"Joliet" Jake Blues

Jake had a vision. It was his, the only real one he'd ever had, and he clung to it. There had been too many messy gas station holdups with only some green stamps and a case of Valvoline to show for the risk. Joliet Jake had always been full of schemes. But this was different; it played across his tiled cell wall 24 hours a day. And the ending was always the same – Jake and his brother Elwood cruising out of Calumet City, Ill., with the sun in their shades and a full tank of gas. He absentmindedly rubbed his Buddha belly; even on a diet of jail food and Chesterfields, Jake had gained weight. Someday they’d have a penthouse on Lake Shore Drive … float around with bourbons and blonds. It was out there for the taking and Jake could smell it like ozone in damp air.

It had always been the blues. Even back in the Rock Island City orphanage (that sweaty kid factory with the black windows) Jake and Elwood were saved by the music. actually, saved by a gray-haired janitor everybody called Curtis. He wore these sinister midnight shades, a narrow black tie and a porkpie hat that he kept pushed back on his head. Curtis wrapped his waxy brown hands around his guitar neck and played the most dangerous blues this side of Robert Johnson. The nuns scorched their days with holy threats and Curtis rescued them by night. Down in the coolness of his basement he taught the brothers the blues.

Elwood Blues Jr.

Silent Elwood never did put more than two sentences together, but all those lost words burned from his Special 20 blues harp.

When Jake could keep himself out of jail, Elwood took off from the Taser factory and the brothers rode the state bare. They played everywhere: after-hours clubs, black-light bars. Word spread quietly across the steel belt about the two men in the porkpie hats who still played the blues. And soon other musicians crawled out of the night. One scary soul band as mean and righteous as a fist. Born were the Blues Brothers!

Steve "Comando" Pierce
Lead & Slide Guitar & Vocals

Born and raised in Greenwich Village back in the 60’s & 70’s Steve style of guitar playing was influenced by the explosion of music that was going on back then. Working at the Fillmore East in 1969, Steve honed his guitar skills while performing all kinds of musicial styles. That lead him to mastering pedal steel and bottle neck guitar. Blues and R&B have always been Steve’s passion. He can often be seen leading three piece power trios or blending into the pocket of any solid rhythm section. Steve was made to play the blues!

Stan "The Man" Bernstein Keyboards & Vocals

A native of Richmond Virginia Stanley began his musical career and made his first hit record at an early age of 13. Through his early years Stanley performed with various bands on the organ and drums. All that hard work paid off when in the late seventies Stanley worked as a keyboardist at the Las Vegas Tropicana and toured across the Caribbean at exclusive showrooms such as the El San Juan hotel in Puerto Rico and Bermuda at the Princess hotel in Hamilton. Stanley has also performed for the USO at Air force bases around the world. Norwegian Cruise Lines quickly scooped up Stanley as music director for their top entertainer playing keyboards as well as bandleader. He has also performed at the Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach North Carolina and The Charleston Music Hall specializing in keyboard orchestral accompaniment.
Stanley now resides in Boca Raton Florida and performs with Blues Brothers Tribute Band entertaining all of South Florida.

Mike "Jersey Shore" Petro
Bass Guitar

Playing bass at the Jersey Shore for many years and owning a music store in Toms River was always an exciting time for Mike. Living in Lavallette and Seaside Heights kept Mike working in the clubs up and down the Jersey coast. The "Columns" in Avon or "Club Temptations" in Seaside Heights were but a small part of the big Jersey Shore music scene. And groups like "Shoreline" and "Otis" played the best live music.
Today, Mike lives in South Florida and continues to play the best R & B sounds from the classic days through the Blues Brothers Soul Band.

Tony Milone
Drums

Originally from Queens, NY, Tony Milone has been playing drums since the age of sixteen. With numerous years of playing in the Ft. Lauderdale area with various local classic rock bands, such as “Innuendo”, Better Than Bowling” and “Rigid Lizid” Tony is delighted to be a part of the Blues Brothers Soul Band.

Leonardo "Mr. Fabulous" Bacigalupi Trumpet & Vocals

Brad Jimenez
Bari Sax & Vocals

Remy Martinez
Tenor Sax & Vocals

Deborah DiRoberto
Vocals