Ron Yarosz Hammond B3 organ, Fender Rhodes and
other electric keyboards, Acoustic Guitar,
Percussion, Lead Vocals, and especially
Harmonicas ...........................
Eric Brewer.........................(Guitar extraordinare...pumpin' up the energy)
Jason Lewis ( Walkin and ridin' the Bass...formerly with Hadden Sayers Band, Jakes Blues) ..............................
Ron Sutton on Drums (Formerly with Bernard Allison, Hadden Sayers, and Jason Ricci)..........................................................
This is the Blues though yall....If a man wants to play then the
Vehicle needs to keep rollin' Sometimes cats can't make the show...here is a list of other dudes who have at one time or another taken a ride on the vehicle........or took it for a ride!!! some on a regular basis
Guitar: Rodger Montgomery, Scott Cravener, Jason Dohanich, Barry King, Jake Banta, Pat Vahey, Duke Sherman,
Bass: Jassen Wilber, Kenny Cornelius, Doug Phillips, Ron Bissel, Joe Hokaj, Bob Megill, T.J. Edwards, Mike Bruno
Drums: Doug Welser, Laroux, P.J. Askey, and , Randy Hetherington
I have also had the pleasure of having the Beautiful and Talented singer Karen Jeffreys join the band for a few occasions. She also sang on "Might Take a Little Longer"...one of the songs on the first album
Influences
The Meters, Canned Heat, Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Carlos Santana, Led Zepplin, T-Bone Walker, The Allman Brothers, Grant Green, Neil Young, John Mayall, B.B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Blues Traveler, Billy Boy Arnold, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, Bo Diddly, Big Dave Steele and the Ultrasonics, Pinetop Perkins, Jerry Garcia, Richie Havens, Howard and the White Boys, Schleigho, Benny "The Heat" Goodwin, Skip James, J.B. Lenoir, Chuck Berry, Wilson Pickett, J. Geils Band (W' Magic Dick ), Joey Defancesco, Jimmy Smith, Joe Krown, the Neville Brothers, Henry Butler, Eric Clapton, The Rebirth Brass Band, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Richie Havens, Jim Rennicks, Jake Banta, Paul Pena, The Grateful Dead, an incomplete list of blues and grooves that have permeated my soul,
If you would rather have a hard copy then you can purchase What It Is @
Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle:
Kickin it locally in Erie, PA
Ron has been playing in bands since 1990.
His past bands include Hammered Bass, Blues Messiah,
Moondogs blues band, Blues Expansion, midnight riders, and most
recently the Vehicle.
He has played with many bands over the years including
The Devon Allman's Honeytribe, The Recipe, Plaid Iguana Project, Jakes Blues, Rick
Magee and the Roadhouse Rockers, Norman Nardini and the Tigers, Jill West and the Blues Attack, Randy Baumann and
friends, Orange Whip, Big Jack Johnson, Snake Oil
Medicine Show, Cucumber Jones, Noah Wotherspoon and the Stratocats, East Ave., Kip London and the Jump City Band, Plato's Cave, The John Cole Blues Band, Organic Voodoo Machine, Hubert Sumlin, and many others.
the sound:
Blues, Rock, Funk, Jamband at times. Ron splits time between the Hammond B3 and fronting the stage playing High Energy electric harmonica. They cover an area from Straight ahead blues to sometimes psychodelic improvisational jams. They specialize in doing modern versions of blues standards...always putting their own spin on the song.
Ron has independantly released two albums: "The Vehicle" in 2003 and
"What It Is" in 2007
Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle
won the Blues Society of Western
Pennsylvania's Blues Challenge in 2007 at Moondogs in
Pittsburgh. By winning the local contest they
qualified for a spot in the Blues Foundation's
International Blues Challenge being held February 1-3
on historic Beale St. in Memphis, Tennessee.
http://www.Blues.org
Aside from numerous bar gigs and private shows, The band has played the Pittsburgh Blues Fest 3 times and the Erie Art Museum Blues and Jazz Festival in 2006. They have also played at 8 Great Tuesdays in Erie several times. Ron can also be seen sitting in from time to time with Jakes Blues playing Harmonica, and Chance of Reign ..boards and Harp.
He also frequents and supports the open Blues Jams in Erie even hosting it from time to time.
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Thank you for supporting broke ass independant blues musicians....although we are broke we are among the richest people in the world.
Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle's Friend Space (Top 15)
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
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Please visit rockerie.com to hear my song that's entered in the Song of the Year contest. There is no public voting for Song of the Year. Go to rockerie.com and click on "artists" then click on "music charts" (lower right column) then click on play for Rob Vance-Small Town Girl. Click on the REMA '09 (Rock Erie Music Awards '09) Song of the Year logo to hear other songs entered for Song of the Year. No joining, signing up, creating an account or voting required unless you want to. You can just visit the site and listen to music.
Hey whats up? Just dropping by to say hello. Elocin and I hope your summer has been a good one. Summer isn't done completely yet so there is still time to make this summer one to remember. Take care.** hugs **
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