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S. L. Barone
Author/Publisher
PHOTO ALBUM
My book, "STORIES FROM THE ROAD" (THE BROADWAY BAND EXPERIENCE),
IS BASED ON THE FIVE YEARS I'VE TOURED WITH THE BROADWAY BAND.
THE BOOK PUTS YOU IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE TOUR BUS AND TAKES YOU ALONG FOR THE RIDE, SO YOU CAN EXPERIENCE WHAT LIFE IS LIKE ON A FIVE YEAR ROAD TOUR, FOR AN EIGHT MEMBER BAND.
THE 52 PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE WERE TAKEN DURING OUR TOUR. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM.
THE BROADWAY BAND LINE-UP FROM 1975 TO 1977.

THE BROADWAY BAND
1975

SAL
LEAD VOCALS

YVONNE
LEAD VOCALS

JOE
SAX

JIMMY
TRUMPET

MICHAEL B.
DRUMS

TONY
GUITAR

MIKE L.
BASS

RAY
KEYBOARDS
BROADWAY FORMED 1975, OUT OF BAYONNE NEW JERSEY. THEY WERE AN EIGHT MEMBER COVER AND SHOW BAND, WITH A KICK-ASS HORN SECTION, A TIGHT RHYTHM SECTION, AND TWO DYNAMIC VOCALISTS. BROADWAY TOURED THE COUNTRY FROM 1975 TO 1980, PERFORMING IN LARGE CAPACITY VENUES. IN 1977, BROADWAY WAS VOTED THE #6 TOP BAND, BY THE CLUB OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
LARGELY A COVER BAND, BROADWAY ALSO PERFORMED SHOWS. AMONG THEM WERE THE MOTOWN TRIBUTE SHOW, AND A SHOW FEATURING HIT TUNES FROM THE GREAT WHITE WAY. BROADWAY FEATURED TRIBUTES TO CHICAGO, TEDDY PENDERGRASS, LEW RAWLS, TOWER OF POWER, THE BEE GEE'S AND BARRY MANILOW, TO NAME A FEW. THEY WERE KNOWN FOR WEAVING TOGETHER SEVERAL TUNES IN SUCCESSION, CREATING 15 TO 20 MINUTE NONSTOP, HIGH-ENERGY MUSIC. POPULAR EVERYWHERE THEY PERFORMED, BROADWAY SPENT FIVE YEARS ON THE ROAD, TOURING.
THE BROADWAY BAND LINE-UP FROM 1977 TO 1080









THE BROADWAY BAND
1980
SAL
LEAD VOCALS
YVONNE
LEAD VOCALS
JOE
SAX
RICHARD
TROMBONE
& KEABORDS
JIMMY
TRUMPET
MIKE L.
BASS
DON
GUITAR
R.J.
DRUMS














Members of Broadway 2017
Left to right: Dr. Mike Bednarski - Sal Barone - Joe Scudder - Yvonne Miranda Martinez -Richard Kay - Jimmy Rath.

Sal Barone
AKA: Lenny Baron









Yvonne, lead vocals


Yvonne 2017

Jimmy Rath, Trumpet, flugle horn & percussions


Richard Klunch, AKA: Richie Kay, Trombone, keyboards and Broadway's musical director

Joe Scudder, alto-tenor-soprano saxiphones-flute & percussions
Mike Lanni, Bass
AKA: Doc (doctor of the low notes).

Don Schabne, Guitar AKA: Dynomite Don Russell


Toni Adams, Yvonne's replacement in 1977


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