ACOUSTIC VARIETY
Mike Conley
Players: Mike performs as a solo act, as a duo with Chris Dodds or with his “Rat Pack” jazz band, The Beef Manhattans (Casey Stansifer, bass; Todd Phillips, piano; John Moss, drums).
Set: Cool covers sprinkled in with originals. Setlist includes the Beatles, Radiohead, Dave Matthews, Sinatra, many jazz standards and obscure 80s tunes. Spice up your special event with Conley, Dodds or the Beef Manhattans.
Booking: 260-750-9758, mike@mikeconley.net
For More: www.mikeconley.net
ALTERNATIVE ROCK
The Joneses
Players: Zig, bass guitar, vocals; Tommy, lead guitar, vocals; Scott “Scooter,” drums; Paul Kuhlhorst, lead vocals.
Set: The Joneses target the college dance crowds, playing current rock and alternative chart-toppers, along with some 80s and 90s dance rock. If it’s a current hit, The Joneses play it!.
Booking: Zig, 260-402-5232
For More: www.myspace.com/thejonesesrock
Rosemary Gates
Players: Chris Liepe, guitars; B-Funk, bass; Christian Schult, vocals; Michael Archbold, guitars.
Set: High-energy rock band with the appropriate mix of popular covers and inspired originals. RG boast one of the scene’s most loyal followings and continue to be one of its biggest draws.
Booking: Michael Archbold, 260-579-1516, booking@rosemarygates.com
For More: RosemaryGates.com, myspace.com/rosemarygates
BELLY DANCERS
Jordana and Friends
Players: Jordana Bint Zweena, Mahasti, Hadia, Asra Ma’is, Asuzena bint Zweena.
Set: A belly dancer is the perfect way to shake up your next event. Family oriented and perfect for paties, weddings, fund raisers, charity events and most any other event. Great fun for people of all ages.
Booking: Jordana bint Zweena, 260-417-4678
For More: www.jordanaandfriends.com
BLUES/BLUES ROCK
Brad Kelsey & Triple Tornado
Players: Brad Kelsey, lead guitar, vocals; Brandon Ford, drums; Andrew Teeple, bass.
Set: An exciting young blues/rock band that involves the audience. No single night is ever the same, playing all your favorite covers and great originals. Giving 100 percent, pushing blues to the edge and rocking your blues away.
Booking: Margie, 260-402-1219
For More: www.bradkelsey.com
CLASSIC ROCK
Unwrapped
Players: Kenny Rucoi, guitar, vocals; Jeff Degitz, drums, lead vocals; Bob Sweigert, bass, vocals.
Set: Talented trio playing classic rock with a different spin. Not your average 3-piece band. Focus is 1969-1989. Playing a bit of everything – Cheap Trick, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Hendrix, Cream, Stevie Wonder, Kiss, Bad Company, Stevie Ray Vaughan, plus the crusties upon request.
Booking: Bob Sweigert, 260-373-1967
For More: www.bandpipeline.com
CLASSIC ROCK & OLDIES
Daystar
Players: Joseph Justice, vocals, guitars, percussion; Stan Winters, vocals, guitars, harmonica; Ken Stocker, vocals, bass, violin, flutes, keys; Jeff Bender, vocals, drums, percussion.
Set: Plan to enjoy a full professional sound & light show. Popular 60s to 80s classic rock & dance music: Eagles, Doobie Bros., B.T.O., Santana, Doors, Steve Miller, ZZ Top, Romantics, Chicago, Guess Who, Temptations, Blues Bros.
Booking: Joseph Justice, 260-486-7238
For More: www.daystarlive.com
CLASSIC ROCK & OLDIES (Cont’d.)
Junk Yard Band
Players: Dale Pequignot, lead vocals; Rick Brown, sax, keyboard, guitar, vocals; Mike Hockaday, bass, vocals; Greg Reszel, lead guitar, vocals; Don Miles, drums; Jimmy Robison & Roger Moore, crew.
