Roxanne and the Voodoo Rockers

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, Sandy Alexander on keys, Dana Flewelling 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 and keyboards will get your Mojo working!

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.

Sandy Alexander - Keys

When Sandy started playing the keys, he mostly played Broadway show tunes. But after hearing Ray Charles' "What'd I Say", Sandy joined a high school band on a rented Wurlitzer electric piano. Several decades later, he has played in numerous rock, blues and R&B bands. His early influences include Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Floyd Cramer and Booker T. Jones. After working in several bands through college, Sandy has played many stints in various bands, in community theater, and at weddings and special occasions from Mississippi to upstate New York and from Colorado to Texas. For the last 8 years Sandy has played with Pete Merrigan in New Hampshire, Tortola and Florida. When he isn't working on his blues chops, Sandy can be found collecting and restoring vintage keyboards from the 60s. Sandy joined in 2005 after a kind introduction by John Hoik.

Dana Flewelling - Drums

New Hampshire born and raised, Dana began playing drums at age 9. By age 14 he was a member of the youngest and hardest working Country & Western band in NH. But after all that twangyness, he had had enough and decided R&B was much more fun and has been playing with many blues, jazz and R&B acts for the past 30 years. For the past 9 years, Dana could be seen playing the Northeast with Sweet Roy Jones until his passing in 2005. Other performers Dana has supported are KD Bell, Lonely Gus, The Funky White Honkies, Night Kitchen, and Peter Merrigan and the Lake Sunapee All-Stars. Dana's inspirational drumming influences are Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner and Steve Jordan. A Zildjian cymbal player all his life, he is so devoted to them that his license plate reads "ZILJUN". The newest member of the band, Dana joined in 2007.

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!