Happy Hour w. Special Blend Trio

Name: Happy Hour w. Special Blend Trio
Start: 2025-01-22T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-22T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Record Archive

Schedule

Wed Jan 22 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Record Archive | Rochester, NY

Join us for our legendary Wednesday Happy Hour at The Record Archive Backroom Lounge! Happy Hour starts at 5PM, Live music at 6PM.
Special Blend originated in 1980 with Tom doing vocals and guitar and M’Lou Speranza doing vocals and piano. Tom’s brother Joe, also a professional musician and singer, became their drummer in 1982. Along with Tom and M’Lou, bassists Dennis Green and Dave Tiberio also joined the band. Joe left Special Blend in the late 80’s for a European Tour. At that point, Steve Vullo became Special Blend’s drummer and percussionist. Joe eventually returned to Special Blend after his European Tour, making the early 1990’s band lineup Tom on vocals and guitar, Dave on bass and vocals, and Joe on drums and percussion. Dave remained the primary bass player from 1992 through 1996, and to date, and still joins us today on selected performances. In 1997, the new group lineup was Tom doing vocals and guitar, Rick Ventura on bass and vocals, and Gary Yanni on drums, percussion, and vocals. This lineup from 1997 also still plays together today on selected performances. Also in 1997, Rocky Kaler joined the lineup providing additional bass and vocal support. In the early 2000's, Steve Vullo rejoined Special Blend as the primary drummer and percussionist as well as vocals, and Rocky became the primary bass player. The current Special Blend lineup of Tom, Steve, and Rocky continue to play weekly at various venues throughout Western NY, with additional performances also including Dave Tiberio, Gary Yanni, Rick Ventura, Joe, Justin, Sara, and M’Lou.