Johnny "BlueBottom" Caverly:
vocals, bass, schtick
Suzanne "The Canary" Caverly:
vocals, percussion,  legitimacy
Fred "Redwood" Shook:
drums, vocals (thinks he can
sing!?),  excessive volume,
gearwhore,  
(click on the pic for more info
on Fred)
Click for Fred's myspace page
We also occasionally have had the
pleasure of being joined by the following
Boxmen:












  • "Slick Rick" Turrentine (guitar,
    pictured above)
  • the late Carl "Porkchop"
    Cunningham (guitar, vocals)
  • "Rippin'" Mike Reznik (sax)
  • "Cadillac" Jack  DeBaun on
    drums/vocals (an East Lakewood
    Rockabilly legend)     
  • Jimmy  Frias on Sax. Jimmy is an
    original BBM member who was a
    member of the renowned 60's surf
    band The Nocturnes, and a
    contemporary smooth jazz genius
  • Dave Marx  "One of the infamous
    Marx Bros."
    (drums)

  • Joel Willenbring: Original sax player
    from the famed Lively Ones surf
    band  (whose "Surf Rider" was
    featured in the film/soundtrack for
    "Pulp Fiction")
  • David Darjaney on guitar and vocals
    from the Christian Rock Band,
    Catalyst
  • Chris Darjaney on keyboards/piano
  • Craig "Chicken Boy " Van Dyke  
    legendary blues guitarist (Loose
    Change)
  • Carlos Paniagua (conguero y
    timbalero muy fantastico -- pictured
    below, right)
  • Michael Desler (drums -- pictured
    below, left)
Justin Padilla:
alto and tenor saxophone,
percussion (an accomplished
drummer who sits in with
John on drums for another
gig).
About the Box . . .
"Red Hot" Eddie Peffer:
alto, tenor, & soprano saxophones; flute,
keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, humility
despite shred-chops on several instruments
"Smokin' Joe" Ondell:
lead guitar, steel guitar, Zoot suit
fashionista
Dennis Lockett (nickname pending):
lead guitar, lead vocal. Dennis is an
accomplished songwriter, vocalist and
guitarist. Check his myspace page for
Dennis' music.
The Big Box of Men are a Long  Beach CA-based swinging blues
group originally formed in 2001. Encompassing classic blues,
traditional standards, jazz, oldies, classic rock,  top 40, and even
some  disco and funk, the band’s sound combines inspired blues,
jazz and classic rock into a fresh  framework. A vintage blues
band with a modern edge, Big Box of Men are equally comfortable
performing a cocktail set of Sinatra lounge songs, down and dirty
John Lee Hooker straight ahead blues tunes, Bill Hailey oldies,  
70s disco classics, or classic rock staples -- with equal fervor and
sonic vengeance. The band is led by the twisted mind and ever-
walking basslines of Johnny "BlueBottom" Caverly on lead
vocals and bass guitar, the sugary soul of Suzanne "The Canary"
Caverly on lead vocals; the rhythmic mastery of groove-ologist
Dennis Lockett on lead guitar and lead vocals; the thunderous
backbeat of Fred "Redwood" Shook on drums,  the roof-raising
soloing of Justin "Mad Horn" Padilla on saxophone and
percussion, and the bombastic shredding of "Red Hot" Eddie
Peffer on saxophone AND keyboards. With the recent addition of
Denis "Single N" McKee on guitar, the band's dual-axe onslaught
is sonically devastating . . .
"Burnin'" Ernie Brodie: rhythm
guitar, brewmaster
Carlos Paniagua:
congas, bongos, djembe, percussion
Michael Desler: rhythmatist