Ernie & the Automatics

Ages: All Ages

Founded by Ernie Boch Jr, the Automatics feature a dream machine lineup. Ernie, a guitarist and Berklee grad, drew from some of Boston's most successful musicians. "I've got two retired rock stars, and two professional guys that play all the time," said Ernie. The band features the musical talents of Sib Hashian and Barry Goudreau - both former members of the multi-platinum selling band Boston - along with Tim Archibald and Brian Maes, who along with Barry was in the post-Boston project that also featured the late Brad Delp, RTZ, as well as with Peter Wolf and the House Party Five. Rounding out the band is special guest Michael "Tunes" Antunes on sax, an original and current member of John Cafferty's Beaver Brown Band. On any given night there could be any number of Boston finest musicians joining in as well, including James Montgomery or Johnny A, and the band has opened for Johnny Winter, BB King, Godsmack and Los Lobos. "The Automatics are essentially a blues band with a rock n roll edge, able to move from jump blues to shuffles to cool southern rock at any point in a set... This mixture has led Ernie and the Automatics to build a devoted following in the Boston area." - Premier Guitar Magazine