The Chesterfields :: About Us

Introducing "The Chesterfields"...a hot new rock-n-roll quartet from the founder of The GeezeCats. Featuring Ed Sarley on lead guitar and vocals, Jefferson Rice on organ, piano, saxophone, harmonica & vocals, Elbert Webb Jr. on drums & vocals, and Bill March on bass guitar & vocals. The band specializes in the unique 60's sound of the Farfisa/Vox Continental organ, as well as the huge rock sound of the Hammond. This means music from the archives of Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Dave Clark 5, The Young Rascals, The Animals, The Doors, The Buckinghams, Grass Roots, The Sir Douglas Quintet, and The Spencer Davis group. This show is engineered for dancing so bring your shoes and lose your blues with... "The Chesterfields"!

Drummer/Bandleader Elbert Webb Jr. - 1971 graduate Olmsted Falls H.S. Pro since high school, he & wife Judy make their home in Olmsted Falls, with cats Franklin, Einstein & Casper.

Guitarist Ed Sarley - 1969 St. Ignatius grad. From Seven Hills, a Cleveland guitar legend. Ed lives in the Greatest Location in the Nation with several really cool guitars and an i-mac. He earned his degree in vocal music at Cleveland State U.

Bassist Bill March - From Lyndhurst, Bill studied music at Boston's Berkley School, and female anatomy at Boston College & Harvard. He's happily married now, and lives at home in Lyndhurst with wife Debby & 8 or 9 kids.(teen-age twins & a 7 yr. old, actually...nice family).

Organist/Saxaphonist/Pianist Jefferson Rice - Hailing from the Rubber City, Akron's Jeff Rice also studied at The Berkley School of Music in Boston. Jeff graduated from the Inman Sq. Jazz Club in 1977 earning his degree in 144 bar solos & public intoxication. Jeff still keeps his abode in Akron...we don't know why.