Boulevard Band Member Biographies

Learn a little bit more about the fine musicians that make up Boulevard!  All the band members can also be contacted via this page if you want to drop them a line!

Sara Bush (Lead/Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion)

Sara began her singing career in military and private nightclubs in the southeast US. After relocating to the northeast, she performed with Champagne and later, The Parody Show and Dance Band where she met Pat and Lee forming an inseparable bond and great local success. Her most notable character impersonations were of Dolly Parton and Tina Turner. During her 25-year career she has recorded jingles and appeared in major regional area locations. She can also be found performing with several other local Philadelphia and Delaware bands when not performing with us. By day, Sara is a gifted elementary music teacher at a local Delaware private school as well as a musical playwright with over eight complete children’s musicals to her credit. She recently completed an advanced degree related to her creative music abilities and produced her first solo CD. Contact Sara

Joe Harris (Alto, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Lead/Backing Vocals)

During the early 70's, Joe performed with the commercially successful band, Turning Point which backed such acts as The Shirells, Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, The Vandellas and Joey D and the Starlighters. During his 30 plus year career he has recorded with various artists as well as toured the United States, Canada and Mexico. When Joe is not performing with Boulevard, he teaches privately. Contact Joe

Mike Malatesta (Keyboards, Lead/Backing Vocals)

Mike began his thirty-year professional music career in the United States Army Band. Between 1975 and 1980, he played the tri-state nightclub circuit with such local bands as Rhythm System, Encore and C&W Southbound. Over the years Mike as been featured at The Hershey Hotel, The Adam's Mark Hotel, The DuPont Country Club and The University and Whist Club in Wilmington playing jazz piano or jazz trio. In addition to his keyboard versatility, Mike is also an accomplished jazz accordionist and vibes player. Contact Mike

Lee Morrison (Drums, Percussion)

Throughout Lee's 25 years in the music industry, he has highly developed his percussionist proficiency in a broad range of musical styles from jazz to contemporary rock. A degreed music major as well as an accomplished and sought-after percussionist, Lee performs with several national acts in New York, the Poconos and several of the area’s best big bands playing drums, timpani, xylophone, bells, and all manner of percussion.

Always fully engaged in his musical pursuits, Lee is a standing house drummer/percussionist at the Media Theater and can often be found playing in other Philadelphia area theaters when not working with us. Contact Lee

Eric Perkins (Trumpet, Bass, Lead/Backing Vocals)

Eric began his 35-year professional career as a teen and did his first recording in 1963. He was later signed with Scepter Records in New York. Eric toured the East Coast with various bands such as the Delfonics, Intruders, The Shirells, and The Time. He also backed Jerry Blavat for several years at such nightclubs as The Satellite Lounge and Dunes Till Dawn. Eric has a BMAS degree in trumpet performance and has been the Music Department Head at a private school for twenty-plus years. In addition to playing bass guitar and trumpet, Eric also plays all woodwind orchestral instruments as well as rhythm guitar. He also serves as one our lead/backing vocalists. You will see him moving into many roles during a performance and doing ALL of them extremely well! Contact Eric

John Harrelson (Guitar, Bass, Lead/Backing Vocals)

John has been performing professionally on guitar, bass and vocals in the northeastern area of the US for 25 years and has studied with jazz guitar recording giant Pat Martino. Although classically trained on piano, John was thoroughly schooled in jazz guitar with 9 plus years of private study. He also studied trumpet under Dr. Donald S. Reinhart. He released an original album in 1991, which gained quite a bit of notoriety in Holland entitled SC1, producing the entire piece and playing all of the instruments on it. In 1996, he composed and recorded a 74-minute symphony released under his own label, Runebard records, and also has his own separate publishing entity, noah440 productions with ASCAP. He has received quite a bit of attention for his original New Age, Techno, and Euro-rave compositions in Sydney Australia with various media groups he works with on a continuous basis. Contact John