Mary Taylor Brooks Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Lead Guitar - Doug Bukovac
Bass Guitar - Janet McFadden Born in Ohio, Janet started taking bass lessons in 2012 from Alredo Guerrieri. Her influences were blues, along side of her husband, Danny McFadden of the Elm Street Blues Band. Since 2014, Janet has been hosting jam nights with both Danny and Henry Hess of the Elm Street Blues Band. We meet Janet at one of the jams and had instant chemistry. (Little did she know we were grooming her for the band) When she accepted our offer she states she was overwhelmingly surprised, honored and accepted. We are just as excited to have Janet and look forward to our upcoming shows!
Danny McFadden Lead Guitar/Vocals
Sax/Vocals - Bob Burdecki Bob has been active on the Cleveland music scene since the age of 16. As a founding member of the Chance Band he has opened for acts such as Ike & Tina Turner, The Beach Boys, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Southside Johnny and Donny Osmond. Bob along with the band has played center court at the former Gund Arena for the Lebron James 'Signing Party'. Bob can be heard on a number of radio and T.V. commercials. He is also credited in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for performing on the first quadrophonic simulcast ever to be attempted. While a member of both Yesterday's Today and Paradise, he has spent years on the road playing various clubs and lounges throughout the U.S. For the past 11 years he has been involved in the Mike Trivissano Coats for Kids/Siedman Cancer Center Vegas Show helping to raise millions of dollars for the less priveledged and for cancer research. Most recently Bob has found a home with the MTB Band and we are very glad to have him a part of our new family!
Drums - Jim Dudash Born in Cleveland, Ohio...Jim was self-taught and influenced early in life by Motown, R&B, and later in life by Progressive Rock. He was playing in a Motown band locally (the Chancellors) by the late 1960's. During the 1970's Jim was traveling the U.S. in a Disco/Funk band (Fun Factory), then a stint with a Pop group (the Core Band) where he met and played with Gladys Knight. In 2013 Jim recorded a CD titled "Crush" with a Progressive Rock band called "the Krypton Monkeys". Jim has played with some of Cleveland's top musicians including Glenn Schwartz of the James Gang and Pacific Gas & Electric, Butch Armstrong of the Armstrong Bearcats Band, Kevin Rian of Rick Derringer, Molly Hatchet and the Pat Travers band, and Jennifer Lee of the Michael Stanley Band. Jim was featured in a 2014 article in Modern Drummer Magazine.