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Michael Castello
I registered the domain name BonnieParkerBand.com in 2002 and created this website to share my experiences as one of the many musicians who played in the Bonnie Parker Band. Bonnie has always been the lead singer and bass player of the band. Although my brother David and I were part of the last Bonnie Parker Band and toured from NYC to Chicago for two years, it has been over 40 years since then. Yet, we still have many wonderful memories to share. I’ve heard that Bonnie is again assembling a new Bonnie Parker Band?! My band, The Flying Tigers, moved from Florida to Manhattan in the fall of 1976. At…
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Rudy Valentino
When I first started performing with BPB in the late winter of ’77 I remember we were playing weekends and occasionally we would head to Delaware to perform. Now being from Western NY, Rochester to be exact, my ears were not attuned to the Long Island accent, and Bonnie’s was quite pronounced! We had a roadie named Eric (can’t remember the last name). Now b4 soundcheck Bonnie in her heavy Long Island accent says “Eric, grab me the tuner”…now Eric lived in his car, or so it seemed because he had taken the back seat out and it was filled with his belongings….so Eric goes to his car and comes…
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Teddy and Bobby Rondinelli
I would like to say that aside for The Bonnie Parker Band being my first ‘Touring experience ‘; it was a thrill playing with such a talented singer/ bassist, as Bonnie Parker. Bonnie being filled with an amazing energy is the consummate professional that was way, way ahead of her time, in that there just were not any women Rock performers singing and playing bass! Bonnie brought the very best out in all of us as musicians, matched by her beauty inside and out. Thanks for showing me the ropes, Cheers xo Teddy Rondinelli
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Danny Schiano
It was early to mid seventies when Bobby Jordan, manager of Dodds in East Orange NJ, told me the Bonnie Parker Band was looking for a guitar player. I had recently left Godspeed for personal reasons, but was itching to get back out on the road. I went out to Long Island for an audition and was hired. Bonnie was a true player, always laying it down and always with a vision on where she wanted to go. Though that period of my life was a bit dark, I do remember the great clubs we played, The Stone Balloon, Dunes ‘till Dawn, The Elegant Elephant and so many more. …
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Nicky Waslyn
