The six-piece EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES is a rockin' blues band for people of all ages. The band performs original and classic American roots blues infused with rock, funk, R&B and a dash of Latin. EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES performs in the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Tri - State area.

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The Band

Joe Bartos: bass, back-up vocals. Joe started playing bass at 14 and has played in cover/classic rock bands in the Scranton, PA, metropolitan area since then. His influences are Dave Hope, John Paul Jones and John Entwhistle. He lives in Moscow, PA. “I’m just an everyday working guy trying to have fun, get rid of stress from the week and meet new people.”

Lance "the Rockin' Bluesman" Casper: lead & back-up vocals, lead, rhythm & slide guitar, blues harp. Lance has always had a passion for playing tenor sax and has recently begun studying with Julian Sparacino, woodwind player. 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.

Mary Jasch: keyboard, 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, B3 organist/pianist for Shemekia Copeland and a host of others. Mary's current heroes: Bruce Katz, Kitty Kat, Barry Beckett and Jeremy. Mary publishes DIG IT! Magazine.

Glenn Nilsson: lead and rhythm guitar, lead & back-up vocals. Glenn began playing bongos in his first band at 10.  He started playing guitar at 14 in high school and since then has played in many cover and original rock bands around New Jersey including Big Man's West and the defunct indie-rock Dirt Club. After raising his kids in Wayne, NJ, Glenn began playing again in 2002 in rock bands including AfterDark, Midnight and ThirdRail. He recently joined EIGHT DAYS OF BLUES.

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

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