Carnivaleros • the Band

Founder Gary Mackender assembled the Carnivaleros in 2001 to perform and record his music.

Since that time, there have been many Tucson musicians pass through the ranks. Here is a list starting with the most current to those who only played one gig.

Mitzi Cowell (moving this year to Toronto)
Chris Giambelluca
Marx Loeb
Carla Brownlee
Michael P Nordberg
Heather Hardy
Sid George
Teddy Morgan (Nashville)
Richard Medek (Minneapolis)
Steve Grams
Ed Friedland (Austin)
Bev Seckinger
Jay Trapp
Ed Davenport
Jimmy Carr
Marco Rosano
Michael Joyal
Nick Augustine
Hans Hutchinson
Larry Lee Lerma
Ralph Gilmore

"I knew perfectly well that none of us was a true "folk" artist. We were professional performers, and while we liked a lot of folk music, we all liked a lot of other things as well. Working musicians are very rarely purists. The purists are out in the audience kibitzing, not onstage trying to make a living."
-Dave Van Ronk from "The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir"