http://www.classicrockorchestra.com/theband daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1458917229252-IVLX9RYZD4I8OY18Q382/Rock+Strip+copy.jpg The Band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1561031488576-LA7NDUMQY219QVIWCMWP/JNS_7754.jpg The Band Susie Pepper (Vocals) Susie is a seasoned professional singer with over 20 years of experience captivating audiences across a wide range of venues. In 2009, she was crowned Miss Maine and went on to compete at the Miss America pageant in 2010, where she earned multiple vocal talent awards. Throughout her career, Susie has enjoyed performing with a variety of musical groups, with a special fondness for being part of the Classic Rock Orchestra—a truly unique and exhilarating show. In addition to her extensive musical engagements, Susie made an appearance on FOX's hit show I Can See Your Voice (Season 3, Episode 8) alongside her twin sister, Ali. Susie and Ali also formed their own band, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Singing with her twin is a dream come true and provides material for their hit podcast, Diaries of a Wedding Singer, available on all major platforms. Aliandsusieband.com Instagram: @susiestaubs aliandsusieband@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1561031327675-QWUGQUT2RMMKIQBZBOPN/Breakwater+Classic+Rock+Fundraiser+March+2016-39.jpg The Band John Martinez (Vocals) Vocalist John A. Martinez, known to his friends and fans as Johnny Jam, started singing in bands in 1983 in Boston MA. His band Kid Crash enjoyed moderate success there until it's break up in 1989. He joined the band Riot Act that same year, and they've been a fixture on the rock scene in Southern ME for 25 years. He also owns and operates the nightclub Mr. Goodbar on Old Orchard Beach, where he plays regularly as the house band. www.riotact.com www.mrgoodbars.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1457030600799-V319U8KL2PW53DIO7029/image-asset.png The Band Gary Backstrom (Guitar) Gary has been playing for the last 20 years touring the country and in New England with his Award winning jam band JIGGLE THE HANDLE and as the GARY BACKSTROM BAND. He has opened for such acts as LITTLE FEAT, SPIN DOCTORS, RAT DOG, THE SAMPLES, SOUTH SIDE JOHNY, THE ALLMAN BROS, WARREN HAYNES, BLUES TRAVELER, and has shared the stage with DERICK TRUCKS, AOD, and recently members of TODD RUNDGREN'S Band. Check out more detials at www.garybackstrom.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1458606748879-CUBCEWAEH5L902NJ0N40/image-asset.jpeg The Band Steve Hodgkin (Drums) Steve grew up in Ellsworth Maine and currently resides in Freeport, Maine. Steve is the proud father of Brielle, Gali and Bowden. During the nineties Steve had an active schedule as a working drummer in a variety of rock bands before making a switch to singer/songwriter in 2000 when he fronted Portland based original rock band “The Reedlings”. Steve returned to the drums in 2004 to perform and record with Joe Boucher in “Frotus Caper” and has been working with Joe ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1561031124832-HDQGJ65KKNRI39JR1LMB/Breakwater%2BClassic%2BRock%2BFundraiser%2BMarch%2B2016-55.jpg The Band Chris Eastburn (Bass Guitar, Orchestrations) Chris is an arranger, orchestrator and award-winning composer. His music has been performed to acclaim from New York's Carnegie Hall to the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Recent commissions include a ballet score for Island Moving Co. called Newport Stories, a string orchestra and chorus score for the theatre production Moses Brown and the Voyage of the Slave Ship Sally and a score for Caitlin Corbett Dance Co. called Tom's Wealth. Chris's string quartet/vocal quartet score Consent to Gravity choreographed by Daniel McCusker was hailed as "one of the most successful new musical works for dance I've heard in ages" by Debra Cash, dance critic for NPR's Here and Now. His arrangement and orchestration of "Jazzy Old St. Nick, a hip swing version of a Christmas favorite" is now available from the Hal Leonard choral music catalog. As a choral director and song leader Chris enjoys working with people of all ages and walks of life. For more about Chris, including contact information and details about his compositions and additional directing, see his website at eastburnmusic.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d85add5559862000373a6b/1561033247820-N0412QGTDLMI32ROUV2P/JNS_8109.jpg The Band Joe Boucher (Piano, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals) Joe grew up in the quaint seaside village of Biddeford Maine on the New England coast. He is a singer and songwriter who, for eight years, fronted the power pop band Frotus Caper. They recorded and released four critically acclaimed albums while performing constantly. Throughout that time he worked regularly as a studio session musician, playing piano and arranging pop, rock and folk songs for many artists. Joe spent two years as an on-air host and producer at Maine Public Radio. For sixteen seasons he was the Concert Manager for The Portland Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that he spent seven years touring internationally as stage manager before meeting his future bride Barbara. He is now the Game Day organist for the Maine Mariners Hockey Team, ECHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins. Joe and Barbara live in Cape Elizabeth Maine with their seventeen year old son Henry, their eleven year old twins, George and Jane and a rescue pooch named Pepper. Most summer nights they can be found sitting on the back porch listening to the Red Sox. 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