DEJA VU THREE | pop, rock, DANCE and blues TRIo

Colette Lovejoy has a voice most walk away saying "you rock, so awesome!"... she delivers a song breathing in her own feel, using her pure power-house vocals to wow the crowd. She is a  native Californian,  having grown up in Ventura and Thousand Oaks, spending most of her childhood playing in the sand north of Ventura.  Her list of credits include gigging as a backup singer with many legendary singers such as Julie Delgado, and she has performed at House of Blues locations across over a dozen times. Her own band played the MGM Grand in Las Vegas sharing the stage with Jay Leno, and Colette was co-music director and performer for Amgen corporate events throughout the country from 2003 -2011, performing alongside or sharing the stages with Hootie and The Blowfish, the Go-Gos, David Paich (Toto), Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon), Jonathan Clark (Dwight Yoakam) and many others. 

Jerry Breiner (guitar, bass, keyboards, mandolin and backing track vocals) is a Midwest native, though he has called California home since 1980 and has been a mainstay of the local Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara club and concert scenes since. Performing professionally since the age of 8, Jerry is a multi-instrumentalist on guitar, piano, organ, marimba/vibes, mandolin, banjo, dobro and percussion instruments, and he has performed and recorded as both a singer-songwriter and multi-tasking session musician and producer in St Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boulder, Nashville and Orlando, FL. Jerry has played with or opened for acts as diverse as Al Stewart, Karla Bonoff, Mama’s Pride, Heartsfield, Emmylou Harris, Billie and the Beaters, John Batdorf (Batdorf and Rodney) and many others. Jerry received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Theory/Composition from Webster University and was first in his graduating class from the prestigious Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts.

Chris Longo (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards and backing track vocals) became involved in music at the age of 9, playing instruments ranging from trumpet to tuba. It was The Beatles, however, that ignited the desire to learn how to play guitar. Chris had the unique opportunity to see The Beatles perform at Dodger Stadium and he was hooked. While in school Chris was awarded 2 music scholarships, one of which was to study big band jazz with the Stan Kenton Orchestra at the University of Redlands. He switched to bass and started playing professionally while attending San Jose State University as a music major, playing many of the local clubs, then touring the country for a couple of years before ending up in Hollywood, CA.  In 1976 he received a call to audition as the bass player for Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods, renowned for their 1974 #1 hit record “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” and their follow-up hit “Who Do You Think You Are”. He was selected from among 100 other bass players competing for the position. Chris toured the U.S. performing in concerts and TV shows such as Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Bachman Turner Overdrive before deciding to return to L.A. to start his own band with some Heywoods alumni.