The Crooners Blues/Bluegrass/Rock/Swing
Kevin Denton (guitar/vocals)
Thomas Bryan Eaton (mandolin/vocals)
Chris Merkley (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
The Crooners have made their mark on street corners and clubs in 14 different countries with their high-energy mix of acoustic rock 'n roll rooted in blues, country and swing music. Originally formed by the late Nyles Reed Fitzgerald, Chris Merkley, Kevin Denton and Jenn Grauer at the end of 2001, the band got its start playing in the streets of Paris in early 2002 and have since busked their way through several studio albums, making appearances on VH1, MTV Europe and several independent films along the way.
In 2006, the band released 'So Many Places', an electric/acoustic studio album highlighting their unique roots rock sound. The album received airplay throughout the U.S. and Europe and spread to homes all over the globe via an open guitar case and traffic-stopping street performances.
The group is currently based out of New York City and in the process of writing and recording for their next album...due for release in 2012.
"One of Brooklyn's finest...a harmonizing roots-rock act with accents of Brit pop and '60s sounds, and tuneful guitars." (New York Post)
"Theirs is a sound that is really, really American, like surf rock born in the Midwest, or like The Beatles after they got big in America....it sounds like that first moment when the smoky blues joint became, through a few quick guitar riffs, the first rock club." (Richmond Style Weekly)