The Night Beats

Early rock & roll band from Waukesha WI started in 1957 and still performing today, now as El Rey and The Night Beats. Musicians included: Original 1957 lineup El Rey Ojeda - Sax Rusty Bartelamas - Lead Guitar Ron Kurtz - Rhythm Guitar Tom Montez - Drums Ace Rudan - Bass Dick Whitstone - Vocals Additions 1960-1970 Skip Rhode - Bass (1963) Jack Stafenbeil - Drums (1962) Terry Thuemling - Rhythm Guitar (1960) Gene Schiller - Bass (1967) B.J. Gebhardt - Bass (1968) Rudy Petrovsky - Bass Mike Price - Drums (1971) Ron Moen - Bass (1973) 1980's members included: Steve Gunther - Lead Guitar Bill Block - Bass Mike Moretti - Drums Pete Llanas - Guitar. Bill Akin Dan Hansen John Fredricks Jeff Loss 1990's menmber included: Jim Cappozzo - Trumpet Frank Reda - Trumpet Dennis Stevens - Bass J.P. Slater - Drums Pete Llanas - Guitar Steve Gunther - Guitar Larry Price Al Nettesheim Andy Congemi Chuck Theama Hans Reuters Tim Dotson Rocky-Rico-Rotscha Current 2009 line up: El Rey Ojeda Duffy Wage BJ Gebhardt Gene Schiller Terry Thuemling Rich Gonia Ray VonGunten Jim Capozzo