The Crossroad Blues Band was formed in the Tampa Bay Area in 1996. After 15 years playing local clubs, the cable TV show "Rick's on the River" and the Taste of Tampa, the band has relocated in the Northeast Ohio area. The band has also been featured on a Youngstown Cable produced TV show broadcast from ChippersSports Bar in 2011 and in 2014, were included in a segment of Eddy Bonte's Internet Radio 68 show "My Generation". More recently, they have received airplay on Peter Mullers internet show on the Radioparkies station. The band plays a mixture of upbeat and soulful blues New bass player Mel Pachuta, as a member of the Human Beinz, had a #8 national hit with "Nobody But Me" in 1967. Their version of "Turn on Your Lovelight" was a #1 hit in Japan in 1968. The band plays a mixture of upbeat and soulful blues.
Eric Clapton, Savoy Brown, Roy Buchanan, Rory Gallagher