Jeff Blast – Lead Vocals, Bass-Baritone
Jeff caught the singing bug by starting out as the lead tenor in the barbershop quartet in "The Music Man". He attended the Hartt School of Music where he studied musical theater and composition. Throughout a nearly 20-year hiatus from musical theater he has continued to write music, sing and play piano. Lately he has begun playing guitar and bass.
Jeff caught the singing bug by starting out as the lead tenor in the barbershop quartet in "The Music Man". He attended the Hartt School of Music where he studied musical theater and composition. Throughout a nearly 20-year hiatus from musical theater he has continued to write music, sing and play piano. Lately he has begun playing guitar and bass.
John Burke – Lead Vocals, Tenor
While John enjoys and has performed music from opera to blues, he has always had an especially sentimental attachment to 1950's and 60's pop music. John's music education includes music theory and history courses at Brandeis University, private studies in composition with Allen Anderson, piano with William Merrill, and voice with Merrill Shea and Donna Roll. His classical experience includes tenor roles with the Goldovsky Opera Theater, Boston Summer Opera Theatre, Brandeis Gilbert & Sullivan Society, soloist for the Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, and the chorus of the Opera Company of Boston under the direction of Sarah Caldwell. His other experience includes lead singer for The Twilight Quartet (folk/jazz), The Sweet Life (rock/blues), The John Burke Society (rock/blues), Urban Droogs (original rock), and Wild Guess (classic R&B), as well as various community theater, workshop, and showcase appearances. He also plays harmonica and keyboard.
While John enjoys and has performed music from opera to blues, he has always had an especially sentimental attachment to 1950's and 60's pop music. John's music education includes music theory and history courses at Brandeis University, private studies in composition with Allen Anderson, piano with William Merrill, and voice with Merrill Shea and Donna Roll. His classical experience includes tenor roles with the Goldovsky Opera Theater, Boston Summer Opera Theatre, Brandeis Gilbert & Sullivan Society, soloist for the Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, and the chorus of the Opera Company of Boston under the direction of Sarah Caldwell. His other experience includes lead singer for The Twilight Quartet (folk/jazz), The Sweet Life (rock/blues), The John Burke Society (rock/blues), Urban Droogs (original rock), and Wild Guess (classic R&B), as well as various community theater, workshop, and showcase appearances. He also plays harmonica and keyboard.
Lisa Burke – Keyboard
Lisa began piano lessons at age nine with Helen Starr and was involved in musical activities through high school. She received her bachelor of music degree from the Boston Conservatory where she majored in music education and continued piano studies with Jacqueline Gourdin. In graduate school at Brown University, Lisa broadened her musical horizons, earning master’s and Ph.D. degrees in ethnomusicology and performing in West African, Javanese, and Balinese musical ensembles. Her scholarly focus is the Pacific Islands, where she has spent over four years teaching and conducting research. Currently she is Professor of Music at Framingham State University where she teaches courses in world and western classical musics. Lisa is excited to be getting back to her piano roots with Doo-Wop DeVille.
Lisa began piano lessons at age nine with Helen Starr and was involved in musical activities through high school. She received her bachelor of music degree from the Boston Conservatory where she majored in music education and continued piano studies with Jacqueline Gourdin. In graduate school at Brown University, Lisa broadened her musical horizons, earning master’s and Ph.D. degrees in ethnomusicology and performing in West African, Javanese, and Balinese musical ensembles. Her scholarly focus is the Pacific Islands, where she has spent over four years teaching and conducting research. Currently she is Professor of Music at Framingham State University where she teaches courses in world and western classical musics. Lisa is excited to be getting back to her piano roots with Doo-Wop DeVille.
Kevin Byrne – Lead Vocals, Baritone
A versatile singer and instrumentalist, Kevin has been a fixture in the Boston music scene for many years performing with many notable musicians and ensembles, including The Busted Jug Band, The Kevin Byrne Band, and providing therapeutic musical programs to comfort and stimulate memory for elders and to encourage learning and movement in kids through Kevin Byrne Music. Kevin plays guitar, ukulele, banjo, and many more esoteric instruments. He is a graduate of Keene State College.
A versatile singer and instrumentalist, Kevin has been a fixture in the Boston music scene for many years performing with many notable musicians and ensembles, including The Busted Jug Band, The Kevin Byrne Band, and providing therapeutic musical programs to comfort and stimulate memory for elders and to encourage learning and movement in kids through Kevin Byrne Music. Kevin plays guitar, ukulele, banjo, and many more esoteric instruments. He is a graduate of Keene State College.
