44°N Wedding Band (Plan-b)

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With over 100 songs in our repertoire ranging from classic rock, country and modern rock including nearly a dozen ballads, The 44°N Wedding Band has the versatility to cater to a wide variety of age groups and musical tastes. Formed as a group in March of 2006, all band members have numerous years of experience in live performance, recording and professional sound design.

At the core is founder and front man Jeff Yette. Jeff has been involved in music since a very young age playing several different brass instruments (trumpet, cornett, tuba, baritothrough grade/high-school and continuing his music education into his college years. He has been performing rock/alternative music in cover and original bands since the early '90s. Over the years, Jeff has performed with dozens of musicians whom he stays in contact with and will upon their talents to round out his group as needed.

Current band members include Bruce Dewey - a multi-instrument musician that has over thirty years performance experience. He is an accomplished drummer, but in recent years has made the transition to guitar where also lends his versatile vocal abilities to groups. Bassist Janel Bump is a classically trained pianist and will frequent step behind the keyboard for solo pieces. Janel is also a talented vocalist. Providing the rhythmic foundation is Jon Glaser. Jon is versed in several different drumming styles and has performed in both original rock and cover bands since the mid '80s. He was a mainstay in the west coast and Hawaiian music scenes for a number of years before settling in Northern NY.

As a four piece, this group offers diverse vocal harmonies, dynamics and flexibility to suite virtually any setting from small coffee house/cafe gigs to larger rock venues and more intimate settings like weddings, anniversaries and reunions.