Set: Classic rock and oldies. Dance/party rock n’ roll. From Jerry Lee Lewis to Bruce Springsteen. From Beach Boys to Z.Z. Top.
Booking: Bob Sweigert, 260-471-9828
For More: www.geocities.com/junk-yard-band
CLASSICAL
The Jaenicke Consort Inc.
Performers: Nancy Calhoun-Drew, flute; George Donner, oboe; Susan Devito, clarinet; Bryan Gibson, horn; Sally Hinkle-Teegarden, bassoon.
Set: Classic woodwind ensemble creates an elegant tapestry of sound. The music is alive and refreshing. Whether plain or fancy, we design the perfect musical background for your wedding, party, church service or corporate event.
Booking: Sally Hinkle-Teegarden, 260-426-9096
For More: www.jconsort.com
COUNTRY/ROCK
Amarillo
Players: Doug Holt, lead vocals; Justin Fromm, lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Gary “Meatball” McMeekin, lead guitar, vocals; John Mazza, bass, vocals; Jeff Ude, keyboards, vocals; Scott Biler, drums, vocals.
Set: A mix of traditional and Top 40 country. Shows are upbeat and fun; we try to involve the crowd, and our No. 1 goal is for everyone to have fun. So come out and party with Amarillo.
Booking: Doug, 260-410-9663
For More: www.myspace.com/theamarilloband
BackWater
Players: Gene Fugate, lead and harmony vocals, lead guitar; Jamie Lewis, lead and harmony vocals, rhythm guitar; Rich Schwartz, harmony vocals, bass guitar; Adam Kiel, drums, vocals.
Set: Shows are energetic, like a high octane-fueled, supercharged country rock extravaganza. It’s all about entertaining the crowd and making them a part of our show. Hold on tight. It’s gonna be a wild ride.
Booking: Adam Kiel, 260-494-5364
For More: www.backwaterband.net
The Outlaw Cowboys
Players: Brad Collet (Del Bradley), rhythm guitar, lead vocals; John Edwards, drums, vocals; Rich Applegate, lead guitar, vocals; Steven Jones, bass guitar, vocals.
Set: We’re a high-energy, fun country band. Available for nightclubs and private parties. If you like to dance and you like Johnny Cash, Trace Adkins, Hank Williams Jr. and many, many more, come see us. We will entertain you.
Booking: Brad Collett, 260-224-4307
Renegade
Players: John Curran, lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Jack Martinez, lead guitar, vocals; Brian Hitchcock, keys, vocals; Matt Wood, bass, vocals; Aaron Wood, drums.
Set: Upbeat, hot country – original music adding a flavorable spice to the country scene and performing like the fans like to see them perform. The old Renegade mentality is back – the fun, the party, the good times.
Booking: John, 260-402-1634
For More: www.ftw-renegade.com
DANCE/BIG BAND
Little Big Band
Players: Twelve musicians from Auburn and Fort Wayne area, including four saxophones, two trumpets, two trombones, one piano, one bass guitar, one drummer and one female vocalist.
Set: Music from the 1930s and 40s – Swing, Modern Big Bands, Blues, Broadway, Christmas, Contemporary, Dixieland and Waltz. We have enough slow, medium or fast music for your events. Rates: $420 for one hour; $280 each additional hour.
Booking: Tom Laverghetta, 260-925-1819
For More: www.littlebigbandfortwayne.com
DISC JOCKEYS/KARAOKE
American Idol Karaoke
Hosts: Jay, Rob, Doug, Susan, Heather and Jimmy.
Set: The largest karaoke/DJ company in Fort Wayne. Professional level equipment. Second to no one. CD recordings for only $2.
Booking: Jay Clibon, 260-918-1774 or 260-341-4770
For More: www.myspace.com/fwkaraoke
DISC JOCKEYS/KARAOKE (Cont’d.)
Swing Time Karaoke Entertainment
Hosts: Lynne and Larry.
Set: Professional karaoke show for your club or event. One of the best selections and variety of music in the tri-state area. Check out our online songbook! Top-notch system, allowing singers to sound their best. We provide a fun and entertaining show.