Mark Chenevert – Tenor Saxophone
Mark has been playing sax and clarinet over the past 30 years. From the "punk art rock" of Willie Alexander and the genre-hopping world music of Hypnotic Clambake, to the jazzy comedy of the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Mark has performed with a variety of Boston-based acts, including Limbo Race, Stone Lily, the Hot Tamale Brass Band, the improvisational jazz duo 50/50, singer-songwriters Zoe Lewis, and David Champagne. He attended Syracuse University and Berklee College of Music.
Mark has been playing sax and clarinet over the past 30 years. From the "punk art rock" of Willie Alexander and the genre-hopping world music of Hypnotic Clambake, to the jazzy comedy of the Chandler Travis Philharmonic, Mark has performed with a variety of Boston-based acts, including Limbo Race, Stone Lily, the Hot Tamale Brass Band, the improvisational jazz duo 50/50, singer-songwriters Zoe Lewis, and David Champagne. He attended Syracuse University and Berklee College of Music.
Jerry Gregoire - Guitar
Jerry Gregoire has been a guitarist, singer songwriter in the Boston area for over thirty years. Although familiar with many musical styles, he credits doo-wop and R&B as early influences in his guitar-playing experience. In fact, Jerry actually played in an incarnation of the Flamingoes in the late seventies. Jerry enjoys the melodies, rhythms, and overall swing of doo-wop, and is excited to be part of Doo-Wop DeVille.
Jerry Gregoire has been a guitarist, singer songwriter in the Boston area for over thirty years. Although familiar with many musical styles, he credits doo-wop and R&B as early influences in his guitar-playing experience. In fact, Jerry actually played in an incarnation of the Flamingoes in the late seventies. Jerry enjoys the melodies, rhythms, and overall swing of doo-wop, and is excited to be part of Doo-Wop DeVille.
Dan Rabold - Lead Vocals, Tenor
A versatile and life-long singer with experience including musical theater, classical, pop, and rock, Dan has discovered a special love for the close harmonies of a cappella and doo-wop groups. He recorded albums with two a cappella groups – the Bowdoin College Meddiebempsters and the Portland, Maine based Guys with Ties – and has sung with the Seattle Symphony Chorale, the Chorale Arts Society of Portland, ME and the Chatham Chorale and Chamber Singers on Cape Cod. Dan’s musical theatre experience includes his 2013 debut as Javert in Les Misérables at the Academy of Performing Arts, Orleans, MA (reprised in 2014) and Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods at the Cape Cod Theater Company (2014). For the past 5 years Dan has honed his doo-wop chops, singing lead, first-tenor, occasional bass and playing trumpet and trombone with Billy D and the Rock-Its.
A versatile and life-long singer with experience including musical theater, classical, pop, and rock, Dan has discovered a special love for the close harmonies of a cappella and doo-wop groups. He recorded albums with two a cappella groups – the Bowdoin College Meddiebempsters and the Portland, Maine based Guys with Ties – and has sung with the Seattle Symphony Chorale, the Chorale Arts Society of Portland, ME and the Chatham Chorale and Chamber Singers on Cape Cod. Dan’s musical theatre experience includes his 2013 debut as Javert in Les Misérables at the Academy of Performing Arts, Orleans, MA (reprised in 2014) and Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods at the Cape Cod Theater Company (2014). For the past 5 years Dan has honed his doo-wop chops, singing lead, first-tenor, occasional bass and playing trumpet and trombone with Billy D and the Rock-Its.
Scott Sherman - Drums
Scott is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and started playing professionally as a teenager, recorded and toured with numerous Boston based bands throughout the years, ranging in styles from rock to blues to country. Scott has always had a soft spot in his heart for early R&R and Doo Wop and feels quite at home sitting behind Doo-Wop DeVille and helping to keep this music alive for young and old to enjoy. It's the roots of all we have today and an honor to keep it going on.
Scott is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and started playing professionally as a teenager, recorded and toured with numerous Boston based bands throughout the years, ranging in styles from rock to blues to country. Scott has always had a soft spot in his heart for early R&R and Doo Wop and feels quite at home sitting behind Doo-Wop DeVille and helping to keep this music alive for young and old to enjoy. It's the roots of all we have today and an honor to keep it going on.
Dave Vickers - Upright Bass
Playing everything from blues to Bach, Dave also performs with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra. His experience includes performances with Wynton Marsalis and Ramsey Lewis in the FJC Jazz Ensemble, and former Ronnie Earle rhythm guitarist Paul Marrochello with PM Blues. Dave studied with Berklee professor Michael Williams. Fortunately for Doo-Wop DeVille, Dave loves doo-wop!
Playing everything from blues to Bach, Dave also performs with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra. His experience includes performances with Wynton Marsalis and Ramsey Lewis in the FJC Jazz Ensemble, and former Ronnie Earle rhythm guitarist Paul Marrochello with PM Blues. Dave studied with Berklee professor Michael Williams. Fortunately for Doo-Wop DeVille, Dave loves doo-wop!