The Joe Sharino Band is the number one versatile entertainment choice for Corporate Events, Conventions, Fundraisers, Festivals, Wedding Receptions or any other party or event! Although they are well known in Northern California's Bay Area in places like San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Napa, Yosemite, Monterey and Carmel, they perform all over the United States and always earn rave reviews!

"The Joe Sharino Band is always our first choice... the best band in the Bay Area, bar none! Four multi-talented musicians that sound like twelve! A sure thing!"
Rebecca Hall ~ The Event Planner

"The Joe Sharino Band is always a hit! Joe's talent and experience really show -- depending upon the group, he can pick the mix that will get people on the dance floor and keep them dancing. He really knows how to pace the show and keep things rolling."
Beth Cala ~ Any Event

Why does the band consistently please audiences? They sound great, they're incredible singers, with very high energy, they do an incredible variety of music and... they entertain!!! The Joe Sharino Band has an incredible ability to excite a crowd into singing along at the top of their lungs and the dance floor is always full! The all star band includes a former member of Santana and Sly and the Family Stone, plus a songwriter for Earth, Wind and Fire and Lee Rittenour. A two-man crew operates the sound and stage lighting.

Their music is the best of Pop, Rock, Motown, Funk, Country, Disco, R and B, Jazz, Latin and Swing from the last six decades. (View our Song List) They always win the audience over! The Joe Sharino Band can expand from 4 members to 8 members or more. In fact, in 2004, they announced the formation of the Sharino Allstars. The Sharino Allstars is an eight piece Sharino Band complete with a full three piece horn section and two female vocalists.

The Joe Sharino Band has performed at concerts and corporate events all over the U.S. and at such famous spots as the Alladin Hotel Casino, Las Vegas; Hilton Hotel Casino, Las Vegas; Sahara Hotel Casino, Lake Tahoe; Sheraton Honolulu, World Trade Center, New York City, State Capitol Building, Sacramento California, and an audience of 250,000 people at the Us Festival in Southern California. Joe and the band have appeared on SHOWTIME and nationally televised news broadcasts on ABC and NBC television.

The Joe Sharino Band Has Appeared

In Concert With: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, B.B. King, Santana, The Cars, The Kinks, The Temptations, Pat Benatar, Eddie Money, The Drifters, The O'Jays, Charlie Daniels, America, The Rascals, David Lindley, Harry Anderson, The Association and B.J. Thomas.

At these Fairs & Festivals: Monterey County Fair, Santa Clara County Fair, Santa Cruz County Fair, Us Festival, Los Gatos Strawberry Festival, Los Gatos Music In The Park, Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival, Sunnyvale Midweek Music Madness Festival, Santa Clara Art and Wine Festival, Gilroy Garlic Festival, Almaden Art and Wine Festival, Foster City Art And Wine Festival, Campbell Prune Festival, Monterey County Strawberry Festival, Squid Festival, Los Gatos Fiesta De Artes, Celebrate Los Altos Festival, Almaden Lake Festival, Pops and Rocks Independence Day Festival, De Anza Days Festival, San Jose Firefighters Chili Cookoff, Manteca Grape Stomp, Willow Glen Founders Day Festival, Willow Glen's Dancin' On The Avenue Festival, Broccoli Festival, Artichoke Festival, Palo Alto Festival Of The Arts, Newark's Music In The Grove and many more!

The Joe Sharino Band has performed at hundreds of Wedding Receptions and they are the most sought after band in Northern California. The Joe Sharino Band is well known in Bay Area locations like San Francisco, San Jose, Napa, Santa Cruz, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Burlingame, Monterey and Carmel, but the band has also performed in New York, Florida, Washington D.C., Ohio, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. The philosophy is simple: Joe Sharino, his band and sound crew will always go the extra mile to please the people who have hired their services.

A Brief History of the Joe Sharino Band

As a Radio TV Broadcasting major at San Jose State College, Joe Sharino began performing at local nightclubs as a part time job in 1974 earning $30 a night. He played acoustic guitar and sang mellow folk and pop songs. Within a few months, the act evolved to include uptempo Rock and Roll, impressions and sing alongs. Within a year, there was standing room only, people waiting in lines to get in and the $30 a night had multiplied exponentially. Just one semester from graduating from San Jose State, Joe left college to play music full time figuring that in a few years, he'd be back in school.

By 1976, Sharino was filling nightclubs like the Garrett, Mountain Charley's and bigger nightclubs like the Parlor and Fargo's on weeknights and the nightly fees had increased four and five fold. Nightclub owners in Phoenix, Tucson and even Cleveland soon heard of the phenomenon and Joe found himself entertaining out of state. Dooley's, a nightclub in Tempe, Arizona held 1,200 people and there were lines waiting outside to see Sharino each night! The audiences at Bobby McGee's in Cleveland went wild for the music, too. In the next five years, Sharino made two trips to Cleveland and twelve trips to Arizona while still packing clubs in the Bay Area. In 1978, Joe made the act a duo, adding Dave Petrucci on drums.