Booking: Larry, 260-749-0063
For More: www.swingtimekaraoke.com
DYNO-ROCK
Tim Harrington Band
Players: Tim Harrington, guitar, vocals; Daryl Nicholson, bass, vocals; Chris Lewis, drums, vocals; Mike Rancourt, keys, vocals.
Set: Original multi-genre music infuses rock, reggae, latin, jazz and blues, creating a new genre: “Dyno-Rock.” Ostinato bass lines indellibly woven into a rhythmic undertow, creating agile interplay of guitar, keyboards and vocals.
Booking: Tim Harrington, 765-479-4005
For More: www.myspace.com/timharringtonband
ELECTRONICA/POP
The Ready Set
Players: Jordan Witzigreuter.
Set: “Washed with unaffected vocals, dabbles in happy hard-core’s super hyper beats and the snazzy synth and keyboard pop craft of the 90s” – the Journal Gazette.
Booking: 260-672-3542
For More: www.myspace.com/thereadysetmusic
HARD ROCK
Hygh Strung
Players: Rory P., drums; S!QBO!, bass, backing vocals; Germbag, lead guitar, vocals; Jeff Bunger, lead vocals, keys, samples, guitar.
Set: An explosive sound, ripping melodic riffs and intense energy guaranteed to damage your hearing. Best described as metal/hard rock covers and originals.
Booking: 574-518-2112 or 260-336-0398
For More: www.myspace.com/hyghstrung
HEAVY METAL & ROCK
Plow
Players: Dan Middleton, bass, vocals; Eric Bair, guitar, vocals; Shane Wyant, vocals, guitar; Jason Bair, drums.
Set: An energetic rock show for the masses that packs the house and entertains the crowd for the entire show.
Booking: Shane Wyant, 260-414-4221
For More: www.plowband.com
ORIGINAL ROCK
Downstait
Players: Zack Call, vocals; Justin Call, guitar, vocals; Isaiah Zwick, guitar; Sean Arata, bass, vocals, Jethro McConnell, drums.
Set: Mostly orginally written music and some covers.
Booking: Jethro McConnell, 260-409-6715
For More: www.myspace.com/downstait
Teays Vein
Players: Aaron Winteregg, Eric Bransteter, Seth Arnold, Robert Hammond, Clint Bransteter.
Set: Emotive post-modern rock band full of energy, power and the emotion that comes not from artifice, but from life. The music cuts deep and sharp, and audiences leave shows pleasantly exhausted, aware they’ve heard an honest-to-God rock n’ roll band.
Booking: Aaron Winteregg, 260-241-2600, aaron@teaysvein.com
For More: www.teaysvein.com
Tone Junkies
Players: Craig Guy, guitar, lead vocals; Travis Brown, bass, vocals; Steve Johnson, drums, vocals; occasional surprise guest performers.
Set: Powerful three-piece rock band with over 30 originals and twice as many classic Detroit, Southern and Brit rock covers. Rocking the Midwest since 1999. For a high-energy show with a killer groove, call on us.
Booking: Craig Guy, 260-615-3689 or 260-486-3692
For More: www.myspace.com/tonejunkies
UFB
Players: Jack “The Cooler” McKinley, vocals, guitar; Aaron “Stix MaGee” McKinley, drums, percussion; Scott “Rocker” Hardy, bass.
Set: Original music with a modern flavor holding to the roots of true rock n’ roll. Foot-stomping rock n’ roll hot enough to singe the hair off a peach, to tasty melodic ballads, to danceable grooving thrills, served up the way it was meant to be, oh yeah!.
Booking: The Cooler, 574-453-1157
For More: www.ufbmusic.com
PUNK BLUES
Left Lane Cruiser
Players: Joe Evans, slide guitar, lead vocals; Bren Beck, washboard, harp, paint-tray, backing vocals, a big-ass bass drum and other odds and ends
Set: Mashed potatoes and whiskey fuel this two-man frenzy of blues-driven noise. Be mesmerized by a sound so big and raw that you won’t be able to stop your foot from a stompin’.
