EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES

New Jersey's rockin' blues band

The 6-piece EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES is a rockin' blues band for people of all ages. A danceable groove, innovative dynamics and a love for the blues create the band's original, raw energy. Two drummers deliver a hard-hitting beat.

EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES performs both original blues and blues classics done our way, drawing largely from the Chicago style infused with rock and touches of Latin, jazz and funk.

EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES performs in the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut Tri - State area.

The Band

Lance "the Rockin' Bluesman" Casper: lead & back-up vocals, lead, rhythm & slide guitar, blues harp. Lance’s early self-training on toy accordion at 9 and acoustic Stella at 11 started him on the road to EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES. As a late teen, he played lead guitar for the party band, The Elations, and later, the bluesy, underground Hudson Tubes. In his 20s, Lance played lead and rhythm guitar for The Eighth Day, a cover band with a style so distinct that Joey Dee of Peppermint Twist fame set them up with producer John Lombardo to record with Polydor. Lance started EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES in 2005. Lance's store and studio, Old Man Music, is now online. Check out Old Man Music here.

Glen Juengling : bass, lead & back-up vocals. Glen began playing guitar and bass in ’73 and has played with many rock bands around New Jersey and the Shore since then. He has played bass with The Agents, a classic rock band, for 28 years and 2-Jo(h)nsGlen, an Irish trio, for four years, and now bass for EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES. Glen also plays mandolin, violin and banjo.

Mark Egan: drums, lead & back-up vocals . Born in West Paterson, NJ, Mark began playing drums and taking lessons at 6. After high school he joined the celebrated Hawthorne Cabalerros Drum & Bugle Corp for five years. He went on to playing the Atlantic City lounge circuit with Essence, a trio, for six years, then switched to rock with different bands including the heavy metal band,  Detonator, and recently joining EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES. Influences: Carl Palmer, Charlie Watts

Kevin Hadley: lead, rhythm & slide guitar, lead & back-up vocals. Kevin began playing guitar at age 9 and in bands since high school. He's been playing in bands around New Jersey ever since including The Neverland Band, The Great Unknowns, and The Wolves, playing original and cover tunes from a mixed bag of artists and genres. Kevin still loves to get together to jam with his friends from all phases of his life and playing career. vin still loves to get ases of his life and playing career.

Mary Jasch: keyboards, back-up vocals. Mary taught herself keyboard in order to accompany Lance when he practiced guitar. A year later she joined the band. She has studied with pianist/theater organist John Barratta and currently with Jeremy Baum, organist/pianist for Shemekia Copeland and a host of others. Mary's heroes: Ray Manzarek, Mark Naftalin, Bruce Katz, Kitty Kat, Lucinda Williams and, of course, Jeremy. Mary publishes DIG IT! magazine.

Don "Train Wreck" Sandberg: drums. Since age 10, Don played in high school marching bands, Drum & Bugle Corps and garage bands in California, then on to Memphis playing in Country, Rock and Blues bands. Finally in Jersey, Don has played in cover bands until he joined EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES in 2007. Influences: ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Skynyrd

Website by Mary Jasch; Photos by Mary Jasch & Kathryn Ptacek; Website powered by SHiNYMACHiNE

All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2008-2010 EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES