The Band

Trickbag is a Hamilton-based band that has been entertaining audiences on record and in concert for over a decade. Their sound is an exciting blend of blues, rock, rhythm and blues and soul music. It's where the sultry sounds of Memphis, New Orleans and the Mississippi delta meet the gritty urban electric tones of Chicago and Detroit. And yet it's also the sound of Trickbag's "neck of the woods" as well. Hamilton has long been the center of a rockin' blues tradition that goes back to the days of Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks.

It might be more convenient to name the musicians that the members of Trickbag haven't worked with than those with whom they have, at one time or another, crossed musical paths. Trickbag, together and individually, have shared the stage and recording studio with the likes of the King Biscuit Boy and Kelly Jay (of Crowbar), Guitar Mikey, Michael Fonfara (Downchild Blues Band),Ken Whitely, Chuck Berry, Ronnie Hawkins, Leo Sullivan and Steve McDade (the Butcher Boys' Horns), Denis Keldie (The Lincolns, The Boomers), David Essig, Rita Chiarelli, Sonny Del Rio and Jeff Healy.

The band's first CD - TRICKBAG - on Peerless records received notice in publications as far flung as California's Living Blues and the record industry bible, Billboard. Fans are looking forward to a follow up CD, now in production. Long standing favorites in their home town the group has been a popular part of community events like A Taste of Hamilton, the Hamilton Sesquicentennial celebrations, the Downtown Mustard Fest, the Burlington Rib Cook Off, the Hess Village Jazz and Blues Festival and the Festival of Friends.

Recently founding Trickbag members Larry Feudo and Paul & Donna Panchezak have been joined by new members. Singer/harp player/guitarist Lester Smith is also a noted songwriter whose compositions have been covered by Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford); a valuable addition ensure that Trickbag's music will thrive and entertain well into the next decade.