ELMORE's BAR & GRILL

ELMORE’S BAR AND GRILL   ELMORE’S BAR AND GRILL IS A LONG-RUNNING BAND. THE NAME DATES BACK TO 1986,WITH A STELLAR ALUMNI,TOO NUMEROUS TO NAME ALL OF WHOM ARE STILL PLAYING THE BLUES. JOHNNY’S HISTORY IN THE BLUES BEGINS IN 1965 WITH BLUES BY FIVE, VICTORIA’S FIRST BLUES BAND. JOHNNY AND SHARON PAIGE BEGAN PLAYING TOGETHER IN THE SEVENTIES. ELMORE’S IS A HAPPY REUNION OF THE ELMORE’S OF THE NINETIES. CHARLES GATES ON DRUMS IS THE RHYTHM ENGINE;MORGAN ONDA ON TENOR IS THE ICING ON THE CAKE. PLAYIN THE BLUES "Elmore's Bar and Grill grew out of a couple of earlier bands, first, Honey Bee (started in 1978) which morphed into Off the Wall (around 1983). Honey Bee (named after a Muddy Waters classic) was formed by John Fisher on guitar and vocals with his wife Sharon Wadsworth on bass (later adding vocals). The other members were Derek Walsh on vocals and harp, Art Jennings on guitar, Tony Wilkinson on piano and Brian Moore on drums. Others replaced the last three over the years including Mike Stewart, Ken Preston, Ron Flatman and Mark Johnson on drums, Ed Wright and Chris Blue (Caldwell) on vocals and harp and Bob Geddes on guitar. Honey Bee played mostly Chicag... more...