The SOUTHERN STEEL Band

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www.southernsteelband.com
For Bookings Please Contact D. Sorber: southernsteelband@verizon.net ~ 732-513-0202

Chris Jordan Staff Writer for The Courier News/Home Tribune
{Middlesex/Hunterdon County, NJ}
wrote this about
The SOUTHERN STEEL Band:

"It's a pretty impressive thing when the New Jersey-based Southern Steel gets its motor running.
Twin lead guitars, a chugging rhythm section, and a rock-solid lead vocalist with plenty of Southern attitude even if they are from Jersey makes for a full-on Southern rock experience. Into the Allmans, Skynyrd, Outlaws, 38 Special and Marshall Tucker? Then check these boys out...".

The SOUTHERN STEEL Band:
New Jersey's Finest Southern Rock Tribute Band,
performs high energy concert-style dead-on covers of the hits, deep cuts, juke box favorites, jam tunes, and arena rockers by Legendary Southern Rock Pioneers such as LYNYRD SKYNRD, THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, THE OUTLAWS,
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, 38 SPECIAL, MOLLY HATCHET, ZZ TOP, BLACKFOOT, THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION, and more.
SOUTHERN STEEL has been the opening act for legendary international acts
The Outlaws {twice}, Leslie West & Mountain, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, The Marshall Tucker Band {three times}, and Foghat as well as sharing headline billing with The Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, and Blackfoot for the 3rd Annual Southern Rock Festival, has headlined concerts for the Keyport Firemans Fair, the Toms River A.L. Riders Benefit for Oceans of Love, The Keyport VFW "For Love of Country" Fundraiser, The 2010 8th Annual Spring Thaw in Northampton, Pa., The 2010 Wilson 10-33 Benefit and Ride, and the Keyport Country Jamboree.
SOUTHERN STEEL's venues throughout New Jersey
[Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Bergen, Morris, and Hunterdon Counties]
include The Starland Ballroom, Jenkinsons Pavilion, Joey Harrison's Planet Surf, The Baker Ballroom, The Stone Pony, and The Asbury Park Convention Center Paramount Theatre as well as Big Shots Bar & Grill [Keansburg], Bellos Sports Pub, The Beacon Street Grill, 7 Days Bar & Grill, Big Shots Restaurant [Edison], In-Laws Pub, Moby Dick's Lounge, Big John's Pub, Tommy's Inn @ Millstone, Legends Bar & Grill, The Cambridge Inn, Tim Kerwin's Tavern, The Shack, The Corner Pub & Grill, Cranberry's Pub, Jimmy D's Blues Saloon, Beacon On The Bay, The Brass Rail, Rugs and Riffys, and Rhythms of the Night.
With well over 100 years of combined experience, The SOUTHERN STEEL Band is comprised of veteran southern rockers from all over New Jersey {Monmouth, Middlesex, Ocean, Morris, Hunterdon, and Bergen Counties} that have performed throughout the tri-state area over the past 35 years as members of bands such as Whiskey, Sundown [NJ], Hawkins, Crazy Luke, The Line-Up, Bounty Hunter, Boot Hill Express, Cherokee, Viagara Falls, Madd Doggs, Southern Fury, Big Southern, Chick-A-Boom, Second Helping, The Bobby Bandiera All-Stars, Idlewild South, Pat Roddy Band, and others.
The SOUTHERN STEEL Band is:
Dave Sorber ~ Lead Guitar/Vocals
Bill Hipple ~ Lead Vocals/Guitar
Stan Romanowski ~ Bass/Vocals
Mike Pierro ~ Lead Guitar/Vocals
Mark Cavallo ~ Drums/Vocals
Pat Killeen ~ Keyboards/Vocals
Adam Davis ~ Sound Tech

Customer Reviews & Ratings

(5 out of 5 average with 1 reviews)

Marshall Tucker Band / Southern Steel - The Starland Ballroom Written by Hank "Hitman" Hart Thursday, 29 July 2010 Seems like just a week or so ago that I saw The Outlaws and New Jersey's Southern Steel at The Starland Ballroom. I mentioned in my review how I loved the venue for many reasons. Well pardners, I went back again a few nights ago to see Marshall Tucker and again, Southern Steel. Look, it's obvious I like "The New Jersey Guitar Army", Southern Steel. If you are a fan of this type of music, there's no other bands to go see in NJ that plays the local clubs/bars/festivals/fairs. I reviewed them last month with The Outlaws and Southern Steel got the place jumping. They did that again, and to me, this set was even better. Of course, I'm biased because the set had a heavy dose of Outlaws!!! Honestly....cowboys and cowgirls, a butt kickin' set of "Grey Ghost" by The Henry Paul Band, .38 Special's "Hold On Loosely", then The Outlaws' "Freeborn Man', into ABB's "Ramblin' Man" and to finish up the knockout punch, another Outlaws' tune, "Green Grass and High Tides". For this show, lead singer/frontman Bill Hipple abandonded his guitar altogether and the band had with them, Southern Fury's guitarist, Dean Bartone. Dean, Dave Sorber and Tom Napurano are quite a formidable guitar trio, not to mention those are some big ol' boys that could probably be the linebackers for the New York Giants! Seriously folks, the guys rocked hard and here's where I have got to take a shot at The Starland marketing people. Who the heck was the headline act? Marshall Tucker, a SOUTHERN ROCK band? It would have made a helluva lot more sense to have Southern Steel be the band right before Tucker. Hey, the other 2 bands, The Hollow, not bad, young guys, and also Cool Days End, a real tight rockin' band but more of a party type band in the vein of Springsteen or Southside Johnny...good band, excellent in fact, but c'mon, let's try to keep the same genre of music together in the future.
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January 18, 2011 by Hank "Hitman" Hart for Southernfriedmagazine.com