Charlie Keating Band with the Rhythm Regulators are celebrating their 16th year together cranking out a variety of influences and genres but known for their authentic live blues and boogie. Featuring New England's premier slide guitar player Charlie Keating. The band is well-known for its big sound and driving rhythm section. For 16 years has consisted of Lenny Turnquist on electric bass guitar and Drums are handled by K-9 Jones.
Charlie is a gifted and prolific songwriter. The band's CD "Slide On Over" has gotten consistent international airplay. The band is equally comfortable playing its unique versions of covers, or doing a set of originals.
The Charlie Keating Band represented the Massachusetts Blues Society at the 29th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN in 2013.
Their most recent single, “The End Of Us" written by Keating/Turnquist, is a slow soulful ballad shifting gears from their usual blues rocking sound and showing their versatility and savoir-faire.
The band has opened for a variety of performers. Mostly Blues artists.
The band members are:
Charlie Keating - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Lenny Turnquist - Bass
Dan Kendall - Drums
Tim Kendall- Road manager /Videographer
K-9 Jones - Houndog duties w/ Norbert the Wonderdog