Esquires

(Esquires history from Al Hoffman)

THE ESQUIRES ..... Joe Rubino, Drums.... Denny Weston, Base ...Tony Eckheart, keyboard and B3... and Louie D'Eugenio, Tenor and Alto Sax..... later Louie left and we added.... Joey Adams who just got discharged from the army, Tenor and Alto, and than we added another horn  ... Tony D'Antonio, Tenor and Alto Sax..... this was the group I worked with when I bought the club Hoffman's Lounge......   from club to club we worked..... the Surf ...Bittners... Keystone Old Mill..... etc. in the Baltimore area.

The Esquires came to a halt when our keyboard player, Tony Eckheart, got sick and died of cancer ...... we then added Joe Pente to take his place, only to have Tony D'Antonio killed in a tragic car accident while on break in Florida...... that was the end of two of "Baltimore's Finest." After awhile along came John Tamberrino, a kick-ass Drummer who is now at rest.... and the "Charades" - Joe Pente,  Joe Adams, John Tamberrino.

The Original Esquires
L. to R.- Louie D'Eugenio, Joe Rubino, Denny Weston, Al Hoffman, Tony Eckheart