The Summertime Blues Band

ABOUT

Just 4 slobs with day jobs and a vow never to learn another cover tune again.(Well, that is unless it's really cool.) Recording and getting airplay in our hometown area,...looking to break out and sell a few cds. You can get one by visiting our official web site, Check us out.
SORRY THIS BAND HAS MORPHED INTO Blues Deville

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Screen name:: mongo46538
Member since:: May 24 2005; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years together:: 6
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Age:: 54 years

Influences

Gatemouth Brown, Sonnyboy Williamson, BB King, Albert King, Paul Butterfield, T-bone Walker, Willy Dixon, Robert Johnson, Rupert Thomas, Cory Stevens, Tommy Castro, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric clapton, Jimi Hendrix.....on and on and on.....

Members Of Band

Big Willy

Bill "Big Willy" Gieras is the coolest cat you’ll ever come across. Big Willy blows a mean harp and has the sweetest pipes. Bill’s jammed with the Budget Blues Band and Evidence prior to working with the Summertimeblues Band. Bill is originally from Chicago, lending credence to his Chicago Sound.

Mongo

Ted "Mongo Carter is featured on lead vocals, bass and lead guitar. He has played in the following bands throughout his career. Purple Diamond, Eros, Stone Ash, Tradewind, Gypsy, Ridgerock, Judyann and the Showdown, Golden Grass Express, Triad, Fugitive, Rokkus, Blackridge, Night Shift, Chaz Creek, Freeway, The Twine Brothers, The Slugs, Scapegoat and the-Alibis, Dave Decent and the Exploders, Boot Hill, Inside Straight, Stampede, Curious George and now Summertime Blues!

Smooth Melon

Also originating from Chicago, Illinois, Bill "Smooth Melon" Kolter lends his talents on bass, rythym and lead guitar. His nickname was given to him for obvious reasons, "the smooth sound of his guitar"....or was it the reflection on his pointed little head. The only way to be sure is to come and give the guys a listen. Some of Bill's previous bands include: Curious George and the High Voltage Fence, Morris Taper and the Reamers, and The 2:30 Band.

Zeek

Sheldon "Zeek" Bailey is known to inhabit the various haunts of the Rochester Area. He is believed to be armed and dangerous, with tons of py comebacks , blues riffs and more than a pocketful of deep thumpin, off in the distance rumblin, blues drum beats and rythyms.

Formerly from "RockRidge from Wasraw", the now infamous blues drummer incepted the blues scene in Warsaw, by the formation of "ScapeGoat and the Alibis", with "Treated and Released's" Guitar Virtuoso Dave Delp, Marty Randall, Dan Chudynski and our own Mongo Carter. Later to become the now defunct Dave Decent and the Exploders.