Sat
Nov 23, 2024
Split Bill
Main Stage

Jonny Rosch and Friends

No reservations
With opening act:  
Dining 5:30-9pm. Music 7pm.

Join Jonny Rosch and Friends for an unforgettable night of music! Jonny, former frontman of the Original Blues Brothers Band and a renowned New York City session musician, brings his powerhouse vocals, keyboard, and harmonica skills to the stage, joined by an all-star lineup of top musicians who have performed with the likes of Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan. With decades of experience touring internationally and playing iconic venues like Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, Jonny promises a dynamic, high-energy performance filled with blues, rock, and soul classics. Don’t miss this incredible show!

Jonny Rosch and Friends
Nov 23, 2024
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Main Stage
  •  
Dining 5:30-9pm. Music 7pm.

Jonny Rosch has been performing and recording as a vocalist, keyboardist, harmonica player and songwriter, for more than forty years. He also plays guitar. A consummate and highly respected New York City session musician, Jonny was also the lead singer/front man for the legendary, Original Blues Brothers Band.
Jonny holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Bennington College and has the distinction of being the first person in the history of that venerable institution to obtain that diploma with specialized concentration in Electronic Music. In addition to personal live performances at the world renowned Apollo Theatre in Harlem,
Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and the prestigious Carnegie Hall, where he was backed by the legendary conductor, the late Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops Orchestra, the main stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival (the year after Hurricane Katrina), Bonnaroo Festival, Coachella, Red Rocks, and other
major venues, Jonny has performed nationally and internationally including tours in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and Southeast Asia. In addition to being a lead vocalist and frontman for the Original Blues Brothers Band, Jonny has also recorded or performed with Joe Walsh, Cyndi Lauper, Phoebe Snow, Donald Fagen from Steely Dan, Bo Diddley, Lou Reed, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Cornell DuPree, Tommy James and the Shondells, Joan Jett, Billy Squier, Carly Simon, Steve “The Colonel” Cropper, Eddie “Knock On Wood” Floyd, The James Gang, Alice Cooper, Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), John Oates, Robert Randolph, Henry Butler, Paul Shaffer, Bernie Williams, Allen Toussaint, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, Orianthi Panagaras, Stuff, John Sebastian, Jonathan Edwards, and numerous other recording artists. He has also served as the opening act for many notables including B.B. King, Paul Simon, Joe Walsh, The James Gang, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Johnny Winter, and countless others. He was a touring band member of the following musical icons: Bo Diddley, Cornell Dupree's Soul Survivors, Phoebe Snow (both as keyboardist and musical director), Tommy James and The Shondells, and of course the Original Blues Brothers Band. For 6 years Jonny was both the musical and creative director for entrepreneurial business mogul, billionaire James Dolan who is the CEO of Madison Square Garden, The New York Knicks, NY Rangers, NY Liberty, Radio City Music Hall, MSG Network, Cablevision, Optimum Online and various other holdings. He left in 2007 to continue touring in Europe with the Blues Brothers Band. Jonny leads his own band, Jonny Rosch and Friends, which include members from Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, the Late Night with David Letterman band, the
Saturday Night Live Band, and the Max Weinberg 7 (Late Show with Conan O’Brian), Bob Dylan's band, Cyndi Lauper and Rod Stewart's band. With this band he has served as the musical director and supervisor for many awards shows including performances at The White House, The Special Olympics, Rockefeller Center Concerts
(Louis Vuitton Classic), etc. For the past twenty-five years he has owned the recording facility known as Cabin Fever Studios and the production company; New York Professional Digital. Having recorded on album projects too numerous to list, he has worked on countless film scores as well as television and radio projects. Jonny’s
national commercials and clients include McDonalds, Coca Cola, Disney, HBO, Sony, Ford Motor Co., Subway, Cotton Inc., Nabisco, Home Depot, Kohls, Pizza Hut, Law and Order, and The Sopranos to name just a few. Jonny is also the co-leader in two other bands, serving as the keyboard player and lead vocalist for the Cropper/Rosch Project (with the legendary Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper) and the Kortchmar/Rosch Project with Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar featuring Shawn Pelton and Neil Jason.

Mick Gaffney - Guitar

(Paul Simon, Marc Anthony, Billy Joel, Sam and Dave, Lesley Gore, Tommy James, The Mamas and the Papas, The Drifters, Ben E. King, Chubby Checker, Maxine Brown, Gary U.S Bonds, Chuck Mangione, Billy Preston, Darlene Love, The Coasters, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Teenagers, Jay and the Americans, Trini Lopez, Rita Moreno, Eartha Kit, Robert Goulet, Jim Nabors, Bobby Vinton, John Davidson, Frankie Laine, Danny Thomas, Paul Lynde, Nipsey Russell, Les Paul, George Benson, Rick Derringer, Kevin Eubanks from the Jay Leno show. Paul Shaffer and others)

Danny Louis – Keyboards / Trombone

(Gov’t Mule, Joe Cocker, UB-40, The Kinks, Rory Block, Warren Haynes Band, Greg Allman and Friends, The Allman Bros Band, Levon Helm Band, Garland Jeffreys, Cheap Trick, Joan Osborne, Ricky Martin, The Cars, Rosanne Cash, Ronnie Spector, Willie Nile, The Memphis Pilgrims, Taro Hakase, Jules Shear, Felix Cabrerra, Curtis Stigers, Wreckless Sleepers, Machan, Sidiki Conde, Jim Weider, Stockholm Syndrome, and others.)

Mike 'Apple' Merritt - Bass

(In addition to his 25-year tenure as the bassist for the Max Weinberg 7 era on Late Night With Conan O’Brien, to their brief Tonight Show stay, to the “Legally Prohibited” Band tour, to the formation of the Jimmy Vivino & The Basic Cable Band when Conan came to TBS in November 2010, Mike also has toured and/or recorded with B.B.King, Bonnie Raitt & Little Milton, Jackson Browne, Branford Marsalis, Curtis Salgado & Steve Miller, Brandy, Robert Palmer, Pete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Copeland, Joan Osborne, Toni Toni Tone, Barry Manilow, Tony Bennett, Duane Eddy, James Brown, Toots Thielemans, Michael Brecker, Tony Williams, Ray Davies, David Johansen, Jonathan Richman, Joshua Redman, Louie Bellson, Solomon Burke, Ruth Brown, and many, many others.)

James 'Worm' Wormworth - Percussion

James Wormworth is probably best known as the drummer on the Conan O’Brien show, which included The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, The Basic Cable Band with Jimmy Vivino, Conan – TV Series, and he was the replacement drummer for the Max Weinberg 7 (#upgrade but you didn’t hear that from me) Because of the thousands of notable stars he played with on that show alone, his credits list is too long to list but would read like a who’s who of music luminaries. Additionally, he is a
first call session player having provided drums and/or percussion on movies and TV shows such as Messenger, TV Funhouse, The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon, etc. It runs in the family: James’ father is renowned jazz drummer Jimmy Wormworth aka James Wormworth Sr., and his sisters are Tracy Wormworth who was a member of the B52’s, Waitresses, The Rosie O'Donnell Show's Bassist, Sting etc. and his other sister is vocalist Mary Wormworth. James “Worm” Wormworth is also known for playing the drums barefoot. #FactactinTinactin)