The band is: Vanda Johnson - Lead Vocals Vanda is an Administrative Assistant by day and learned to sing gospel as a child. This (unbelievably!) is her first band. Her thunderous vocals are truly amazing. Doug Smoot – Guitar Doug works in sales in the steel industry by day and beside the guitar is an accomplished dulcimer player and instructor. He is active in arranging some of our music. Tony Carter – Guitar An advertising executive by trade Tony has a love for the blues and an impressive collection of guitars. You’ll recognize the influence of the old time blues masters in Tony’s sounds. Craig Dunn – Bass, Vocals An engineer, Craig always strives for perfection! He brings a positive "can do" attitude and hard work to the group. A rocker by nature, he adds some great bass licks! Ernie Ertel - Flute, Alto Sax, Harps, Backing Vocals Ernie, who is now retired (ask him about it! ), has been playing the flute for over 40 years and has played with many local groups including Petroc & Pals and the late Lou Ciriano to name a few. Ken Ertel – Valve Trombone, Keys, Backing Vocals An entrepeneur in the Steel Industry, Ken’s love for music is clear. He studied under Univ. of Akron’s Tucker Jolly in college and adds some keys work and arranging when needed too. Mark Montgomery - Trumpet An engineer by trade, Mark engineers the high end of our horn line! Having played for many years with area bands his energy and enthusiasm is contagious - oh and his trumpet playing is darn good too! Stan Witowski - Percussion/Drums Stan brings a huge amount of energy to the band! Experienced in rock to country to polka bands, and a lefty, Stan's sticks are flying all around when he's behind the set and he's fun to watch! "Jorj" Lamphier - Bari and Soprano sax, backing vocals Having played in several area bands and a collector of "vintage things" brother J adds the bottom to the horns. Always striving for something fun and new he will show up with many backup percussion instruments to add to the groove!                          Andy Platz - Trumpet & Sound When Andy's not tweaking our mixer he's playing with the band! An experienced musician having played with many local bands over the last 30 years, Andy adds energy and some screaming trumpet licks to SSB!     Special thanks for the help to Harry Wittbrod (Sax & Harps), Maria Ferrara (Guitar), Keith McFarren (Drums) EMAIL US AT: KENNYLOOK@YAHOO.COM

In Memory of our Friend and Bandmate Mike Chopka. Mike played his last gig on Earth with us on January 20, 2007 and joined the band in the heavens in August, 2007. His backup percussion sounds and always cheerful  - no matter what! - spirit is missed by us all.

The Band on July 3, 2010 - at The Stone Soul Festival In Memory of our friend "Chef Tray". Tray was always helping others and was the "Chef Extraordinaire" at The Getaway. He loved the bands that went there to play and always sang "Johnny B. Goode" with us every time we played there. Tray, say hello to Mike up there and make some great music together up there until we join you. RIP  In memory of our friend "Chef Tray"