Booking: Bren Beck, 260-482-5213
For More: www.myspace.com/leftlanecruiser
ROCK
Waking Abbott
Players: Jake Wilhelm, vocals; Adam “Mexico” Robison, guitars; Tyler “Panda” Gill, bass, cello; Pete Foster, drums.
Set: Multiple genres of music create a new blend of rock – fast and loud to soft and melodic to intense and precise. Known for their high-energy stage shows, these guys love to entertain.
Booking: Adam Robison, 260-416-4611
For More: www.myspace.com/wakingabbott
ROCK & REGGAE
Unlikely Alibi
Players: Todd Roth, vocals, trumpet, keys, guitar; Ben Porter, guitar; Tony Timms, bass; Duane Alexander, drums. Featuring members of Heavy Step, Skavossas and Strut Train.
Set: Organ- and guitar-driven power pop with a twist of reggae. That’s what you get from these guys — nothing more, definitely nothing less. Their energy will keep you dancing all night.
Booking: Todd Roth, 260-615-2966
For More: www.unlikelyalibi.com
ROCK & ROLL
Biff & The Cruisers
Players: Rob Pierce, lead guitar, vocals; Dan Ertel, bass, vocals; Jim Courtney, keyboards, vocals; Jim Borden, tenor sax, vocals; Larry Shreeve, drums; Sylvia Shreeve, vocals; Patty Borden, sound, lights.
Set: 50s thru 80s Top 10 hits. Four lead singers and great harmonies. Coasters, Diamonds, Elvis, Mellencamp and many other artists. Talented musicians, dynamic stage appearance, large professional sound system and lighting. We’ll get you on your feet!
Booking: Jim, 260-417-5495, biffcruise@comcast.net
Coda
Players: John Finken, drums, percussion & vocals; Steve Sahagun, bass, harp, vocals; Jon Ness, guitar, vocals; Rick Hoffer, guitar, keyboard, vocals; Steve Walker, vocals, keyboards.
Set: 20 years of modern and classic rock, live energetic dance music, professional P.A. and light show. Fun music we all remember to today’s modern rock.
Booking: John Finken, 574-269-2632
For More: www.codausa.net
ROCK & SOUL
Urban Legend
Players: Lisa McDavid, vocals, percussion; Dwight Wilson, vocals. percussion; Neely Gevaart, vocals; Matt Schory, guitar, vocals; Jim Bilbee, guitar, vocals; Mike Dupuis, drums; Mark Gevaart, bass.
Set: Urban Legend are fronted by two of the area’s top vocalists, Lisa McDavid and Dwight Wilson. Urban Legend put their own spin on the classic rock and soul songs we all love.
Booking: Mark Gevaart, 260-312-1657
For More: www.myspace.com/1urbanlegend
ROCK & VARIETY
Bonafide
Players: Rob Van Ryn, lead guitar, vocals; Heidi Ertel, fiddle, vocals; Kelly Tellef, bass guitar, vocals; Bryan Horrom, drums, vocals.
Set: If it’s real, you’ll feel it – Bonafide. We play a wide variety of music from 1950 to 2008 and will customize our set list to fit your needs. Johny Cash, Janis Joplin, Charlie Daniels, Amy Winehouse ...
Booking: Heidi Ertel, 260-704-7569
For More: www.bonafidelive.com
Edible
Players: Jennifer Hitchcock, vocals; Bryan Hitchcock, keyboards, guitar, vocals; Steve Grodrian, guitar, vocals; Matt Wood, bass; Travis Parsons, drums; Carlo Renninger, sound engineer; Johnny Klug (lighting specialist).
Set: Playing high-energy, get-out-of-your-seat-and-dance covers everybody knows! Covering the best music from the 70s to now.
Booking: Jennifer Hitchcock, 260-701-1440
For More: www.myspace.com/ediblerocks
ROCK & VARIETY (Cont’d.)
Meanstreak
Players: Tim, percussion, drums; Turner, lead vocals; Jerry B., lead guitar; Tom Jackson, bass.
