| RICHARD "ROSY" ROSENBLATT cut his teeth as a harmonica player in the great Boston blues scene of the 1970's, toured the East Coast with the Allston Allstars, the Billy Colwell Band, and others. He worked with many of his blues heroes, recording with Sunnyland Slim, and backing up Hubert Sumlin, John Lee Hooker, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Otis Rush, James Cotton and others.
Rosy set up a basement recording studio and started Tone-Cool Records in 1985. Over the next 20 years, he served as Prez/CEO of Tone-Cool, as well as occasional engineer, producer, executive  producer, and bottle-washer. Tone-Cool released more than 50 records, with artists like Susan Tedeschi, North Mississippi Allstars, Double Trouble, Sean Costello, Hubert Sumlin, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and many more, earning a certified Gold Record, multiple Grammy nominations, a "Keeping the Blues Alive" Award as Blues Label of the Year, and countless W.C. Handy (Blues Music) Awards. Rosenblatt also served 6 years on the Board of Directors of the Memphis-based Blues Foundation. In 2004, Tone-Cool became a division of V2-Artemis Records, and Rosenblatt stayed on as Prez until 2006.
In 2007 Rosenblatt launched the VizzTone label group, along with partners Bob Margolin and Chip Eagle, to distribute, promote and publicize records by established artists. So far VizzTone has 27 releases, including Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Debbie Davies, Gina Sicilia, and many more...
Recently Rosy has also worked as an independent music producer, songwriter, music biz consultant, studio musician, and harmonica teacher, and has been working on projects in his newly-refurbished studio. He performs regionally with Danny Klein's Full House, some distant gigs with Bob Margolin, Dave Gross and Gina Sicilia, and locally with artists including Alizon Lissance, Erin Harpe, Barrett Anderson and Geoff Bartley.
www.facebook.com/rrosenblatt1 www.vizztone.com Kevin O’Rourke Don’t Call Me Shirley
Kevin has been playing/singing on the Northshore music scene since 1994. In 1994 at the age of 30,  he formed The Catapillars, a rock and roll cover band as lead singer & bass player. The Catapillars still play today with limited shows in the area. In 2000 he and Dave Brouillette from Newburyport, formed Don’t Call Me Shirley, initially an acoustic duet which soon blossomed into the 5 piece rock band it is today. Shirley has played from Rhode Island to Maine, and all states in between, but is most known for their foothold in the Merrimac Valley. Kevin fronts these bands with a true passion for rock and roll music, and delivering an energetic performance to the audience that becomes infectious. Kevin says “I do this for the love of music, having fun, and therapy sessions”. | |
Stuart Ferguson is an exciting voice on Boston's thriving acoustic music scene. The Newton, MA native grew up in a musical family  as a piano player and studied flute throughout his high school years. During college he left the realm of classical music to pick up the guitar and begin writing songs. By the late eighties Stuart was immersed in the Boston/Cambridge open mic scene that spawned a new crop of literate songwriters including Patty Griffin, Ellis Paul, Dar Williams, Martin Sexton, Jim Infantino, Jonatha Brooke, and Vance Gilbert. With influences as varied as Lou Reed, Joe Strummer, Woody Guthrie, Gram Parsons, and Luka Bloom, Stuart’s tenor voice displays broad emotion moving through a lyric to deliver songs that are stories and poems of personal struggle, both his own and those of the people who populate the landscape of his experience. Stuart has one self-released CD titled “Shackles & Ties” and is working on a new album to be released in 2010.
Chad is the lead singer and guitar singer for Rockspring. Blue-grey acoustic rock causing people to emote like a waterfall of feelgood juice flowing down the side of Mount Zion. The mission: "...to bring people together with sounds and songs that encourage them to think about life and our purpose in 
it, contemplate love and its effect on us and wage peace and bring it to the forefront of our existance..." Chad has been playing guitar for years and writing and performing his own songs for all of his adult life. His music has given him a new release and capacity to communicate his thoughts and feelings in a completely unabashed way. He has played in and lea d a number of bands, from Second Chance in Ossippee, Waywards Chasm out of Portsmouth, to the latest growing project, the Chad Verbeck Band (a combination of folk, rock and jam). His poignant lyrics and crystal clear acoustic guitar stylings have brought him great solo success in the Southern NH and North Shore areas as well. The biggest event on last year's schedule was an opening gig at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. The show was recorded on June 25th and released as Chad's first live album. Read more | | Chad Hollister www.chadmusic.com The Chad Hollister Band sounds like no other rock band you have heard. The music is a blend of Chad's unique melodies, grooves, lyrics, and beats. Originally a drummer Chad moved into the guitar seat about ten years ago. His infectious rhythm on guitar makes for a unique peformance....a drum solo on a guitar...something you'll definitely go home talking about. The  music could be described like any of the great bands the band has opened for or performed with such as Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Paul Simon, Blues Traveler, Phish, Giovanni Hidalgo, Little Feat, The Samples, Eddie Money, Violent Femmes, Pat McGee Band, Merl Saunders, Acoustic Junction and the list goes on. Yet people have also compared his music to John Mayer, Dave Mathews and David Gray. You'll have to check it out and decide for yourself. Chad combines his love for life and appreciation for Mother Earth into his music and lyrics. He helped to raise awareness of Global Warming by headling the One Earth One Climate Day in the Boston Commons in April 2007. He co-wrote the theme song of the day "One World Free" with bandmate Aaron Flinn and the children of Park School. He recently released his self titled CD in Montpelier VT at the "Growing Local Fest". This fest was dedicated to raising money for "a garden in every Washington County School by 2012". Chad is also involved with the Crohns, Colitis Foundation of America leading song writing workshops at Camp Oasis each summer. . Tony Gallo www.myspace.com/tonygallomusic 
Tony started singing and playing bass guitar for White Lightnin’ at the age of 16. Along with other original member, Glen Ahearn, Tony co-wrote and arranged some of White Lightnin’s earliest music. Trading in the bass guitar for the microphone, Tony prides himself on his versatility as a performer and has sung or played harmonica with such notables as Al Vega, Paul Fontaine, Brass Force, Brian Maes, Mid-Life Crisis Jazz Band and legendary blues/soul guitarist Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson. Tony currently leads his own self-titled group as well mixing various styles of jazz and r&b. His debut Record Something to Say made the Grammy pool for nomination consideration. Paul Prue www.PaulPrue.com Bringing forth the deepest secrets of early recorded  blues from the 20s & 30s, Paul and his friends will keep your foot stompin', hands clappin', and ears open as he talks and sings about the good old blues days. Paul has opened for and shared the stage with many national acts and friends over the years. America, Maria Mulder, Three Dog Night Chubby Checker, Sha Na Na, too name a few. | |