John Sullivan -- vocals, piano, guitar, bass, harmonica
Steve Glover -- drums, percussion
Russ Rogers -- guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
Steve Marsh -- saxophone, keyboards
Brian Caltabiano -- bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
The John Sullivan Brigade is a veteran New York classic rock band from western Long Island, consisting of vocalist/pianist/guitarist John Sullivan, drummer/percussionist Steve Glover, guitarist/mandolinist Russ Rogers, saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Marsh and bassist/guitarist/vocalist Brian Caltabiano.
Formed in 2005 as a "fresh voice" for the 35-and-over crowd who still love hard rock music, the John Sullivan Brigade first began with Sully developing his niche on the unforgiving New York City metro club circuit in the mid-1990s. When Sullivan decided to organize his first solo-fronted band, the Pete Townshend-influenced songwriter knew he had to bring in musicians with unique classic rock chops. Sullivan has accomplished that with the Brigade, as Marsh's saxophone sounds and keyboard work, Glover's decades of power drumming, Rogers's magic via his various guitar instruments and Caltabiano's bass/acoustic guitar playing alongside his vocals only add to Sully’s lead vocals, power-chord guitar and piano attack.
With the self-titled, 2005 ten-song release giving the JSB its footing for the NYC’s M.E.A.N.Y Festival and a gig opening for Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook, the lineup was not complete until 2008’s A Sound Opportunity For Your Last Music Purchase. The difference was noticeable at both Sabella Studios and Hollow Body Studios, as their sessions introduced vocal harmonies, three types of sax sounds, pedal steel guitar and mandolin. After appearing at the Great South Bay Music Festival with Blue Oyster Cult, Sully continued working on completing home demos for the double CD 'concept album' project alongside the band recording its first-ever Christmas single for the 2009 holiday season.
Scheduled for release in late 2010, the tentatively titled ‘JSB3’ record consists of 25 songs and the band is in pre-production and recording demos for Void, a two-decade engineer/producer on major artists' projects (Carly Simon, Peter Gabriel, Live, Megadeth), L.I.'s hot band Push Play and doing sound on the David Cook ('American Idol') / Ryan Star ('Rock Star: Supernova') Spring 2009 tour.
The JSB was filmed for an upcoming music documentary that is expected to be released in the summer of 2010.