"It's (almost) all relative"

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Melissa Furbish: - Vocals. Shakers (LOL). When Josh called one night and said that he had met a beautiful girl in Louisiana, little did we know that before long we’d be suckin’ crawfish heads, catching beads and sayin’ all’ ya’llOur sweet Melissa grew up in the suburbs of New Orleans and was born to sing. She developed her style on Bourbon St. and (spoken like a proud father-in-law) there is nobody better. Aside from her amazing voice, she is a natural mother and wife who has brought into our lives three of sweetest, most beautiful grandchildren ever born (spoken like a true Boompa). Yankees beware; you will fall under her spell!

Steve Furbish (Uncle Steve): I first became Uncle Steve when I was fourteen years old and the nieces and nephews never stopped coming. Now I believe that I am great great Uncle Steve (man that sounds old) I grew up listening to Hendrix, CSNY, Jackson Browne, The Beatles (of course) and the usual wide variety of “Boomer” (I hate that term) stuff. One of my greatest musical accomplishments was recording two albums of original material at Thomas Eaton Recording in Newburyport Ma. One of my biggest regrets was trading my friend Tom LaCroix's Hoffner Beatle bass for a sitar with a cracked neck back in 1972. What the hell was I thinking!

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Josh Furbish: Guitar, bass, vocals, harmonica, percussion and anything else you stick in front of him (and he’s written songs that I can only wish that I had written.) Josh is first and foremost, without a doubt, the best husband and father I’ve ever seen. At home 30 feet in the air with a nail gun, up on stage with a bass guitar or at a play park teaching half dozen little ones how to catch a frog. My hat is off. Need a deck? Need an addition? Need someone to teach you how to draw a Llama with a broken crayon? Everybody loves Josh…. you can’t help it.

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Al (Buzz) DeFeo: - Drums, Bass, and Vocals. – He is the best drummer I know and plays a mighty sweet bass to boot. He can sing like a choirboy or rumble like the new pipes on his Harley. “Uncle Buzz” is a veteran of such legendary bands as; “The Salt Creek Hog Grinders”, “Duck, Dodge and Hyde”, “Shotgun Sally”, “The Buzztones” and all previous versions of “USB”. Whatever we’re playing, Buzz has the skill and musical common sense to lay down just the right foundation to keep the rest of us from flying off into space, God bless him.

Rich Delanoy: the second newest member of the band. One day Rich sat in with us at one of our shows and now it seems like he's always been there. He built his own house, he builds his own instruments, he flies his own plane, his talents never end. Rich has taken a big step away from his first musical love, Bluegrass, to play with USB and we're happy about that.

p.s.- He made that mando in the picture

 

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Scott Shattuck:  Scott's parents met in a marching band so music has always been a part of his life. He played the trumpet until one day he brought a Lonnie Johnson record home from the library, after that it was all guitar all the time. Scott taught himself to play listening to "The Blues After Hours" radio program. The Uncle Steve Band's newest member  brings some sweet blues, slides and voice adding a new dimension and groove. Scott has played in churches, bars, and prisons and felt at home in all of them.

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