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Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars

New England's Own Jump, Swing, Rhythm & Blues!

About Me

Johnny Carlevale is an R&B singer/song-writer hailing from the north eastern part of the United States and calls home West Greenwich, Rhode Island!
Carlevale is backed by is Band Of All-Stars who include upright bassist Jack Hanlon lead guitarist Greg Burgess and drummer Jeremy Kroger!
Carlevale, Hanlon, Burgess, and Kroger make up the core band and from time to time you can catch Carlevale with tenor sax players Dick "The Poet" Lourie and Rodney Caron!
And when Carlevale feels the set needs a boost of estrogen, he calls on female vocalist Amy Latka who is featured on Carlevale's 2006 release, "That Ain't No Way To Spend A Friday Night"!
You never know what you're going to get with Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars! What what you will get is a full night of entertainment! The band is becoming known for it's variety from show to show. One night blues legend "Sugar" Ray Norcia walked in off the street to sing a few tunes with Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars!
Whether it be some latin grooves fused with Carlevale's brand of blues, jump blues, country blues, texas blues, or straight up "slow" blues...this band will garuntee to entertain you!
This raw racket is heavily influenced by rhythm & blues sounds that helped pioneer rock n' roll music of the 1950's! Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars will keep you wanting more and more with their combination of originals written in the true rhythm & blues vein and covers from independent label rhythm & blues artists, jump blues classics to standard blues classics...this is one act worth catching!
Click here to check out Johnny Carlevale's interview with SPFANZINE.com!
You can buy Johnny Carlevale's 2005 EP CD release featuring the smash hit "She's The Apple Of My Eye" right now for $7.00 US (which includes shipping & handling) by clicking on the button below!
Now on sale is Johnny Carlevale's 2006 14 song LP "That Ain't No Way To Spend A Friday Night"! Click the Buy Now button to purchase!
Or BUY them BOTH together buy clicking on the "Buy Now" button below!Now on sale is the soundtrack from the feature length film, which opened on September 7, 2007, and documents the long history of Rocky Point Park, an amusement park and Shore Dinner Hall situated along the coast of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The soundtrack features 15 tracks by Johnny Carlevale performed by his many musical projects - His Band Of All Stars, The Rollin' Pins, The Acoustic Trio, The Big Kahunays, and The Bomboleros!
CLICK HERE and pick up a copy of "You Must Be This Tall"!
Note Worthy Shows:
Saturday, December 11, 2004 (Christmas Rock N' Roll Oddessey II) @ TT The Bear's Place, 10 Brookline Street, Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts!
Friday, March 25, 2005 (Viva Las Vegas 8) @ The Gold Coast Hotel & Casino, 4000 Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada!
Friday, October 7, 2005 (The Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekender) @ 1200 rue Johnson, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada!
Saturday, December 10, 2005 (Christmas Rock N' Roll Oddyssey III) @ TT The Bear's Place, 10 Brookline Street, Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts!
Saturday, July 1, 2006 (The Rumblers Nomads Car Show) @ Terryville Fairgrounds - Terryville - Connecticut!
Friday, October 21, 2006 (The 1st Annual Hot Rod & Kustom Fallout) @ The Elks Pavillion, 98 Woodland Street, South Glastonbury, Connecticut!
Saturday, December 9, 2006 (Christmas Rock N' Roll Oddyssey IV) @ TT The Bear's Place, 10 Brookline Street, Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts!
Saturday, June 23rd (The 1st Annual Road Rats Hot Rod Show - "Ratfest") @ The Northport Fireman’s Fairgrounds - Northport - New York!
Saturday, August 4th, 2007, ( The 1st Annual Hot Rodz N’ Kustoms – all day car show) @ The Crossroad Bar & Grill, 1701 Park Street - Palmer - Massachusetts!
Friday, September 7th, 2007 (THE HIGH ROCKABILLY) - Barcelona - Spain!
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 (Christmas Rock N' Roll Odyssey V) @ TT The Bear's Place - 10 Brooklinie Street - Central Square - Cambridge - Massachusetts!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/17/2004
Band Website: JohnnyCarlevale.tripod.com
Band Members: Core members:
Johnny Carlevale - rhythm guitar/vocals
Greg Burgess - lead guitar
Jack Hanlon - double bass
Jeremy Kroger - drums
Dick "The Poet" Lourie - tenor sax/trumpet

Special Guests:

Pianists:
Ace Brown

Harpists:
Mark Tortorici
Ryan Hartt
Mike Law
Gregg Mackenzie

Guitarists:
Tim Heroux
Sean Mencher
Dennis Kelly
Johnny Maguire

Female Vocalists:
Amy Latka
Little Rachel

Horn Players:
Rod Caron
Ben Jaffe
Sam Holtzman

Double Bassists:
Shane Kiel
Matt Murphy

Influences: Alcohol! BLUES, Jump Blues, Rhythm & Blues from the 1950's! Artist influences include Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Tiny Bradshaw, B.B. King, Wally Mercer, Rudy Green, Wynonie Harris, Roy Gaines, Big Joe Turner, Earl Williams, King Perry, Wilber Steinberg...PRETTY MUCH THE BLUES!
Sounds Like: New England's Own Jump, Swing, Rhythm & Blues!
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jumping From 6 To 6 Record Review!

Fred Turgis from Jumping From 6 To 6 out of France gave us a glowing record review.  CLICK HERE to check out this killer review!  ...
Posted by Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:29:00 PST

Full length record release scheduled for 12-09-2006!

  The second release of Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars is on the horizon.  Just in time for Christmas.  The scheduled date is December 9th, 2006!  Which is also ...
Posted by Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:35:00 PST

EP RELEASE!

  Sin'Gal Records release of Johnny Carlevale's 5 song EP is slated for Friday, October 7th 2005 in Canada at The Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekender in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec.  The EP features the m...
Posted by Johnny Carlevale & His Band Of All-Stars on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:25:00 PST