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The MERJ

About Me

The MERJ plays music you love! From Bob Wills to John Mayer with lots of classic rock in between. Beatles, Elvis, Motown, Top 40 and classics. Featuring Roze Tyler-Malone on violin with Jim, Charlie, Melissa, Robb, Mike and Heather making up the cast of players. We play on the North Shore of Boston. Available for functions, weddings and clubs.
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Member Since: 22/09/2006
Band Website: www.merjmusic.com
Band Members: Roze Tyler-Malone - Violin, vocals, percussion; Jim Malone - Guitar, vocals; Charlie Ortolani - Bass, vocals; Melissa Fleming - Vocals, percussion; Robb Scott - Guitar, bass, vocals; Mike DeLeo - Drums, vocals, Heather Taskovics, vocals, percussion
Influences: Some of our songs: 455 Rocket, Ants Marching, Back on the Chain Gang, Blackwater, Bright Side of the Road, Bye Bye Baby, C'est La Vie, Chain of Fools, Cherry Bomb, Crazy Little Thing, Devil Went Down, Dixie Chicken, Domino, Friend of the Devil, Get Ready, Gimme Some Lovin', Green River, Hey Bartender, Honky Tonk Woman, Hurt So Good, I Hear You Knocking, I Should Have Known Better, I'm a Believer, Keep your Hands to Yourself, Me & Julio, Melissa, Memphis, Middle, Mustang Sally, No Such Thing, One Night With You, Pink Houses, Preacher Man, Ramblin Man, Roll Over Beethoven, Runaway, Runnin on Empty, Shanty, She's No Lady, Shoop Shoop Song, Slow Down, Stuck In The Middle, Surfin USA, Tequila Sunrise, This Old Cowboy, Ticket To Ride, Truckin, Twist and Shout, US Blues, Watchtower, What's So Funny, Wild Night
Sounds Like: The best fun cover band you ever heard!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

St. Pat's

Hello MERJ Fans,Roze, Jim, Chalie, Melissa and Robb all played St. Pat's gigs in one format or another over the weekend.  You've already read about the Fernald Center gig. That was just the ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:04:00 GMT

Thursday Afternoon at Fernald

It's always good, in our humble opinion, to be reminded of our good fortune from time to time. This happened for Roze and Jim this week when we played a 2-hour set of Irish Music at The Fernald Center...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:29:00 GMT

Danvers Fund-raiser

Hi MERJ Fans,Checking in after a layoff.. We're very excited to be taking part in this Sunday, March 11's fund-raiser for the victims of November's chemical plant explosion in Danvers. We're among a d...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:23:00 GMT

MERJ hard at work

Rehersing, learning new songs, eating.  Cooking. The MERJ enjoys cooking and movies too. So this weekend we:Made a stellar marinara from the gardenMade a stellar green curry for chicken and eggpl...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:17:00 GMT

Technorati! Hai!

We have listed with Technorati!What this means for the average MERJ fan: Nothing! It just makes information about The MERJ a little easier to find on the Internets. It is, after all, a jungle out ther...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:25:00 GMT

A Thursday Night in Salem

Not just any night in Salem. It was, after all the Haunted Happenings parade, kicking off the High Kitsch season in the Witch City. That fact and others conspired to cause our pals Lee and Shira ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:36:00 GMT

Party notes

First of all, the party in Gloucester was a blast. Bob, Sarah, Jeff, Angela, Kevin, Joanne and everybody from the Uncle Shaker community -- awesome fun. Sat in on bass. Great time. Saturday at the Fis...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:42:00 GMT

This Weekend

Very excited about tonight - Party in Gloucester for our friend Bob. Bands, mummers, buskers, chicken wings. Also very excited about Saturday's return to the Fish Hill. Saw Mile 21 there last night. 7...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:42:00 GMT

Trip to NH

Two of our best friends invited us to their compound in NH last weekend for some much-needed R&R. With our busy schedule, sometimes it's nice to have a day when we're not either gigging or getting...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:24:00 GMT

Listening to today ...

Turn that Heartbeat over Again - Steely Dan; Saving Grace- Tom Petty; Help Me - Joni Mitchell; Mr. Brightside - The Killers; Here Comes Your Man, - The Pixies; Never Trust a Woman - Little Milton; Hea...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:25:00 GMT