Rocky
Vasalino Show/Revue
Washington
1975
- 1987
And
Back Together - 2006
Members
Current
Lineup
Bob
(Rocky) Baker......Vocals/Keys
Ted
Neufeld...............Vocals/Drums
Jim
Neufeld................Bass Vocals/Drums
Gary
Smith.................Vocals/Guitar
Jim
(J.C.) Carrington...Vocals/Bass Guitar
Rick
(SAX) Metz..........Saxes/Vocals
Current
Members and Alumni
Bob
(Rocky) Baker ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Jim
Carrington ~ Bass, Vocals
David
Chapman ~ Drums, Vocals
Rick
(Sax) Metz ~ Saxophone
Jim
Neufeld ~ Drums, Guitar, Vocals
Ted
Neufeld ~ Drums, Guitar, Vocals
Steve
Prescott ~ Bass
Jamie
Pullar ~ Guitar, Vocals
Gary
Smith ~ Guitar, Vocals
Malcom
Wenke ~ Bass, Vocals
Corrine
Williams ~ Piano, Vocals
The
band will be playing more gigs over the course of this upcoming year.
Gig
info will be posted at the Schedule
page
The band
has its roots back to 1975. They traveled extensively in the Northwest
and Canada (didn't we all?). In '77 while on tour in Hawaii they
decided to change the name to "The Rocky Vasalino Show".
This was a full
on
show band with costume changes for each segment, major lighting,
pyrotechnics,
skits, tributes, and a comedy section featuring a puppet named "Animal".
The band was
originally
made up of Ted Neufeld, Jim Neufeld, Bob (Rocky) Baker, Jim Carrington,
and Rick Metz. The band lasted with that lineup, give or take a horn
section
and several female backup singers, until 1984 when the band changed
over
to The Vasalino Revue. This Lineup Featured Ted Neufeld, Jamie Pullar,
Corrine Williams, David Chapman, and Malcom Wenke.
In it's 10 or
so
years of existence, The Rocky Vasalino Show/Revue, Played throughout
the
Northwest and Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Reno, Atlantic City,
was
featured on Canadian Television, and played various regional events.
As a footnote,
the
story of the Neufeld brothers and their family is worthy of a book on
it's
own merit. These were amazing young men that overcame incredible family
tragedy (losing both parents in a car crash) at a very young age, and
yet,
kept their younger siblings together, keeping everyone in school, fed,
clothed, and housed, as well as running the family farm near
Lynden,
Washington, and managed to found and manage an extremely successful,
lucrative,
and much loved Northwest icon - The Rocky Vasalino Show.
Jamie
Pullar,
March 2003
Just a quick
note
to update one other piece of information for the band's history.
The band was originally made up of Ted Neufeld, Jim Neufeld, Bob
(Rocky)
Baker, Jim Carrington and Gary Smith. With the addition of sax man Rick
Metz in 1982, the seminal version of the group was formed. That
is
the band seen in the pictures on this page.
FYI, a reunion
of
that classic lineup of the band is scheduled for a couple of dates this
winter in NW WA.
Rick (SAX)
Metz,
www.rickmetz.com, October 2006
