JEREMY                    JOEL                DAVE                           BART 

MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR

GUTBUCKET ROCK AND ROLL

 

THE YEAR WAS 1998 … 

AFTER DECADES OF SLUGGING IT OUT IN THE BARS OF CHICAGOLAND IN VARIOUS

R&B/COUNTRY/OLDIES/HARD ROCK/BEATLE TRIBUTE/POWER POP/AMERICANA BANDS

BART ALONZO DECIDED TO START HIS OWN EPONYMOUS CREW AND THE BART ALONZO GROUP WAS BORN.

THE CURRENT LINE UP IS THE THIRD INCARNATION AND IN THIS CASE THE THIRD TIME TRULY WAS A CHARM.

 

JOEL PACE IS A NATIVE OF PITTSBURG WHERE HE STARTED PLAYING R&B HAMMOND ORGAN AND BOOGIE PIANO IN VARIOUS BANDS INCLUDING GEORGE FABER AND STRONGHOLD AND STREET CORNER BLUE.

HE IS VERY INFLUENCED BY FELIX CAVALIERE, DUKE ELLINGTON

AND THE TWO STEVIES (WINWOOD AND WONDER).

ALONG WITH HIS CHOPS HE IS A VOCALIST OF GREAT STYLE AND DISTINCTION

A PROLIFIC SONGWRITER, A SWELL DAD, AND A FABULOUS PAINTER.

 

DAVE WISNIEWSKI  IS POSSIBLY THE FINEST SINGING DRUMMER YOU WILL EVER SEE.

HIS TOUCH, DYNAMICS AND SONG BASED SENSIBILITIES WERE PUT TO GOOD USE  IN LOS ANGELES AS A MEMBER OF WORLD CITIZEN -A REGULAR ON VH1 AND MTV.

IN THE STUDIO PARTICULARLY, HIS CONSISTENT, SWINGING ROCK SOLID PLAYING HAS PROVED INVALUABLE TO THIS TEAM.

 

JEREMY ECKBERG (BASS, VOCALS)  IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TROUPE AND CUT HIS TEETH AS A MEMBER OF THE EXTREMELY POPULAR PEORIA BASED BLUE MAGOO A BAND THAT PLAYS TO PACKED HOUSES EVERY TIME THEY VENTURE OUT. HIS PLAYING ENCOMPASSES FUNK, ROCK, PROG, AND EVEN BLUEGRASS STYLES -ALWAYS WITH A POCKET.

WE IN B.A.G. MEAN TO  LEARN A GREAT DEAL FROM HIM.

 

THE BART  ALONZO GROUP IS DEDICATED TO THE PREMISE THAT REGULAR HARD WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO LET OFF SOME STEAM ON THE WEEKENDS WITH THE GREATEST GIFT EVER BESTOWED-ROCK AND SOUL MUSIC. WHETHER FOR DANCING, LISTENING OR BOTH THIS BAND MEANS TO PROVIDE IT’S AUDIENCE WITH A LOTTA LOVE.

 

COVERING SONGS BY ARTISTS AS DIVERSE AS: VAN MORRISON, JOHNNY CASH, RAY CHARLES, THE RASCALS,  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, THE BEATLES, STONES, STONES, MOTOWN, NEVILLE BROS., AL GREEN AND EVEN SOME SWING JAZZ STANDARDS

 

THE BAND CARRIES LIGHT AND SOUND FOR ANY CLUB-SIZED VENUE

 

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