Carmine Rojas

Carmine Rojas, Bassist, Composer, born February 14, 1953, Brooklyn, NY.

With the efforts and support of his family, friends and professional relationships, Carmine has traveled the World earning the reputation as one of the most renowned and respected bass players in the industry.

Carmine toured the World with David Bowie from 1983-1987, recording  bass on  several Multi-Platinum hits such as Let’s Dance, China Girl, Modern Love and Blue Jean.

Carmine recorded and toured with Rod Stewart as a Musical Director/Bassist from 1988 through 2003.   One of the multiple albums recorded during that time includes  the MTV Multi-Platinum live CD and DVD, ’Unplugged and Seated’.  Carmine also co-wrote songs on Vagabond Heart.

Carmine has also recorded, toured and played alongside Tina Turner, Keith Richards, Stevie Wonder, Ron Wood, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Peter Frampton, Al Green, Carly Simon, John Waite,  Steve Winwood,  Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour, Julian Lennon (Musical Director/Bassist), Carole King, Bobby Womack, Sam Moore, Billy Squire, Olivia Newton John, Michael Hutchence, Bernard Fowler, Blondie Chaplin, Stevie Salas,  Billy Gibbons, Leslie West,  Joe Lynn Turner,  Carlos Santana, Todd Rundgren, LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Michael Bolton, Ivan Neville, Allen Toussaint, Phil Ramone, Kevin Shirley, Trevor Horn, Charlie Sexton,  Jewel, Dave Mason, Mike Patton, Glenn Hughes, Nektar,  Tetsuya Komuro, Hitomi,  Ziroq, Modern Primitives, Simranking, Beth Hart, Sass Jordan  and many others.

Carmine is currently recording and touring  with blues rock guitarist  Joe Bonamassa. Started in 2005 with the recording of  ‘You and Me’, and has continued to date, culminating in 5 studio CDs , in addition to ‘Live From Nowhere in Particular’  and the DVD ‘Live from Royal Albert Hall’.

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Rick Melick

Rick started his professional career with Andy Gibb and has been touring Australia and the world ever since. Among the many gigs in a career that spans 3 plus decades you can include international artists Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, (Steely Dan & Doobie Bros.) and Glenn Shorrock, (Little River Band) as well as iconic Australian acts including Dragon, Jon Stevens, Stevie Wright, Marc Hunter, Brian Cadd, Doug Parkinson and Jimmy Little. Over the years there have also been countless solo shows both in Australia and the USA. Although Rick has played on scores of recordings he has a very special place in his heart for his professional and personal relationship with the late John Denver which culminated in the piano and orchestra recording of the international hit single ‘For You’.

From 1985-91 Rick was the managing partner in Reel Time, a professional recording studio in Sydney which hosted many of Australia’s premier musical artists and it was there that he got a chance to sharpen both his technical and artistic/production skills. From 1991 he followed the trend to a smaller more personal facility where he continues to record and produce music both for himself and others for all kinds of projects: independent and record company artists, as well as television and film which has also consistently featured in his capacity as a composer. In the late 1980′s he c0-wrote the theme song for the 26 part TV serial ‘Willing & Abel’ and currently he has the theme music for the long running sports series ‘Escaping With ET’ on air. The eco documentary special ‘Australian Adventure’ is set for international release in 2010 and he has incidental as well as recording credits. The country single ‘Where Do Old Cowboys Go’ which he also co-wrote spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Australian charts and was nominated for a Golden Guitar (kinda like the Grammy’s for Aussie country music.)

He first recorded with Joe B in 2005 for the ‘You And Me’ sessions which was also marked a tipping point for Joe who invited him in January 2007 to “come out for a week” after the initial ‘Sloe Gin’ sessions. Since April 2007 Joe B has kept him so busy with live gigs there has not been room for much else in that category, and at the close of 2009 the collaboration has yielded 4 studio CD’s in addition to ‘Live From Nowhere In Particular’ and the DVD ‘Live from Royal Albert Hall.’

Tal Bergman

World-class drummer and producer Tal Bergman has toured and recorded with some of the biggest names in show business, including Billy Idol, Rod Stewart, Chaka Khan, Loreena McKennitt, Simple Minds, LL Cool J, Joe Zawinul, Eric Johnson and Terrence Trent Darby. His musical versatility spans hard rock, funk, R&B and jazz. He was both associate producer and drummer on the platinum and Grammy nominated album “It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook” by Rod Stewart (7 million album sales worldwide). Bergman is a master drummer; his highly sought-after rhythmic skills have been featured alongside such talents as Herb Alpert, Belinda Carlisle, Peter Cetera, Dave Mason, and MC Solaar. He has also composed the score for several movies, including “The Circle” (2005), “The Untold” (2002), “Dancing at the Blue Iguana” (2000), and “Kill Me Later” (2001). Tal is currently on tour with U.S. artist Joe Bonamassa.