A house band at the Flaming Pit in 1977 – The band consisted of Larry Woolridge (guitar), Bunny Carfagno (trumpet), Chuck Regner (bass), Vernon Wolst (sax, vocals), and Bing Miller (drums ex-Rae Girard, Morgan Baer Orchestras).
Carfagno later played with the Jerry Fischer Big Band based in Florida. Wolst has played jazz music around the Baltimore area since he moved here in the 1950s. He formed the Big Blues Band in the ‘80s and can still be seen performing jazz with the Buddy’s Pub house band in the ‘00s. Miller continued to lead jazz groups throughout the ‘80s-90s including the Buddy’s Pub house band. Wolst later led his own jazz groups and played with the Rhythm Kings Big Blues Band. He was also a featured performed at the Short Stop lounge on Washington Boulevard in the ‘90s.
