The Jersey Rollers welcome you to our site! The Jersey Rollers ("The Rollers") are a classic rock band in the true sense of the term. Our goal is to bring you the best "Classic Rock" performances available in the market place today. We are currently performing in concerts, night clubs, and private functions of all kinds. We perform classic rock from all time periods from the mid-1960's right up to today. We feature: Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Steve Miller, Rod Stewart, The Who, U2, and much, much more........
Meet the Band:
Greg Roukema: Lead and acoustic guitars, lead and background vocals. Mr. Roukema ("Rock") has been playing guitar and singing professionally since age 12. He was originally self taught, but started studying guitar seriously at age 15 in New Jersey with New York studio legend Joe Cinderella. He later studied music theory and improvization with Dale Bruning in Denver Colorado, and music theory, improvization, classical performance and sight reading with Barry Gailbraith in New York City. Mr. Roukema worked as a New York session player and freelance guitarist for many years playing with such well known artists as Pheobe Snow, Noel Redding (Bass, Jimi Hendrix Experience), Rick Derringer, Jimmy Vivino (Conan O'Brian Show, Fab Faux), Billy Mersey, Billy Davis, The Sherrells, and many more. Throughout most of the 1990's he was active in the New York music scene as lead guitarist for The Bluetones, a New York based Rhythm and Blues Band. Most recently he was lead guitarist and vocalist for Silverbak, a New Jersey based classic rock band.
Tom Premtaj: Lead Vocalist & Rhythm Guitarist., Singer Songwriter. Joined with Greg Roukema to form New Jersey based rock cover band Silverbakk.Also performed acosutic duo performances in the NY metropolitan area with Greg Roukema.Intense and enduring passion for music , especially performing.
Rob Draghi: Drums, percussion, and background vocals. Rob Draghi has been a fixture on the New York City music scene for many years. As a New York City based drummer, in addition to being active on the local scene, he has recently toured and recorded with Jake Stigers, Honorary Title, Stoley P.T., the Davenports, Michael Hewett, and many others. In addition, he recently completed his 6th European tour with Jake Stigers and the Velvet Roots.
Brian Karp: Bass, background vocals.Brian Karp has been a professional bass player for over 30 years while being active in every facet of the music industry. He studied at Berklee College of Music, and has played on major recording projects and toured with artists such as Letters To Cleo, Laurie Geltman,The Mood, Dixon, Violettide, Hummer, Jeff Harris Band, Slave to The Siren, Lemonpeeler,Zoux and numerous others. Mr. Karp has shared the stage with Eric Burdon, Joe Cocker, Old 97's, Joy Drop, Lillith Fair,and others. He has also done session work for major TV shows such as Melrose Place, MTV shows, The Hills, The Real World, and others as well as movie soundtracks such as A Simple Twist Of Fate, starring Terri Hatcher, and the music documentary Payoff.
Sample Songs:
Last Dance with Mary Jane-Tom Petty
Ziggy Star Dust/ Suffragette City -David Bowie
Rockin the Free World-Neil Young
Cinnamon Girl-Neil Young
Good Times Roll - The Cars
You Can't Do That- Beatles
Interstate Love Song-Stone Temple Pilots
Not For You-Pearl Jam
La Grange - ZZ Top
Come Together-Beatles
Heart of Stone - The Rolling Stones
*Set lists available upon request
