ABOUT US

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The High Low Jacks Band is springing out of a box of pre-mixed players who have played together over the years. Singer Tommy Banjo goes back to the previous millennium with Dave Ice, who is a thriving musician and the owner of Dave Ice Productions. Together they were important ingredients in a Jazz trio called Earthenware that played American Standards together in the early 2000s at a supper club in Babylon. Dave, is an international man of mystery who lets his bass do most of his talking.

 Meanwhile, drummer Larry Menaker who is part engineer, part mathematician and 100% drummer created a studio in Maspeth, Queens where he and Tommy indulged their love for the good ol’ Grateful Dead in The Cover Ones with other musicians on a monthly basis that included a regular simulcast of the event. Larry is currently the founder and proprietor of the multi-track recording studio Beacon Hill Studios.  Guitarist Arthur Panico arrived recently, but is well known to Dave as he has played with him over the years. Our "High-Low Jack of all trades,"  Arthur is a guitar luthier, plumber, electrician, carpenter, and can fix just about anything! Playing guitars he built himself, he brings a high energy improvisational style that is a treat to listen to! Our newest addition, and we are grateful to get him is Andrew Suozzi. Andrew, who plays piano and keyboards, has been in jam bands before, most recently with The Proper Potion, and prior to that, was a member of the band Dreadful Flight, which was focused on the Beatles! Tommy, the lead singer, was on radio (WBAB), and late night TV (Joe Franklin Show). 

This is the first time this lineup is playing together having formed in 2020 with Rich joining in 2021 and Arthur joining in 2022. 

AND, excellent news, co-founder, Adam Zion who left the band has returned! Guitarist and singer, Adam was missed, but now he is back The High Low Jacks Band are seizing on an opportunity to join a pantheon of bands currently playing from the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia/Bob Weir and Their Covers Songbook with songs written by Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Howling Wolf, Little Milton, Otis Redding, Holland-Dozier, Holland and others, by emphasizing the canon’s more groovy and funky material, as well as its spacey or old-timey sounds. By fashioning set lists and creating extended jams based around danceable material, they hope to draw crowds of people who remember that part of the experience is about shaking their hips together as well as moving their lips.