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Roxanne & The Voodoo Rockers is New England's latest up and coming blues band. Their music is a blend of electric blues, R&B and swing, held together with their own touch of magic. The band is based in the Southern New Hampshire, USA and typically performs in venues throughout the New England area.

The band features vocalist Roxanne Young, who has been singing and fronting bands for the past 20 years. Her powerful vocal and stage presence will cast a spell on you and will leave you coming back for more! The Voodoo Rockers consists of John Mann - guitar and vocals, Jay Crowley on drums and Pete Carlson on bass.. The band's solid rhythm section lays down the foundation that you soul and your toes can't resist, while the guitar will get your Mojo working! You can always be pleasantly surprised as special guests join the band. Check out the Hall of Fame for more information about our special guests!

Roxanne Young - Vocals

Roxanne has been singing for as long as she can remember. Recently introduced to the blues in '97, she's a now true believer and doesn't see herself ever turning back. Some of her favorite female blues singer influences include Big "Mama" Thornton, Koko Taylor, Ruth Brown, Francine Reed and Etta James, among others. Roxanne fronted The Coupe DeVille Band from 1981 - 2001, and won second place in the 2001 Harpers Ferry Battle of the Bands Blues Contest. In August 2002, she formed the Voodoo Rockers with John Mann.

John "The Voodoo Doctor" Mann - Guitar & Vocals

John is Georgia born and New York City raised. "The Voodoo Doctor" lives and breathes the blues 24 - 7 and has been playing guitar for over 30 years. His major influences are the Three Kings among others. When he plays his guitar, you know you're listening to the real deal. In the today's vast sea of guitarists who try to impress you with a constant flurry of notes, John reminds you that it's not how fast or how many notes you play… but what you say with each note. He has shared the stage with J. Geils and Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band, James Montgomery, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, TJ Wheeler, KD Bell and Sweet Roy Jones. John fronted Voodoo Blues, one of New Hampshire's foremost blues bands from 1992 thru 2002. In August 2002, he teamed up with Roxanne Young to form The Voodoo Rockers.

Pete Carlson - Bass

Pete has been playing bass since college when he played in his father’s Glenn Miller Swing Band. He later helped form a very successful rock band called The Avanties that played the college circuit and a swinging club in Sunapee called The Barn where fans included several members of the current Aerosmith band. Pete’s next band was The Charles Sawyer Blues Band, whose guitarist (Glen Jordan) later joined the 50’s band ”Sha Na Na” and leader Charles Sawyer who went on to write an acclaimed biography of B.B. King! In the 1980’s Pete joined the The Movers and played with them for 15 years. The Movers won the Boston Battle of the Blues and went on to Memphis to win the International competition in 1995. Pete's later played with Rhumboogie which formed in 2000 and enjoyed 6 excellent years playing throughout New England. When Rhumboogie broke up in 2006, Pete considered retirement, but found the opportunity to join Roxanne and the Voodoo Rockers to good to pass up and started playing Bass for the Voodoo Rockers in 2007.

Pete has also played with Luther Allison, Ronnie Earl, Shirley Lewis, Rick Russell, Barrence Whitfield, Toni Lynn Washington, Luther Johnson, TJ Wheeler…and many others!

Jay Crowley - Drums

Jay began his professional career in 1969 as a jazz drummer in the northern New England area. While still just a high school student, he worked regularly playing with many of the area's jazz notables. Carrying with him a background in rudimental percussion and a passion for all styles of music, Jay studied at Plymouth State College in the early seventies and expanded his repertoire to include classical , "Big Band," rock, and Latin percussion. Over the years as a chart reading percussionist, Jay has worked with both the Nashua Symphony and New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as numerous classical chamber groups in the Boston-north area, and has performed with, among others, ensembles of the Boston Ballet Co. and the American Stage Festival. As a commercial drummer for over 30 years, Jay has been the 911 guy to call, and is known and has worked with many of the Northeast's best era musicians and ensembles. All influences blended in the mid-1980s when Jay "Got the blues" and aimed his entire focus toward that best mostcomprehensive and most pure of all expressions. A bluesman for life, Jay enthusiastically admits that in working with John, Roxanne and the boys, he has found a place to find his musical soul use all his chops. It just gets better all the time!

Gary Calderone - Sax/Harp

Raised in Newton, Massachusetts, Gary won a contest and prize was the London Muddy Waters Session with Carey Bell playing on harp. Gary was hooked and he ran out and bought a C-harp and started blowing sounds. Years later living in New Hampshire he played with local favorite Howard Randall and the Bottom Dollar Blues Band, on and off with Jerry Paquette and the Kantu Blues Band and three years with the Tom Ballerini Band. During the Kantu years, he began a lifelong friendship with Jerry Paige who plays a mean saxophone. One night Paige was doing his thing on sax and the people were standing up clapping and screaming. That's when Gary turned to Paige and said "show me how to play that thing"! As Gary puts it, "here I am, still trying to playing that thing". When John and Roxanne asked Gary if he would like to come over to their place and jam, of course he said yes. So, in 2011, Gary became a Voodoo Rocker and began making history.