Core members: Johnny Carlevale - rhythm guitar/vocals
Greg Burgess - lead guitar Jack Hanlon - double bass Jeremy Kroger - drums
Dick "The Poet" Lourie - tenor sax/trumpet
Alcohol! BLUES, Jump Blues, Rhythm & Blues from the 1950's! Artist influences include Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Tiny Bradshaw, B.B. King, Wally Mercer, Rudy Green, Wynonie Harris, Roy Gaines, Big Joe Turner, Earl Williams, King Perry, Wilber Steinberg...PRETTY MUCH THE BLUES!
Johnny Carlevale is an R&B singer/song-writer hailing from the north eastern part of the United States and calls home West Greenwich, Rhode Island!
Carlevale is backed by is Band Of All-Stars who include upright bassist Jack Hanlon lead guitarist Greg Burgess and drummer Jeremy Kroger!
Carlevale, Hanlon, Burgess, Kroger, and Dick "The Poet" Lourie make up the core band and from time to time you can catch Carlevale with tenor sax player Rodney Caron!
And when Carlevale feels the set needs a boost of estrogen, he calls on female vocalist Amy Latka who is featured on Carlevale's 2006 release, "That Ain't No Way To Spend A Friday Night"!
You never know what you're going to get with Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars! What what you will get is a full night of entertainment! The band is becoming known for it's variety from show to show. One night blues legend "Sugar" Ray Norcia walked in off the street to sing a few tunes with Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars!
Whether it be some latin grooves fused with Carlevale's brand of blues, jump blues, country blues, texas blues, or straight up "slow" blues...this band will garuntee to entertain you!
This raw racket is heavily influenced by rhythm & blues sounds that helped pioneer rock n' roll music of the 1950's! Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars will keep you wanting more and more with their combination of originals written in the true rhythm & blues vein and covers from independent label rhythm & blues artists, jump blues classics to standard blues classics...this is one act worth catching!
Click here to check out Johnny Carlevale's interview with SPFANZINE.com!
You can buy Johnny Carlevale's 2005 EP CD release featuring the smash hit "She's The Apple Of My Eye" right now for $7.00 US (which includes shipping & handling) by clicking on the button below!
Now on sale is Johnny Carlevale's 2006 14 song LP "That Ain't No Way To Spend A Friday Night"! Click the Buy Now button to purchase!
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Now on sale is the soundtrack from the feature length film, which opened on September 7, 2007, and documents the long history of Rocky Point Park, an amusement park and Shore Dinner Hall situated along the coast of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The soundtrack features 15 tracks by Johnny Carlevale performed by his many musical projects - His Band Of All Stars, The Rollin' Pins, The Acoustic Trio, The Big Kahunays, and The Bomboleros!
CLICK HERE and pick up a copy of "You Must Be This Tall"!
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Hi Johnny, Thanks for playing at the Hotel again. You and Greg were really good!! :) You are definitely a many of many talents and myspace pages. Would love to hear your latin show next (Bomboleros). Thanks so much, you rock! Take care, Joann
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very nice to have met you last night. If i could have found a comfortable spot in that little place i would have camped out all night. Middle east. I'm there. ;)
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