Joe Refano

Joe Refano has been playing music since he had a clarinet in his hands as a small child. When the Beatles arrived in America in February of '64, the then 11 year old boy took up the drums. He had the ultimate thrill of seeing them live at Shea Stadium in 1966. In 1967 he started fooling with the bass guitar and later his dad's 6 string. He's been at it ever since.

Joe has played with Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone on and off for several years. He also spent a year playing with Micky Dolenz formerly of the Monkees and a host of other popular local bands including No Soap in the 70's and 80's and The Denice Given Band in the 90's amongst others.

His life long interest in the Beatles led him to form The Liverpool Shuffle in 2003.

"It's been a great challenge to try and present this music in an authentic and recognizable way...to capture the sound, the energy and the enthusiasm that The Beatles brought to their music. We try to re-create the music by playing it the best we can. With energy and passion...just the four of us...no tricks...no tracks...no sound effects. That's why on some of the numbers Mike plays the keyboards and I'll switch to bass. We play everything LIVE and we do what we can to make it happen LIVE. All of us hope you'll feel as good listening as we do performing the show."

People in the advertising industry know Joe Refano as a writer-composer, producer and performer of “award-winning’ radio & TV Commercials, Jingles, Music and Sound Design working out of his Centerport, New York studios (Long Island) with long time partner and collaborator Paul Brokaw. Their company Media Mechanix ( www.media-mechanix.com) has worked with everyone from the New York Yankees to Panasonic Office Products…from WLNY-TV to AT&T…from The Pinebarrens Society to the Long Island Power Authority…from Kozy Shack Puddings to the US Ski Team. Messrs. Refano & Brokaw have also written and produced hundreds of songs and instrumental tracks that have appeared in a diverse collection of TV shows and movies. Their work has appeared on The Sopranos; Saturday Night Live; The Young & The Restless; Northern Exposure; Ed; Third Rock From The Sun; Montel; Inside The NFL; Oprah; Chris Issak Show; Passions; NCIS; America's Most Wanted; All My Children; Maury Povich; The Beach Boys:An American Family; Summerland, Any Day Now and a host of others. Their songs and instrumental music is available for license for TV, FILM, Video, Photographic and Advertising uses from Broken Joey Records. (www.brokenjoeyrecords.com)

They have also produced several CD’s of instrumental music for Sonoton Music , the world’s oldest and largest independent music library located in Munich.

You can also hear a small collection of Joe's original songs at : www.myspace.com/joerefano