Antoine Sanfuentes (Drums)

Antoine Sanfuentes is an accomplished drummer and percussionist. He's recorded and performed with many local musicians and national acts for the last two decades. Antoine is also an Emmy-award winning media executive and documentary photographer.

Andy Rutherford (Guitar, Slide)

Andy is another veteran sideman of the DC scene. He has played with Ruthie and The Wranglers, Little Pink, The Hula Monsters, J.P. McDermott & Western Bop and Zydeco Crayz among others. Andy has been nominated for several WAMMIEs as well.

John Previti (Bass)

Award-winning bassist John Previti grew up in the Southern Maryland-D.C. area during the early sixties, immersed in the region’s bubbling cauldron of musical styles: swing, country, jazz, R&B, soul and the roots of rockabilly. In fourth grade he was strongly drawn to classical oboe and pursued it for five years.

By high school, the lure of rock and roll was too great. Electric bass was the rock instrument that spoke to him and within a year, John was playing in his high school’s stage band and getting his first paying gigs. In college he was drawn to the upright bass, seriously studying both jazz and classical bass at Prince George Community College.
In 1976, jamming on electric bass at a guitar shop in his hometown of Clinton, MD., he met guitar great Danny Gatton. Danny liked his playing so much he invited John to join the band he was just starting. That group went on to make guitar history and, with one hiatus, John played with Danny for the next eighteen years.

In addition to Danny Gatton, John has played with a number of amazing musicians. The list includes Paul Simon, Doc Cheatham, Charlie Byrd, Joey DeFrancesco, Buddy Emmons, Herb Ellis, Les Paul, Emmylou Harris, Arlen Roth, Johnny Winter, Buddy Charleton, Chick Hall Jr., Dale Watson, Bill Kirchen, Billy Hancock, Big Joe Maher,Brooks Tegler, Jim Stephanson, Joe Walsh, Greg Bissonette, Barrett Deems, T-99 Nelson, Floyd Dixon, Jimmmy McCracklin, Lenny Breau, Bill Watrous, Steve Abshire, Bernard Sweetney, Alan Vache', John MacCutcheon, Rick Whitehead,Barry Hart, and Junior Watson.

John performs today with a number of groups, including Big Joe Maher's Big Three Trioand Big Four Combo, and the Rick Whitehead Trio. In a labor of love, he leads theMingus-Monk Tribute Big Band, which performs highly original arrangements of Mingus and Monk classics in monthly appearances. He's also part of the groupTriplicity, along with former Gatton drummer Timm Biery.
His first recording as a leader, “Swinging Lullabies For My Rosetta” (Mapleshade 09632)) has received tremendous reviews. Other recent recordings include a Tribute to Danny Gatton with Big Joe Mayer and Joe Stanley (Mapleshade 03852), and a swing session with John Cocuzzi, Alan Vaché and Big Joe (Wildchild! 06652).

Over the years, John's won a number of awards for his rare talent. These include WAMA "Wammie" awards for Musician of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.

 

Andy Hamburger (Drums)

Don't try an Internet search on award-winning drummer Andy Hamburger unless you've got a lot of time. Andy's one of the busiest working drummers in the Mid-Atlantic region, and with good reason: he does it all.

From rock to funk, jazz to new age, blues to latin, Andy has covered an amazingly wide range of musical styles for more than 20 years, and does it so well that he's in high demand by band leaders and recording studios. He has credits on several dozen albums, and well over a hundred local and national commercials and movie trailers.

Andy's performed or recorded with Side FX, the Junkyard Saints, the Natty Beaux, Op-Critical, the Mary Ann Redmond Band, Cathy Ponton King, Al Williams and Friends, John Palumbo's Cruel Shoes, Big Cam and the Lifters, and Field Day, as well as The Temptations, Harold Melvin's BlueNotes, The Ink Spots, Tim Eyerman, Patty Reese, The Coasters, Drifters, The Platters, The Marvelettes, Chick Willis, Jacques Saxman Johnson, Little Margie Clark(from James Brown and The Fabulous Jewels), Julia Nixon, and too many other bands
and headliners to list.

If you hang out in Washington, DC, you've probably seen him play - he's appeared at most music venues there from the Kennedy Center to Blues Alley to Strathmore Hall. In addition, Andy's taught younger drummers at the Levine School's Summer Rock Camp and maintains a constantly crowded schedule of recording sessions and performances.