Paul Rocco passed away on March 19, 2009. He will be missed.
Formed in 2001, The White Devils are a lo-fi blues/garage band out of Rochester, NY comprised of FRANK DEBLASE(ex-Frantic Flattops), PAUL ROCCO(ex-Chesterfield Kings) and ROB FILARDO(ex-Priests). The band has shared the stage with the likes of Link Ray, John Mayall and even Jerry Lee Lewis. Coincidentally, their first show was supporting Southern Culture On The Skids.
The sound of the White Devils is nothing like the band members' previous endeavors. It's a minimal set-up consisting of two slide guitar players and a drumset comprised of 2 drums and a set of maracas. No bass guitar needed. The Devils claim their influences are "greasy food and greasy women" although musically they pull from old blues, gospel, a little funk, a little classic rock and some punk and garage. The band is recording their first full-length this fall.
Thank you to everyone who came to Paulie's memorial jam session to honor his rememberance. It was very heartwarming to see all his musician friends play in his honor. Paulie will be greatly missed here at home.
The Night before Pauls memorial service friends and players are welcome to come to O'Briens Pub on main street medina NY to Dave viternas open jam to play or listen and celebrate his life with his fellow players and friends 9 pm till close
WILD a first pre-mix song from my upcoming solo album is online now!!! Please listen to my ORIGINAL SONGS and let me know what you think! check out us on: www.myspace.com/speedkingband
Here is some information I received from Paul Rocco's family:
We are family to Paul Rocco. He was my uncle. My family wanted to see if you would be able to leave a comment on the profile for White Devil stating when the service will be for my uncle? If you could help out that would be great.
The service is Friday April 3rd. 11AM at St. Mary's in Holley NY 14470.
I was struck when i just heard about paulie,i met him 3 weeks ago when you guys opened for johnny winters at the german house,why are all the good ones taken away from us too soon,sorry for your loss guys,rip Rocco
All your hometown musician friends will truly miss Paulie. Here is one of the photos taken of Paulie when he would come down to Medina and jam with us. We honored him at our open mic on this last Thursday at O'Brien's in Medina. Paulie is sadly missed. Fellow musician friend, Deborah of "Wounded".
Paulie is the best guitar player I have ever played with. Hands down............. I will never forget playing drums for him in the 11 months we were THE PAULIE ROCCO BAND. .... I have an 8 song demo we did at SnakeBite Studios - 1999- that I would love to share with anyone who wants a copy cd. It rocks !
TAKE IT RIGHT BACK. brings me back to the days when I was in a band with Paulie. Frank - Ronnie Agnello says hello. WHITE DEVILS ROCK ! I remember playing a gig that Rob F. got us at The BugJar. Good times. Thanks - JD
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