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| About six years ago, they were hired to play a Halloween show where they had to choose a band to pay tribute to, and picked the Rolling Stones. All the members were in other bands that were playing about 50 percent of the Stones and it was so much fun that they just continued on. They made a joke about The Rolling Jones rhyming with The Rolling Stones and it stuck. There are six members of The Rolling Jones, yes six. Being able to perform more shows while satisfying many diverse crowds requires there to be two Mick Jaggers. The members of The Rolling Jones are Mark Rongers as Mick Jagger, Paul Salecker as Mick Jagger, Jeremy Smolen as Keith, Ben Girnus as Ronny, Frank Sakalaris as Bill Wyman, and Scott Tracy as Charlie. This band usually just pays tribute to The Rolling Stones, however on some nights they will throw in something else from their repertoire. Exile On Main Street is their favorite album to play off of and their favorite song is Can't You Hear Me Knocking. It is a song that Jeremy has to put on the set list at every show or the other members get very angry. They have had many accomplishments by playing many theatre and festival shows and have recently toured in Wisconsin and Chicago, but one of their favorites was opening for American English (a Beatles tribute band) at a Chicago festival. The band has a lot of influences, other than the Stones. They like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and listen to a lot of Blues music. And their lead singer is a huge fan of The Kinks. The band's goal is to get out in the summer to play more festivals and to try and gain more fans. You can check the band out at www.therollingjones.com to hear their recordings and see videos of their shows. You can see the band on Saturday May 29th at the Charlie Horse in Munster or on Saturday May 30th at the Tilted Kilt in Merrillville. |