Ace & Roxy Rock N Blues Expedition + Band in Coarsegold, CA

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SEEKING VETERAN EXPERIENCED Bass PLAYER , Drummer for 50's and 60's music, Elvis, Roy Orbison, The Drifters ,The Coasters, etc. FOR GIGS AT CAR SHOWS AND FAIRS. MUST KNOW SONGS WE PLAY.
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Let us ROCK your world!!!
ACE & ROXY are husband & wife team that can do DUOS , trios or full band for Lounges or cocktail bars.
We are a HIGH ENERGY band playing EVERYTHING from CLASSIC ROCK, BLUES, OLDIES from the 50's , 60's, 70's, and of course, ELVIS, Surf Songs, Beach Boys & BEATLES, DANCE/DISCO AND COUNTRY!!!! We get your feet tappin'! Not too loud and not too soft. No disc jockey can carry as many hits as we can play! Alan "ACE" Garber is known as the 'walking jukebox' and can play almost any song people call out.
BLUES favorites with the electric guitar sound of ERIC CLAPTON, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SANTANA, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Scotty Moore & James Burton. Bluesy Rock with the live feel of Springsteen and Petty. We have been #1 in BLUES CATEGORY for over a year on REVERBNATION. A big Holla "Thank YOU" to our fans for making us #1!
POP like THE EAGLES, Three Doors Down, FLEETWOOD MAC, The Doors, ROLLING STONES, CREDENCE CLEARWATER, CREAM, & more.
COUNTRY artists like GEORGE STRAIT, Alan Jackson, JOHNNY CASH, Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, MERLE Haggard, WILLY NELSON & more.
ROXY sings songs by STEVIE NICKS, JANIS Joplin, Grace Slick, AMY WINEHOUSE, Josh Stone, ADELE, Bonnie Rait, TINA TURNER, Gloria Gaynor, ARETHA FRANKLIN, Gloria Estefan, & the infamous "DEBBIE DAVIES", ( the awesome Blues guitar singer & player) & Country artists like REBA MCENTYRE, Martina McBride, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, Melissa Ethridge, PATSY CLINE, Loretta Lynn, TAMMY WYNETTE and lots more.
LIKE TO DANCE? We play all your favorite Dance Music and really get your event hopping!
Biography:
WE ARE HOME GROWN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS, raised in Southern Orange County, California and grew up at the height of the BRITISH INVASION, 60's 'Summer of Love', and WOODSTOCK.
Alan “Ace” Garber, Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Band Manager, Songwriter, Composer ~ picked up a guitar the day the BEATLES landed in New York and never put it down. He grew up in the shadow of the Fender guitar factory in Fullerton, California.
He honed his chops leading his own bands and bands for road shows backing the Drifters, THE COASTERS, the Crests , Jewel Aikins (BIRDS & THE BEES) , Paul Roby of the PLATTERS, and shared the stage with MIKE LOVE of the Beach Boys ,Dorsey Burnette and others before TOURING across the USA.
He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter with over 75 songs to his credit and has also done radio commercials. With over 40 years as a PROFESSIONAL lead guitar player, band leader, writer, composer, and singer has the ability to play most any song someone yells out, and teaching guitar lessons. He has taught many people guitar, keyboards, and BASS who went on to play in successful bands.
*****He is today's modern "WALKING WURLITZER JUKE BOX", the Original Music Man.
ACE can take you on a trip through time from the 20's through each decade, his favorite being the 50's, including TV commercials, shows to current pop songs. *****
His knowledge of Rock & Roll trivia is amazing and he loves to host 50's TRIVIA CONTESTS & CAR SHOWS.
His wife, Lori “RoXy RoX" Garber, Vocals, Tambourine & Afuche '~ Lends her dynamic vocals in some lead & duet cover songs & in back-up of Alan's original songs & percussion. The sultry, sexy ‘Roxy’ belts out Joplin tunes with verve, her favorite being Amy Winehouse & Debbie Davies . She has emceed a theater production "Mesquite Goes Hollywood" as well as impersonate Mae West, Jessica Rabbit, & Bette Midler for singing telegrams.
ROXY grew up in HUNTINGTON BEACH and has been singing since before she could walk. Her and her very successful sister DEE DEE HANSON, JOAN RIVERS Impersonator, aka: “JOAN'S CLONE" , have been singing and acting together their whole lives and many years in church. They used to sing all the time to the many records they had and perform musicals in their garage. Their father sang like AL JOLSON ( and we sing these too on request) and the whole family were always "SINGING ALONG WITH MITCH" and Lawrence Welk as well as dancing and singing along American Bandstand, Lloyd Thaxton’s Hop, 9th Street West with Sam Riddel and listening to radio stations KHJ, KFWB, KRLA, XELO and XERB where we’d pick up “WOLFMAN JACK”.

BAND INTERESTS:
Classic 50's cars, Car shows, Guitars, Animals, Outdoor activities and Laughing. Life is an exciting journey and we want to live each moment to its fullest. Alan "Ace" Garber has a 1957 Chevy Bel Air that he often drives to gigs and causes an uproar as he does with the roar of his Harley Sportster.
No event too small or too large. CALL 559 683 5902 TO BOOK YOUR PARTY!

Venue's we have played at:
T.J.'S BAR & GRILL (every Sunday night from 8pm to midnight)
HITCHING POST IN AHAWANEE ( We will be there Oct 31st - Halloween)
QUEENS INN IN OAKHURST
TOCA WINERY IN MADERA
COARSEGOLD MINER'S GRILL in COARSEGOLD on Hwy 41.
RAYMOND GENERAL STORE, RAYMOND, CA
ALFONSO'S MEXICAN CANTINA & RESTAURANT, HWY 41, COARSEGOLD
PIZZA FACTORY, NORTH FORK, CA
FULL CIRCLE BREWERY, FRESNO, CA
ROBERT'S FROSTY FOR CAR SHOWS ON FRI'S IN COARSEGOLD, CA
HISTORIC COBB RANCH

You can view our videos and music on the following sites: Check out our Sites for sample of live shows:
You Tube LIVE SHOWS:
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Live Show YOU TUBE Auto Playlist:
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ACE & ROXY: ://.aceandroxy/
We are #1 in Blues Category for California.
Reverbnation:
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s://./AceRoXyRockNBluesExpeditionBand?ref=hl
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s:///AceandRoXy

Thank you for your support ~ Keep on RoCkiN' iN the Free World ~
Ace & Roxy
FOR BOOKINGS: CALL (559)- 683-5902 or email: lorigarberAT DOT com or guitarslinger57.ag AT DOT com

Screen name:

aceandroxy

Member since:

Feb 24 2015

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years together:

6

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Influences

They are a high energy band playing everything from Classic Rock from the 50's, Blues, Rock, pop bluesy rock with the live feel of Springsteen and Petty, and the electric guitar sound of Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Amy Winehouse, Melissa Ethridge, Stevie Nicks & The Pretenders, All Classic Country including Country artists by George Straight, Dwight Yoakum, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks and Classic Country Songs by Johnny Cash, Waylon & Willy, David Allen Coe and Patsy Cline songs, Laretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Martina McBride & Carrie Underwood.

Members Of Band

Alan "Ace" Garber, Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Band Leader, Lori "RoXy RoX" Garber, Vocals, Tambourine, Afuche',

EQUIPMENT

I also play some keyboards and bass guitar and have all the equipment. I have Pro gear, my own P.A. system, effects pedals, my own transportation and different guitars for different sounds and plenty of amplification.

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