THE BAND
GARO MIKAELIAN
// LEAD VOX/PERC
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BOB MELOCCARO
// LEAD GUITAR
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RALPH PETRARCA
// KEYBOARDS/VOCALS
Back in RI from New York City, after simi-retiring from a nearly 2 decade long acting career, Ralph Petrarca has appeared in over 100 stage plays and dozens of principal TV, commercial, and feature film roles.
He began his classical piano studies at age 6 and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Throughout his school years he played with several different rock bands locally, while always keeping up his classical chops and studying at the prestigious Longy School of Music. After graduating from Berklee, he went on to work with the legendary Normandy Sound, Inc. He rescued the failing recording studio from a chapter 11 bankruptcy, and under his management, the company went on to produce over a dozen gold and platinum albums.
Ralph is also a founding member of RI R&B band, "The Ignitors." His influences include Chuck Leavell, Bill Payne, Seth Justman, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard.
He holds a BM from the Berklee College of Music, and and an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory.
More info at www.ralphpetrarca.com
'... Some of his riffs are so old they seem new again...'
-New York Times
SETH BURKHART
// DRUMS
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MIKE DiPIPPO
// BASS
Michael DiPippo, Bassist for Treasure Chest, Holds a BA in Composition from Berklee College of Music 1987. He has played many places, such as: Bangkok and Chiang Mai Thailand, Phnom Penh Cambodia, Nashville Tennessee, All of New England. He has played with nostalgic acts, such as” Tiny Tim, The Drifters, and The Coasters. To add, he has also has three solo albums which he performed all of the tracks/Instruments, under the title name “Zephyrus” [1] Impact 1990/1991 [2] Lethal Paranoia 1997 [3] Distorted Brain Tissue 2008. Included are multiple more recordings. Jingles, adds, film, etc….
