Biography

Blending original blues with traditional blues favorites, Steve Polezonis and his friends, The Steve Polezonis Band, entertain a crowd with professionalism, taste and dancable blues.

Born in Bridgeport, Ct., Steve grew up in a musical household. His father and mother were both part-time musicians who instilled in him at an early age the importance of music in a person's life.

He studied guitar with Dino Lappas and Gary Fortier and vocals, harp and guitar as well as blues musicology with Ed Vadas. Along with his "Blues Brother" Les Cooke, he played in various blues bands in the Springfield, MA. and Hartford, Ct. areas since the early '90s, including the Blusicians, Mudcats, Pythons and Free Chicken & Beer (voted "Best Blues Band" in the Valley Advocate poll in 2000).

He's opened for Johnny Hey & The Bluefish and Debbie Davies and for the 2003 Berlin Blues Festival which was headlined by the likes of The Nighthawks and Jeff Pitchell, and has recently jammed with Mark Nomad, Bonnie Bramlet, James Montgomery just to name a few.

A regular at the famous Tic-Toc Blues Jam he recorded his first album there in 2002 -- "Steve Polezonis & Friends Live at the Tic-Toc" captures the feeling of their Thursday night open jams and Saturday night "Free Chicken & Beer" invitation jams. A second album, "Live @ The Berlin Blues Festival" is a raw testament to the band in action.

Come and see why they won the Valley Advocate's Poll for best Blues Band...ask your favorite venue to book Steve Polezonis and Free Chicken & Beer...and be prepared to have a ball!

Steve is a member of the Connecticut Blues Society.