HOW THE NARDOZI BROS. MUSICAL CAREER BEGAN



My brother and I have been playing music for the past twenty five years. We have played clubs, weddings, parties, etc. We are both lead vocalists, background vocalists as well as guitarists. My brother and I, along with sister Lori grew up watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show and decided from that moment, no matter how little talent we had at the time we wanted to play music. We were very influenced by British music. We started to get serious about music in high school. It was interrupted for a couple of years as I joined the Navy. When I was discharged from the service my brother Billy had already gotten us jobs playing out. We were playing Rock-n-Roll and thought that we were going to make it big! Actually we were pretty good. My brother was wild and crazy (very talented) and a great showman. I was the quiet one (unless Billy tried to cut out my songs) but loved that energy. As the years went by, our vocal harmonies got to be very good. Being brothers, our voices blended together which sounded great. We made a lot of money playing a lot of jobs. It was a wonderful experience, one that I'll never forget. We played for about twenty years in the area. We also cut a record in the studio. It didn't really amount to much but to us it was worthwhile. My brother and I are not finished. We are planning to start practicing again and will be playing out in just a couple of months from now.

OUR MUSICAL HISTORY


1964...Watched BEATLES on the Ed Sullivan Show and knew that music was our future!
1965...Received a Roy Rogers guitar for Christmas from Santa!
1966-1969...Learned how to play and sing.
1970...Nick and Billy joined first band called "IN THE BEGINNING".
1971...Played first gig at a church. We received .50 a piece(we got hoagies)!
1971-1973...Played a few more gigs throughout high school.
1973-1975...Joined Navy, two years active duty.
1975...Started getting serious about music, played mostly weddings and parties.
1976-1979...Played rock in a new band called "RAVAN".
Played nightclubs and colleges for three years.
1980...My twin sons were born..Christopher & Nicholas!
1981...Recorded two original songs on a "45" rpm. at Lost In Music studio.
1982...Started playing oldies as a duo, "NARDOZI BROS." concentrating on vocal harmonies.
1983...My daughter Stephanie was born!
1984-1989...Played hundreds of nightclub acts as a full band.
1989...My daughter Nikki was born!
Played Three Rivers Arts Festival three consecutive years.
1990...Lead vocalist for band "Bonfire" and played one gig.
1991...Billy retired and I joined a classic tracks band "CHAIN REACTION".
1992...Joined a country band "STEEL BLUE" and played the bass guitar.
1993-1995...Stayed home and sang the blues, (boring)!
1995-1997..."NARDOZI BROS." reunion. (HAD A BLAST)!
1998...Retired once more, we just had enough.
1999...Met the love of my life, HOPE !!!! I LOVE YOU !!!!
2000...How about another reunion? We are working on it as we speak!!!!!!!!
2001...Well, no reunion yet. It may sadly never happen. BOO HOO !!!
2002...We played three gigs this year as a trio with Lou on drums. We seriously sounded better than ever! Now it's got us thinking.

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