Allen Santoriello

Website: www.allensantoriello.com

 Allen started playing guitar at 10 and had already been singing with his family for years.  He played his first gig at the age of 14 and it was the start of a life long passion and the beginning of a successful career in music.
    Allen earned the nickname "Little Wilson" because of his soulful vocal style.  The band, Little Wilson, was formed in 1979  and continues to play to large, enthusiastic crowds.  Renowned for their distinctive R & B style, they cover music from the 1940's to the 1970's.  In 2005 The Little Wilson Band released "Never Too Late", a CD of original and classic blues and swing.
    In the 90's Allen was the lead singer for the regionally successful band Cadillac Moon.  Cadillac Moon toured up and down the East Coast promoting their CDs " Plug Me In " and "In the Kitchen".  Their song, "Show Me Your Tattoo" appears in the movie, "The Devil's Advocate".  He still plays with some of the former members of Cadillac Moon in The Walkers.  The Walkers CD, "Best Foot Forward" is a fun collection of covers and originals.
    Allen plays regularly as a solo artist all over Long Island and the Tri-State area.
    Embarking on a new and exciting journey Allen went into the studio to record his long awaited solo record featuring all original music. The CD features an eclectic mix of some of Long Island's top musicians that he has been fortunate enough to play with over his long career.  The CD, entitled "Pros & Cons" was released on Paradiddle Records in November of 2015.
 

Kerry Kearney , a slide guitar master, plays and works his instrument to limits that amaze even the most seasoned musician or cultured music fan. The sounds Kerry creates from his vintage, stock and custom-made guitars are as unique as his song writing and original melodies. Kerry was voted "Best Guitarist of 1999" by the LI Voice and “Bluesman of the Year 2004” by the LI Blues Society. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Long Island Sound Award (L.I.S.A.) from the LI Music Hall of Fame and most recently, in 2013, he and his band mates were each inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame. He has toured nationally and internationally with the Allman Brothers Band and Dickey Betts and has performed with such contemporaries as Sonny Landreth and Robert Randolph. Kerry and his band have shared the stage with the great BB King at the NYCB Westbury Theater and at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY, as well as Robert Cray with the Blind Boys of Alabama and The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi.

Kerry Kearney’s style, music from the “Psychedelta”, is his own brand containing an upbeat mix of American Blues & Roots, created from writing and performing on the circuit for over 40 years. Along with his band, he has continued to experience an overwhelming and positive response over the airwaves and especially when performing live. His wailing upbeat style of blues, driven by tasty, inspired guitar riffs, electrifying slide and infectious rhythms, has allowed Kerry to amass a huge loyal following. The Kerry Kearney Band recently celebrated 20 years to a sold-out show at the Boulton Center in Bay Shore, NY.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Michael Falzarano has been a working musician for over 50 years, most notably in Hot Tuna, the famed offspring of The Jefferson Airplane, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, and his current projects The Airplane Family, The Englishtown Project and The Kings of the Psychedelta.

Falzarano is a longtime member of The New Riders of the Purple Sage founded by the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. Along with original members David Nelson and the recently deceased Buddy Cage, this seminal cosmic outlaw country band toured extensively for decades and recorded two CDs of new material (Where I Come From and 17 Pine Avenue).  Several songs were co-written with Robert Hunter, famed lyricist for the Grateful Dead.  Original Falzarano compositions appear on those releases as well as Wanted: Live At Turkey Trot (Fa-Ka-Wee).

Falzarano also has five solo releases to his credit.  His most recent CD, A Kaleidoscope Christmas, received rave reviews and was featured in Rolling Stone magazine's column "Songs You Have to Hear.”

Falzarano has both performed on and contributed many original songs to Hot Tuna CDs such as “Pair A Dice Found” (Epic), “Live at Sweetwater I and II” (Relix), “…And Furthurmore” (Grateful Dead Records) and “Hot Tuna—Live In Japan” (Relix), as well as the Jorma Kaukonen releases “Land of Heroes” (American Heritage), “Too Many Years” (American Heritage) and “The Jorma Kaukonen Trio Live” (Relix).  One of Falzarano’s self-penned compositions is featured on Kaukonen's current release “I Ain't In No Hurry” (Red House).  Falzarano’s partial discography includes Professor Louie & the Crowmatix’s “Live” and “Flyin’ High” (both on Woodstock Records), Kerry Kearney’s “Trippin’ on the Psychedelta” (Relix) and Alexis P. Suter's “Shuga Fix” (Hipbone).

"True champions of Long Island music!"  "A true creative force in Americana/Roots music."

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