Jonny Rosch has been performing and recording as a vocalist, keyboardist, harmonica player, and songwriter for more than forty years. He also plays guitar. A consummate and highly respected New York City session musician, Jonny was the lead singer and frontman for the legendary Original Blues Brothers Band.

Jonny holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Bennington College and has the distinction of being the first person in the school’s history to graduate with a specialized concentration in Electronic Music.

In addition to personal live performances at renowned venues such as the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and the prestigious Carnegie Hall—where he was backed by the late Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops Orchestra—Jonny has graced the main stages of the New Orleans Jazz Festival (the year after Hurricane Katrina), Bonnaroo, Coachella, Red Rocks, and other major festivals and venues worldwide. He has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Southeast Asia.

In addition to fronting the Original Blues Brothers Band, Jonny has recorded or performed with Joe Walsh, Cyndi Lauper, Phoebe Snow, Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Bo Diddley, Lou Reed, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Cornell Dupree, Tommy James and the Shondells, Joan Jett, Billy Squier, Carly Simon, Steve “The Colonel” Cropper, Eddie “Knock On Wood” Floyd, The James Gang, Alice Cooper, Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), John Oates, Robert Randolph, Henry Butler, Paul Shaffer, Bernie Williams, Allen Toussaint, Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, Orianthi Panagaras, Stuff, John Sebastian, Jonathan Edwards, and many others.

He has opened for legends including B.B. King, Paul Simon, Joe Walsh, The James Gang, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Johnny Winter, and countless others. He was a touring band member with Bo Diddley, Cornell Dupree’s Soul Survivors, Phoebe Snow (as both keyboardist and musical director), Tommy James and the Shondells, and of course, the Original Blues Brothers Band.

For six years, Jonny served as both musical and creative director for business mogul James Dolan, CEO of Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks, NY Rangers, NY Liberty, Radio City Music Hall, MSG Network, Cablevision, Optimum Online, and other holdings. He left in 2007 to continue touring Europe with the Blues Brothers Band.

Jonny now leads his own group, Jonny Rosch and Friends, which features members from Steely Dan, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, the Late Night with David Letterman Band, the Saturday Night Live Band, the Max Weinberg 7 (Late Show with Conan O’Brien), Bob Dylan’s band, and Cyndi Lauper’s and Rod Stewart’s bands. With this band, he has served as musical director and supervisor for many awards shows and high-profile performances, including events at The White House, the Special Olympics, Rockefeller Center Concerts (Louis Vuitton Classic), and more.

For the past twenty-five years, he has owned and operated Cabin Fever Studios and the production company New York Professional Digital. Having recorded on countless album projects, Jonny’s work spans film scores, television, and radio. His national commercial clients include McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Disney, HBO, Sony, Ford Motor Co., Subway, Cotton Inc., Nabisco, Home Depot, Kohl’s, Pizza Hut, Law & Order, The Sopranos, and many others.

Jonny is also the co-leader of two other bands, serving as keyboard player and lead vocalist for the Cropper/Rosch Project (with the legendary Steve “The Colonel” Cropper) and the Kortchmar/Rosch Project with Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, featuring Shawn Pelton and Neil Jason.

John Putnam - Guitar / Vocals

Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Child, Cher, Melissa Manchester, Wayne Newton (yup - that's right), Darlene Love, Shamekia Copeland, Richard Shindell, Brookes and Dunne, Southside Johnny, The Bacon Brothers, David Johansen, Glen Campbell, Lee Ann Womack, Carrie Underwood, Trisha Yearwood, The fabulous Bev Leslies, and in less formal settings has made music with Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Dizzy Gillespie, Pete Townsend,  Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Grover Washington  Jr., Buzzy Feiten, and the un-categorizable artist formerly and still currently known as Jonny Rosch. In addition to numerous film and TV productions, John has performed in many Broadway hit shows including The Who's Tommy, Lion King, Aida, Rent, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, 9 to 5, Memphis, Kinky Boots, and others.

Tony Garnier - Bass

Bob Dylan's bass player/musical director and Dylan's longest running sideman 1989 to present, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Saturday Night Live Band, Loudon Wainwright III, Marc Ribot and Eric Andersen, Asleep At The Wheel, The Lounge Lizards, Robert Gordon, Marshall Crenshaw, Manhattan Transfer, Brian Setzer, David Johansen/Buster Poindexter, too many more to list, etc ...

Danny Louis – Hammond B3 / Trombone

Gov’t Mule, Joe Cocker, UB-40, The Kinks, Greg Allman and Friends, The Allman Bros Band, Levon Helm Band, a founding member of The Cars, Garland Jeffreys, Cheap Trick, Joan Osborne, Rory Block, Warren Haynes Band, Ricky Martin, The Cars, Rosanne Cash, Ronnie Spector, Willie Nile, The Memphis Pilgrims, Taro Hakase, Jules Shear, Felix Cabrerra, Curtis Stigers, Wreckless Sleepers, Machan, Sidiki Conde,  Jim Weider, Stockholm Syndrome, and others.

Mike 'Apple' Merritt - Bass

Clint de Ganon – Drums

Clint has worked with Stevie Wonder, Cindi Lauper, Sara Bareilles, Elvis Costello, Paul Shaffer, Eddie Vedder, Billy Preston, Jimmy Buffett, Kid Rock, Liza Minnelli, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Carole King, Kristen Chenoweth, Edgar Winter, The Blues Brothers Band, Paula Cole, René Fleming, Art Garfunkel, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Hiram Bullock, Bob James, John Tropea, Cornell Dupree, Michael Franks, Lalah Hathaway, Darlene Love, Valerie Simpson, David Sanborn, Gordon Edwards & Stuff, Larry Carlton, John Pizzarelli, The Fab Faux, Donovan, Edwin McCain, Special EFX, Alan Menkin, Andy Snitzer, Willie Nile, Steve Tyrell, Phoebe Snow, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tom Scott, Take 6, Chuck Loeb, Linda Eder, Orleans, Mark Cohn, Sutton Foster, Cissy Houston, Kiki Ebsen, Jeff Lorber, The Manhattan Transfer, Judy Collins, Fantasia, Lloyd Price, Christine Ebersole, Dionne Warwick, Cornell Dupree, Brook Benton, Ann-Margret, Warren Hill, Megan Hilty, and the Saturday Night Live Band, and too many Broadway shows, commercials, and too many TV shows to list.