Charlie Keating Band

    The Charlie Keating Band is a New England blues-inspired trio.  Charlie's unique guitar style channels such slide greats as Elmore James and Duane Allman. Uniformly, listeners are amazed at the big sound of the band. Many have compared Charlie's style to that of the early Stevie Ray Vaughan because of Charlie's ability to combine lead and rhythm guitar.  Charlie is also a gifted and prolific song-writer.

 
Charlie Keating grew up listening to  Hank Williams, so that's probably where he got his influence on slide. There was a lot of James Brown around the house as well, so you know he heard the funky stuff.
Charlie started playing guitar in the 1969. A short stint at Berklee served him well. In the the early 70's, he played with the R&B band "Sandra and the Melodies", as well as several other local bands throughout Boston.
After a few years of mostly writing and recording his own material, Charlie went back to the live scene playing with the "Black Cat Road Band", "Big Whiskey", "Blue Charlie and the Union Cats", and the "Tedd Walker Band"; and could always be seen at South Shore Blues jams playing slide.
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On Bass- Lenny Turnquist is about as rhythmic, melodic, stompin' and R&B as you wanna' hear!
Hell, she's from Texas...Whaddya'll expect?
'Nuff said.
Oh and she also Produced the Slide On Over CD as well as designed the wonderful cover,including artwork.
We're pretty lucky to have her.
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Currently pounding the skins is Tim Sweeney.
As cool a cat as you'll see behind the skins.
Pay close attention to Tim at the live shows,you'll see some "entertaining" moves back there.
Tim is as good as it gets.

Past band members(Drummers) have included Domenic Micarelli,Chris Beale and Tom Torrey