Set: A high energy alternative/classic/80s variety rock band. We get the party going. No show too big; no bar too small. Reasonable rates. State-of-the-art PA & and lighting. Come experience Meanstreak.
Booking: Tim Eldridge, 260-426-6704
For More: www.meanstreak-band.com
Slip Kitty
Players: Scott Gase, Thresa Lyon, Dan Jefferies, Shane Brown, Khris Sutherland, Rick Sullivan.
Set: Rock n’ roll, country rock, male & female music-show band.
Booking: Rick Sullivan, 260-701-0484
For More: www.myspace.com/slipkittyband
Still Groove
Players: Hubie Ashcraft, guitar, vocals; Tim Sewell, bass, vocals; Scott Schwan, drums, percussion.
Set: A versitile, established, passionate, experienced band that provides a positive musical experience that will exceed your entertainment needs. Rock, funk, blues, Americana, alternative. These guys perform all the above and more.
Booking: Hubie Ashcraft, 260-710-0199, hubiea@gmail.com
For More: www.myspace.com/stillgroove
VARIETY
The Freak Brothers
Players: Adam Martin, electric bass, synth bass, vocals; Brandon “B” Rentfrow, guitar, vocals; Adam “Rudy” Rudolph, drums, percussion, vocals; Matt Cashdollar, saxes, flute, vocals, percussion; Dan “Funkappelli” Cappelli, baritone sax, percussion, vocals; King, MC, trombone, percussion, vocals; Marcus “Flava Flav” Farr, trombone, percussion, vocals; Kris “Hot Sauce” Miller, keyboard, vocals.
Set: Funkier than James Brown’s underwear! Not just a show, an experience. We bring the sounds of the last 30 years back to you in a mix that will keep you moving all night.
Booking: Adam Martin, 260-249-8707
For More: www.freakbrothersonline.com
VARIETY (Cont’d.)
Glen Edwards/Image
Players: Singles up to trios, with Glen Edwards, keyboards; Mike Shively, drums; Hazel Carter, vocals.
Set: Doing a lot of singles — jazz, ballads, blues. Use a trio at Fort Wayne country clubs for dances, wedding receptions.
Booking: Glen, 260-484-8029
Loose Change
Players: Todd Kabisch, guitar, vocals; Cary Ausderan, bass vocals; Mike Pettit, drums, vocals; various guests.
Set: Always Loose and open to Change, we provide a satisfying experience at listenable levels with good times, dancing, guest artists and a diverse range of music.
Booking: Todd Kabisch, 260-710-1288
For More: www.loosechangerocks.com
Primetime Band
Players: Karin Martin, vocals, percussion, “social director”; Chuck Surack, saxes, keys, vocals; Brett Kelsey, brass, keys, vocals.
Set: Phenomenal blend of the absolute best songs of all musical styles — Big Band, Country, Disco, you bet. Rock to Swing, fast or slow — we play your style. Performed by veteran area musicians who know how to please.
Booking: Karin Martin, 260-407-3822
For More: www.ptband.com
Paul New Stewart & Chris Worth (Chris & Paul)
Players: Chris Worth and Paul New Stewart (Chris & Paul). Chris – outstanding, energetic voice. Paul – into old Rock (Elvis, Rod, Seger, 50s), great keyboards, standards to modern era.
Set: Variety at its best. Do many private functions, corporate functions, Christmas parties, weddings and county and state fairs, nationally and locally. We work a few selected nightclubs in Indiana. We play it all ...
Booking: Paul New Stewart, 260-485-5600
For More: www.paulnewstewart.com
Chris Worth and Company
Players: Chris Worth, Lee Lewis, Kris Miller.
Set: A very exciting group playing a wide variety of dance music from R&B, hip-hop, Motown, pop, country and rock to old standards. We play locally and nationally. Available for private parties, corporate parties and nightclubs.
Booking: Chris Worth, 260-710-2460, or Kay Gillespie, 260-484-2955
For More: www.zedirockmultimedia.com