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A Funk / R and B / Soul / Rock and Roll ensemble from Toronto's prestigious Humber College. Under the direction of Dave Stillwell, this band has been together for over 25 years. The members may change each year but the soul will stay forever. The normal compliment for the band is 2-5 vocalists, 2-3 trumpets, 1 trombone,1 alto sax, 1 tenor sax, and 1 baritone sax. There is usually 1 keyboard, 1 guitar, 1 bass and drums. The students in the band span all four years of the degree/diploma program. A great deal of the music is written by Uncle Dave's Arranging students at Humber College. They bring in tunes in every commercial "bag". This insures that the students have a grounding in the various commercial styles. Uncle Dave contributes to the mix by bring in his own arrangments for the band as well. There are over 400 "working musicians" that have performed with the band over the past 25 years. Over the years the group has been known as the "Showband" "Uncle Dave's Rock and Roll Roadshow" and "Blue Jackets Required" The band is a public relations vehicle for the college performing at Universities, Colleges, High Schools, Public and Separate Schools. We are also active doing Festivals, Concerts, Dances and Clinics. Each year we take the money from all the events and put it towards a week long recording session at a local studio in the Toronto area. This gives the band a chance to lay down 6-10 tracks of arrangements done for them by the arrangers. Check out the tracks on the site for samples of our work. OLD PHOTOS WANTED OF ANY OF THE GROUPS MENTIONED ..

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Member Since: 6/21/2005
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Dave Stillwell-Director/Arranger/Producer/Trumpet Player and one of Humber College's finest educators,2008/2009 MembersAl Rowe,-Janee Olivia, - Danielle Bourgeois, -Vocals, Peter Kim - Trpt, Martin Matuzszek - Trpt, Andrew Ladtke - Trb, Kyle Woodard - Alto Sax, Nevin Dunn - Tenor Sax, Elizabeth Roach - Bari Sax, Nick Korneluk - Keyboards, Heather Crawford - Guitar, Josh Cohen - Bass, Josh Patrick - Drums,OLD PHOTOS WANTED OF ANY OF THE GROUPS ..
Influences: DO YOU KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE AREVOCALISTS Joan Ballantyne, Neil Bartram, Jean Beckford, Corey Bell, Cathy Bernadelli, Dave Blamires, Dave Butler, Phil Carvalho, Holly Cole, Alana Craig, Janelle Dewhurst, Kamil Dewhurst, Martha Dicks, Shaune Ann Feuz, Mandy Galer, Christine Glenn, Michelle Goddard, Suzanne Gratton, Linda Hanchar, Rene Huard, Jeff Johnson, Katlin Kiss, Krissy Kulick, Lorraine Lawson, Peter LeBuis, Terry Lee, Frank Lee (deceased), Nicky Loney, Melanie Lovell, Daisy Lux, Brian Matheson, Kerry McConnell, Lorie Noyes, Marlene O'Neil, Cheryl Pepper, Louise Petri, Carolyn Plettell, Carley Poole, Dallas Remple, Tracy Richardson, Robbie Richter, Francine Scala, Steve Scali, Nav Semdi, Diane Stead, Aaron Straker, Tine Subic, Mike Todd, Maria Vechiarelli, Carmelina Vincegurra, Tracy Watford, Shaune Wilson, Kesha Wint ....SAX PLAYERS ---Scott Doucherty, Marsha Duggan, Mike Felice, Kim Hunt , Chris Mitchell , Alex Narr , Darryl Orr , Jeff Pighin , Mike Wark , Paul Barrett , Dave Beecroft , Keun Choi Chang , Mike Connelly , Kaley Faryon , Charlie Huntley , Al Kluten , Seb Knox , Ian Kojima , Adam Leo , John Panchysen , Peter Pereira , Chris Plock , Bob Reeves , Dave Roddenburg , Tim Rout , Mark Armstrong , Marcel Boer , Sean Coffin (deceased) , Bob Leonard (the Bari player) , Yvonne Moir , Phil Skladowski , Steve Trecarten , Simon Wallace , Merlin Williams , Diane Woolfendon.... TRUMPET PLAYERS----Joe Allen , Brian Barr (deceased) , Matt Bell , Perry Busch , Dave Dulong , Dave Dunlop , Steve Dyte , John George , Dave Kennedy , Nick Klawitter , Jay Logue , Ian McKeller , Patric McGroarty , Sacha Noelle , Jamie Oatt , Ray Podhornik , Joe Reynolds , Bob Rice , Andrew Salonen , Brian Scriver , Larry Tanchak , Vince Thomas , Troy Thrower , Randy Turine , Rick Waychesko....TROMBONE PLAYERS .... Dean Boucher, Steve Butterworth, Ilmars Sermulis(Fudds), Paul Ashwell, Kevin Cook, Joel Exner, Phil Gray, Joel Green, Yannick Malboeuf, Christian Overton, Dianna Piruzevska, Ted Peters, Leon Racine, Carston Rubeling, Walter (Ihor) Sawdyk, Jeremy Simser, Grace Talusan, Clint Ward, Justin Williams----KEYBOARD PLAYERS.... Liz Baird , Cam Brown , Nevin Campbell , Rob D'Angelo , Graham Howes , Andrew Jankura , Peter Kadar , Donovan La Nabat , Hyjoun Lee , Sandra Lorrimer , Chris Mavridis , Janey Milliken , Lou Pomanti , Jeff Roy , Gord Rusk , Steve Thomas , Fraser Troop , Nigel Troop , Tyler Vienne , Nancy Walker , Eli Weisfeld , Greg Wells , ----- GUITAR PLAYERS......Anthony Anderson , Rob Bulger , Estaban Carvallo , Tristan Clark , Ryan Eligh , Dave Gray , Rich Grossman , Anesti Karantakis , Iain Kenny , Bill Mann , Dave Mattar , Dave McKeough , Peter Mueller , Brian Murray , Ben Payne , Bill Rotman , Tobin Spring , Kenny Vehkavaara-----BASS PLAYERS.....Attilla Baraczka , Mike Bard , Calvin Beale , Rob Brown , Tyler Emond , Paul Hein , James Julien , Rich Leveque , Frank Medved , Ben Miller , Mark Mongrain , Andy Pryde , Evan Tarleton , Dave Tonelli , Tyler Wagler ,.....AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE DRUMMERS.....Dave Burton , Burak Ceylon , Steve Foster , Paul Grossi , Sean Habermehl , Mark Hansen , Ed Hilliard , Bohdan Hlusko , Dave James , Steve Mancuso , Lee McCormack , Gord Montgomery , Steve Patterson , Fabio Ragnelli , Lee Robinson , Ben Rollo , Marco Stornelli , Andre Tellier , Jeff Traplin , Craig Warner, .......... OLD PHOTOS WANTED OF ANY GROUP OR PERSONALITY
Sounds Like: CALLING ALL EX-BLUE JACKETS REQUIRED. ....If you were a member of any Blue Jackets group since 1986 please let me know how to get a hold of you. MySpace... E-mail... Phone.. Year that you played in the band... info about other people in the band you were in...mini bio... I going to put together a history of the Band If you were in UNCLE DAVE'S ROCK AND ROLL ROAD SHOW I also want to hear from you with to same info asked for above. All SHOWBAND members (combo 2) . This was the Big Band with 12 Vocals..Louise Petri..Holly Cole etc. I would like to hear from all of you as well. I really would like to do a history of these three groups. The networking potential could be enormous for the 350 plus people involved. Hell even a giant reunion might be possible...Uncle Dave
Record Label: DJS PRODUCTIONS
Type of Label: Indie

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