Ralph Brando

Ralph Brando has been playing music since 1964......after seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan live on a sunday night that triggered and woke the musician in him.......Ralph has played and formed many bands over the years,from rock to blues to country,he also joined a bluegrass swing band and moved to Colorado playing Mandolin........Upon returning east he decided to follow his heart and play Blues..influnced by BB King and Buddy Guy ......Ralph has developed a style all his own..... he has assembled some of the finest musicians in new jersey to form the band Bakin `Fat.

Harry Sullivan

Harry has had a 50 year love affair with the blues. From his earliest 3 rd grade church choir, through the rock years of the sixties, the country-rock 70's to current day his guiding influence has been the blues. His musical tastes include everything from George Gershwin to Frank Zappa. Having spent many years of his youth singing in choirs, choruses and even a barbershop harmony group, Harry's mature voice brings out all of his musical experiences. Guitar influences include Mike Bloomfield, Taj Mahal and Jeff Beck.

Alan Beilis

Alan Beilis has been playing bass for well over 30 years. His musical influences are derived from The Beatles (Paul McCartney is his idol), The Eagles, Don Henley, as well as others too numerous to mention, He's played a variety of musical styles including blues, jazz, classic rock and country. His style of play is based upon simplicity (“the fewer the notes played, the better”). With that, he brings his own feel/style to the bottom of Bakin' Fat's music.

Peter John

has been singing since he was a child. He has always loved all types of music. He has performed in original and cover Rock Bands, as a solo artist in Country Music, spent several years as a lead vocalist in a Gospel Choir and in a Gospel Quartet, has written and performed as a Folk Duo and now feels as if he has found his home performing Blues.  His influences range from Anita Baker to Prince to Led Zeppelin.  Peter feels that he has always sought the freedom to express the deep vocal emotions that are found in Blues music.
 

Paul Levinsky

Paul got his first drum set in 1966 and hasn’t stopped playing since. Paul’s philosophy of music is that any music played well is worth hearing and learning something from. His style is derived from Jimi Hendrix to John Coltraine to Count Basie to the Grateful Dead with a big dose of Tower of Power and Howlin Wolf in between.