Alan Peter Watson -
Percussion and an additional Crown of Roses Musician. He has been a studio
musician and played live with the band on and off since 1995. He lives in
the Altoona, PA area and plans to record with Crown of Roses for their forth
album.
Ron Crockett -
Drums and Percussion. He has played live with Crown of Roses for the past
seven years in PA in such cities as Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem and the
Quakertown areas. Recently, he has performed with the band in the Endless
Mountains of PA and done shows in New Jersey and Delaware. He also plays
live with the Jay Cat Creed Band and has done jingles for different radio
stations. He has been with the Crown of Roses from 1997 to
2003.
Robert John Hood -
Strings, organ, percussion and additional bass. He resides in the state of
Delaware and is mostly a studio musician with the Crown of Roses. He has
also played bass, piano and backing vocals and co-wrote songs for different
Ben Chew projects such as the 1997 Ben Chew, California release. Most likely
he will record on upcoming Crown of Roses albums. He has been with Crown of
Roses since
1998.
Mark Ling - .Lead
electric guitar and an additional musician for Crown of Roses, Second Taste
double CD. He also did assistant engineering for the album. For several
years he played gigs in Liverpool, England with the Mark Ling Band. Mark
played with Crown of Roses from 1996 to
1998.
Nick Vinci -
Strings, electric Wurlitzer piano, soprano saxophone and all woodwinds. He
has been with Crown of Roses since 1995 to present. Also has arranged
several songs on both Crown of Roses albums, First Water and Second Taste.
Nick has been used mainly for recording sessions as a studio musician and
writer. He is the brother of Lenny Vinci and is also a cousin to William and
James Jampo and has lived a long time in Brigantine, New Jersey. He, like
his brother Lenny Vinci has been backup musicians in casinos in Atlantic
City, NJ for many years playing with acts such as Tony Bennett, Andy
Williams and the Temptations, etc. Recently, Nick and Lenny have been
getting together with selected Jazz bands playing shows in PA and NJ. He
will be co-writing and recording with Crown of Roses in some upcoming
material.
Lenny Vinci -
Drums. Has been with Crown of Roses since 1991 and has performed live with
them in Bucks, Montgomery and Chester counties of PA and as well as the
state of New Jersey. He is a very learned musician from Julliard. Also, over
years he has performed regularly in Atlantic City, NJ at all casinos playing
drums for many legendary acts. Presently, he specializes in selling unique
cymbals for a company in Italy. He is a cousin to William and James Jampo of
Crown of Roses and plans to possibly record with them on future upcoming
projects. He has lived in Brigantine, NJ for many years, but now has moved
to PA.
Ben Chew - Lead
electric guitars, strings, electric slide guitars, additional drums and
trumpet. He resides in the southern PA area and has been with the band
since 1994. He is mainly a studio musician with Crown of Roses and has
recorded on the Crown of Roses First Water and Second Taste albums. He has
also helped in engineering a lot of the material of Crown of Roses in the
past years. He has released his own albums such as Ben Chew, California and
most recently, Ben Chew, Rough Season the Mountain Dunn Record Label out of
North Carolina. He will play live and record again with Crown of Roses
future plans.
Artie J. Creed Curatola
- Lead electric guitars, acoustic guitar and backing vocals. He has
been with Crown of Roses since 1995 until present. He has played live with
the mall over parts of PA such as Bethlehem, Easton, Allentown, Quakertown,
Tunkhannock, Perkastle, and the tri-state area. He is presently a lector at
Our Lady of Pommel Catholic Church in Bethlehem and is recently entertaining
in television in Allentown, PA. Jay also has been performing regularly at
the Padre Pio Center in Barto, PA. He is a very learned guitarist and has
done some of the writing on the recent Crown of Roses, Second Taste album.
He has also released several solo albums on the Van Boogie Record
Label.
Dennis Smith -
Drums, additional musician on Crown of Roses, Second Taste double CD. He
played as a studio musician for several tracks of the album. He resides in
Bath, PA. Dennis was with the band in
1997.
William John Kristofits
- He did engineering for several songs on Crown of Roses, Second Taste.
William also was the Artist Developer for Crown of Roses and the Golden Swan
Record Label. He was with Crown of Roses from 1995 until 1998. He resides in
the Bucks County area of PA.
William Paul Tanner AKA "Wild Bill" Played
Drums with Crown of Roses for all their Live Performances, Wild Bill takes
an Orchestrated approach to Percussion and is also a Composer. William
resides in Tannersville PA.