#Swingtones

Teen group. Sam Mirabile (sax – later Dynamics, Patti LaBelle), Frank Pastore (drums), and Frank Curry (guitar). Tony Consantino (drums) […]

The Playboys band consisted of Lou Gordon, Marvin Simons, John Phillips, Lou Meyers (vocals), and Mickey Mezzanotte (sax). They could […]

Vocalist, trumpeter originally started performing as part of a duo called the Luckey’s at the Carousel in 1967, becoming a […]

Glen Burnie based R&B group. Members included Gary D’Addario (guitar ex-Arcades), Blair Lee ‘Mickey’ Reed (drums, vibes, sax ex-Nightrockers, Midnight […]

Rockabilly band formed in 1954 at the Woodlawn Teen Center. The Jay Rockers Trio may have been the first rock […]

Hamilton area band later known as the Swingtones. Seen at the Dutch Mill on Harford Road…

Pop band fronted by Al Hoffman (lead vocals). Al recalls “Joe Rubino (drums), Denny Weston (bass ex-Counts), Tony Eckhart (piano […]

Rock and roll group formed by former Swingtones members Tony Bravo (keyboards), Mickey Mezzanotte (sax), and Harry Cocoras (trombone ex-Swingtones), […]

Rock and roll group formed by members of the ‘70s band Crossroads and led by Bert Zimmerman a.k.a. Gene Vincentt  […]

Al Hoffman and his Charades were the weekend house band at Hoffman’s own Red Devil Lounge and Hoffman’s in Essex. […]