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About Me

Heavy Petty is the Bay Area's preeminent Tribute to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. With an exciting live show and uncanny sonic similarity to the real thing, Heavy Petty has been amazing audiences all over the Bay Area since 2002.
Heavy Petty is the brainchild of lead singer Joe Ruiz. Blessed with a voice remarkably similar to Tom Petty's, he thought it could be a lot of fun and enlisted his brother, Marty Ruiz to play drums. Marty is quite well known as the drummer of Superbooty, SF's premiere funk/party/mayhem extravaganza. They both approached longtime friend Eric Boales and persuaded him to take up the bass in the project, even though his main instrument is guitar. Eric's rock solid rhythm and excellent harmony vocals are integral to the band's success. Finding lead guitarist KC Cormack and original keyboard player Frank Johnson through Craigslist (where else?), the band played all over the Bay Area for almost three years, playing most major clubs and every dive bar in the Bay Area. When Frank was offered a "real job" as musical director for Beach Blanket Babylon, Adan Schwartz stepped in to save the day. Adding another layer to the HP sound with his improvisational skills and soulful harmonica playing, HP carried on without missing a step.
Heavy Petty continues to perform on stages large and small all over the Bay Area. It's a great night out and we invite you to come out and join us. It's always a good time!

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Member Since: 11/4/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/heavypetty
Band Members: Eric Boales - Bass
KC Cormack - Guitar
Joe Ruiz- Lead Vocals and Guitar
Marty Ruiz - Drums
Adan Schwartz - Keyboards and Harmonica

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My Blog

What a show!!!

Hey Everyone,Well what a great night at Grant & Green last weekend! Thanks to all of you who came out and rocked with us. The crowd was singing along all night and sounded and looked great. Thanks ...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PST

5/3/08 Ace In The Hole Wrap Up

Hi There! Marty here again with the wrap up of our show in beautiful Sebastopol at Ace in The Hole Cider Pub.The show went really well. An enthusiastic audience, great food & drinks and a warm night. ...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:20:00 PST

Irelands 32 show CANCELED!

Due to circumstances beyond our control the Irelands 32 show for this Saturday has been canceled. Heavy Petty is sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused, but will be back in SF on June 7th at...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:07:00 PST

Late Wrap Up of Finbars 3/1 & Grant & Green 3/29

Hi! Marty here with a dreadfully late update of our Finbars & Grant & Green Shows in March. I'd first like to apologize for the lateness of the update. I've been extremely busy with moving (yes I move...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST

2.9.08 @ Don Quixote’s in Felton

Hi! Marty here with a quick wrap up of our show on 2/9 at Don Quixote's.All I can say is Wow! That show was sooooo much fun. We had a great crowd, a great place to play, great sound (Thanks Lake!) and...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:03:00 PST

Another great show at Grant & Green on 1/12/08

Thanks to everyone who came out to Grant & Green last Saturday night.....what an incredibly enthusiastic and fun group. Great singing along and thanks for all the beers sent up to the stage. We love...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:09:00 PST

1/19/08 Show in Sebastopol Cancelled!

Due to circumstances beyond our control our show on 1/19/08 at Ace in The Hole in Sebastopol has been cancelled. We are working with them on rescheduling later in the spring. Thanks and we're sorry fo...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:45:00 PST

Finbars 12/7/07 Wrap Up

Hi There! Marty here with a short, very late (sorry) wrap up of our show in Petaluma at Finbars. It's amazing to me that as long as I've been playing in the Bay Area music scene that there is always s...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:34:00 PST

Holiday Greetings

Hi! Marty here with a November update and also wishes for a great holiday season.We didn't play out live this month, but will pick it up again in December at Finbars in Petaluma. Then in January we st...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:57:00 PST

Marin Brewing Co. 10/27/07

Hi There! Marty here again with a wrap up of our show at the Marin Brewing Company last Saturday.We had never been to the Marin Brewing Co. and it is a really nice place. The brews and the food are ex...
Posted by Heavy Petty on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:43:00 PST