Jane has been a professional singer for 15 years, freelancing in the U.S and in Europe. Jane has extensive recording studio as well as performing experience, and she has performed with a wide range of musical acts. Jane has a three octave vocal range and she is well versed in a variety of styles including blues, R&B, dance, rock, gospel and jazz. Jane’s musical influences include Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole and Heart.

Jim’s musical philosophy is all about having fun along with a passion for music no matter what genre it may be. Jim is happy to be making music with “The Groove Doctors” a band that gets you up off your seat all night long, that is what it is all about.

Jim was fortunate enough to be in a band called the “Gropus Cackus” that had 3 hits; 2 of them on the Bell Record Label. They opened for several name acts, such as Santana, John Lee Hooker, Sly and the Family Stone, Tower of Power Boz Skaggs, Ike and Tina Turner etc. Jim still records with members of the band to this day.

Eric McElligott is a veteran musician who grew up in San Francisco and absorbed the many musical influences of the city. He has played in original bands and many cover bands over the years and can play a wide variety of styles. He began playing in school band, but after hearing Led Zeppelin, he quickly switched to bass and was ready to rock. His early loves were The Beatles, Crosby Stills Nash And Young, Ike and Tina Turner, Earth Wind And Fire, and the entire Motown catalog before diving into hard rock. Eric played in several Classic Rock bands that also played some R&B in their sets. He then joined Big Al,s Heart and Soul, a large R&B show band. The band played many large venues and corporate parties. Eric was happy to join The Groove Doctors with their wide selection of upbeat, danceable R&B and rock songs.

Vanessa has been dazzling audiences since age five. Her love of lyrics and passion for communicating propelled her sing anywhere she could as a child: talent shows, school choirs, musicals, you name it. By middle school she was directing, writing for, and performing with a singing telegram troop. In her college years, Vanessa sang full-time at California’s Great America as Pebbles Flinstone, complete with bone-in-hair costume! Since joining the Bay Area live music scene 15 years ago, Vanessa has been part of several rock bands and collaborated with acoustic musicians on stage as well as in the studio.

A shameless pop-princess at heart, Vanessa credits her vocal style and prowess to the powerhouse “greats”: Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, and Christina Aguilera to name a few.

When she’s not on the mic reminding you to tip your bartenders, Vanessa can be found hiking and running dirt trails, overbooking her calendar, and sipping pinot noir. Her secret goal is to sing a duet with Pink while they Crossfit.

Michael Peloquin was born and raised in Champaign, Illinois, on the far south side of Chicago. He migrated west to San Francisco in 1984.

Michael plays tenor, baritone and alto saxophones plus diatonic and chromatic harmonicas. He also is lead & harmony vocalist as well as an arranger & composer.

He has performed, toured the world and recorded with masters of Blues and R&B such as: Jeff Beck, Albert King, Ernest Ranglin, John Lee Hooker, Jr., Narada Michael Walden, Johnnie Johnson, E.C. Scott, Larry Davis, Tommy Castro, Chris Cain, Sy Klopps, Mitch Woods and John Nemeth. These experiences have been an education in American roots music that has helped to form his melting- pot sound, as witnessed on his extensive discography.

The last two decades have found Michael in demand as an R&B horn section arranger and soloist. This led to a renewed interest in his first love; the harmonica. Up until this time Michael could always be found playing harmonica, walking, driving, anywhere. Sadly, somehow this obsession faded over time. A rekindled faith in “The People’s Instrument” was realized upon becoming a featured soloist in the renowned Sy Klopps Blues Band in the Nineties.. The culmination of this renaissance found Michael in Germany, winning the Gold Medal in Hohner’s bi-annual International Harmonica Festival & Competition in 1997.

He has released a CD of original tunes entitled House of Cards on the Globe Records label. It has been described as an intriguing medley of swamp blues and horn drenched funk.

Two new instructional DVD’s, one on harmonica and one on saxophone are planned for release in early 2013 in conjuction with guitarcontrol.com.

Michael is currently freelancing in the Bay Area and touring the world playing R&B, Blues, New Orleans, Country and Big Band music. His website is http://www.harpsax.com.

Tony has been playing Drums so long that he can’t ever remember not playing drums. He learned to play the drums growing up in the Concord Blue Devil Drum Corps. Since then he’s been busy freelancing with anybody, anytime, anywhere. His influences are Tower of Power and Frank Zappa. He also digs Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham and Art Blakey. When he isn’t gigging or rehearsing, he can be found in the Delta, water skiing and boating. He has played with such notables as: Full House Band, Frank Biner and the Soul Patrol, and the Armen Boyd Quintet. These days, Tony’s focused on laying it down for the Groove Doctors.

Dave started playing piano at the age of five – he played in his first professional band when he was 15 and never looked back. Since then he’s played with several Bay Area bands, including Pop Nation, Addison Street and the Raving Daves, who won the Battle Of The Bands at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Dave was born and raised in the music industry – his parents owned and ran a chain of music stores in the Bay Area (Reik Music). He has also owned and managed his own recording studio. He studied with Tom Coster of Santana and other great keyboard players during his musical career.

Mike Rose, trumpet player, composer, arranger has been a active part of Bay Area Music scene for the last 35 years. He has an extensive touring and recording history with R&B, Soul,Blues,Rock,Pop and Latin.
At the age of 16 Mike was playing professionally in R&B and top 40 bands often spending the breaks in the back room of a bar not being allowed near the drinking. In 1989 Mike recorded on Todd Rundgrem’s Nearly Human album, performing live on this Fantasy Studios “live session” with Parrie Prince, Vince Weinick, Randy Jackson and Bobby Womack. Mike also performed live with Todd at the famed Filmore West.
Most of the 90’s was spent as a road musician touring the United States with several different bands including; Buddy Ace, Johnny Hernandez, The Dynatones, and Lydia Pense and Cold Blood. Also doing some International touring playing in the Atlantis Showroom Orchestra for Carnival Cruise Lines.
Mike has worked as a freelance trumpet player wit groups such as; Lenny Williams (Tower of Power) Jimmy Mckracklin, Syl Johnson, Otis Clay, Sir Mac Rice, Little Anthony and The Imperials, The Shirells, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Mighty Sam McLain and many more.
In 2006 Mike was awarded the Bay Area Blues society Trumpet Player of the Year. He has recorded on dozens of C.D.’S for labels from Blind Pig records to Warner’s Brothers recording. His studio work includes commercials for McDonalds and the video game Madden 2004.
L Michael Rose was born in San Diego and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He played lead trumpet at Pleasant Hill High School and also at cal State Hayward where he studied classical and jazz performance.
Mike’s teaching experience includes the Walnut Creek Civic Arts and Education as the Jazz ensemble director, Jazz theory instructor and private trumpet teacher. He served as the trumpet section coach at Diablo Valley College, and in 2001 directed the College Park High School Jazz Ensemble.
Presently Mike is continuing to freelance,teachwrite and arrange music and is now certified in Pro-Tools Digital Recording. For his most recent project Mike is excited to be reforming the RJ records group Soul Inheritance, and is looking forward to writing and recording their second album soon. To hear some of Mike’s music check out his web page at;