By 1979, the phenomenon was still growing. Joe decided to form a band to broaden his horizons to include being an opening act for major concerts and to open the doors to the casinos of Nevada. Concert openings soon came and the Joe Sharino Band was the opening act for America, David Lindley, B. B. King, Emmy Lou Harris, the O'Jays, Charlie Daniels, Chuck Berry, Alan King, The Drifters, The Temptations and many more!

The nightclub popularity continued through the 1980's and Joe found lots of new opportunities as well. He released his first record, "A Thief In The Night" in 1980. Joe sang the national anthem at an Oakland A's baseball game which was televised on NBC. Two weeks of shows at the Sahara Hotel Casino in Lake Tahoe, and a show at the Alladin Casino in Las Vegas soon followed. The boys also performed for a two week engagement at the Sheraton Waikiki in Hawaii in the early 1980's.

In 1982, Apple Computer founder and Sharino fan, Steve Wozniak invited Joe and the band to perform at the Us Festival in Southern California. Dubbed the "West Coast Woodstock", it was a three day festival which drew 250,000 people to hear Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, The Police, Santana, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne, The Cars, The Kinks, Eddie Money and yes, The Joe Sharino Band! The band received rave reviews from Time Magazine, Rolling Stone magazine and appeared in national news telecasts on NBC and ABC. The following year (1983) Steve Wozniak invited Joe and keyboardist Joel Nelson to Us Festival 2 to participate in the first "Tele-Jam Session". Live via satellite, Sharino and Nelson (in Southern California) had a "jam session" with the Russian band Arsenal who were playing music with them... in MOSCOW! The show was televised all over Europe and the USSR. In 1984, the Us Festival Movie was released and shown on Showtime including Joe's "Tele-Jam Session".

In 1984, thanks to help from Steve Wozniak, Joe released his second record, and MTV video, "I Wanna Be President". Several of the songs received airplay on radio stations in California and Oregon. Also in 1984, Sharino and the band began a tradition that continues each year, The New Years Eve's Eve show at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz on the day before New Years Eve, December 30th. This show sells out 1000 tickets in advance each year.

From the late 1980's and into the 1990's, the focus of the band's shows changed to include company parties, weddings, fundraisers and outdoor festivals and fairs. By the early 1990's these private functions began to outnumber the public nightclub shows. The band now has a corporate client list that includes nearly every large company in the Bay Area and beyond. Joe and the band have traveled to Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Florida, Ohio, Washington D.C., and New York for corporate performances. In addition, Joe started a company called Sharino Productions. He writes and records commercial music including theme songs, jingles and soundtracks. Clients include General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Quantum, Owens Corning and many more. The Joe Sharino Band was also chosen by the San Francisco Forty Niners to be their "House Band" for the 1997-1998 and 1999-2000 seasons.

Along the way, the Joe Sharino Band has won fifteen Best Band Awards in Northern California from the San Jose Mercury News (4), Metro Magazine (3 awards), Good Times Magazine (6 awards), KGO radio's listener's poll and Accent Magazine. Joe also released two tapes of instrumental music in the early 1990's. Currently the Joe Sharino Band plays about 80 - 90 shows a year, more than 70 of which are private events.

Alot has changed since 1974, but the fun, the great sound, the sing alongs, the sheer love of the music has always been a big part of every Joe Sharino show. We treasure each of you who have been our faithful supporters over the years! Thanks so much!

The Band

The members of the Joe Sharino Band are the "cream of the crop" of California musicians. Each is a great lead singer and plays several instruments.

Joe Sharino: Lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards.

Andy Morales: Lead vocals, drums, percussion, guitar. Andy is an amazing singer and drummer who has performed with Santana, Sly And The Family Stone, Malo and many more. He is one of the most sought after musicians in Northern California.

Mark Belshaw: Lead vocals, saxophone, guitar, keyboards, flute. Mark has toured all over the U.S. and is a great showman. He's known for his searing sax solos which are often played while he's out in the audience, sometimes standing on a table or even laying on his back on the dancefloor!

David Petrucci - keyboards, lead guitar, vocals.  Joe and David met as teenagers and were in bands together then. After several years of Joe's performing solo in the 1970's, David joined him on the drums. When the band was formed, David switched to keyboards and guitar. He has toured all over the U.S. and is a much sought after talent for both live performances and recording.

The Technical Crew

Eric Bates: Audio Engineer. Many bands have stopped using Audio Engineers (or a Sound Man) in an effort to cut costs, but The Joe Sharino Band knows the importance of a good sound engineer and has a legendary man in that position. Eric is a studio engineer who has produced and engineered countless CD's and he is a master of mixing live sound. The Sharino sound is never too loud, in fact people say the sound of the band is so perfect, it sounds like a CD!

Paul Eastman: Stage manager/Stage Lighting Operator. Paul is also a veteran of live sound and lighting. He's worked at hundreds of live concerts and nightclub shows and is well respected in the industry.

The Joe Sharino Band was very honored to be chosen from over 90 of the Bay Area's best bands.