Lorrie Carmichael, “Head Squirrel”- Banjo, believes her love of music comes from her grandfather, an “old time Keith Circuit Band Leader”, whose early gigs included “Picture Shows & Vaudville” at the Old South Theatre in Boston. Lorrie played tunes on the harmonica at age six, but the gift of a ukulele set her on the path of stringed instruments, which led to the plectrum banjo. She has performed with several traditional jazz bands in the Boston area. The SQ HILL JB was formed on Squirrel Hill Road, Wayland, MA in 1996. Lorrie has three children, is a retired Speech-Language Pathologist and lives in Wayland, MA.

Bill Flaherty – Banjo, Vocalist, began his musical career with piano lessons at age seven. He played at Irish Dance Halls, Pubs and on Radio Programs in the Boston area. In 1969 Bill formed a Fife and Drum Corps, trained a group of youngsters and competed in regional competitions. An interest in the banjo led to lessons and to membership in the 9:29ers Banjo Band. He has played the Dixieland style of music with numerous bands including North Shore Ramblers, Civil Disturbance Jazz Band, the New New Orleans Jazz Band and Jean Kelly & Friends. Bill plays and sings with the Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band and lives in Burlington, MA.

Arlene Boucher – Vocalist, has been on the music scene in the New England area for the past thirty two years. Arlene is presently the vocalist for “The New Liberty Jazz Band” and was a long time banjo playing member of the “Amoskeag Strummers”. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Fretted Instrument Guild of America (FIGA) and Chairman of the International FIGA Convention 1996, held in Nashua N.H.  Arlene works as a Nurse Liason for the Operating Room at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H. where “break a leg” does not mean “have a great gig”!
 
Bruce Burrell – Reeds, began playing the saxophone then the clarinet in high school. He enlisted in the US Navy where he attended the Naval School of Music. After playing with a 60-piece band at the Great Lakes Naval Station he became part of the flag band on the heavy cruiser USS St. Paul in the Korean Theater during the Korean War. An accomplished musician, he has played with many area bands illustrating his great versatility in many areas of music. Bruce is a retired Analytical Chemist-Lab Manager and lives in Burlington, MA

Tom McAllister – Trombone is a product of a musical family from the North Shore of Long Island, NY. He began with piano lessons at age four, expanded to concurrently include trombone and violin lessons. His Dixieland experience began at Lehigh University in the 1950's.

After a forty year music hiatus which was absorbed by a career in the sales and marketing side of the metals industry, he fortuitously found this local jazz community in 2000, and hasn't looked back. In addition to performing with the Squirrel Hill jazz Band he is a member of The Ancient Mariners Dixieland Band, and is a resident of Wellesley, MA

Bob MacInnis – Cornet, grew up in a musical family and played trumpet in school orchestras, marching bands and in church minstrel shows in Lexington, Mass.

He was a member of the Lexington Drum and Bugle Corps and the Arlington Legion Band for several years.

While serving as a para-trooper, Bob played first chair trumpet with the 82nd. Airborne Division Corps Band.

Bob is the leader of the New Liberty Jazz Band and plays Cornet with several bands in the Boston area, including the Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band. Bob lives in Billerica, MA

Paul Perry – Reeds, grew up in Pittsfield and now lives in Concord, Mass. He began clarinet lessons at age fourteen and recently began playing soprano saxophone. He has a Master Degree in Education from Harvard and a Library of Science Degree from Simmons College. Since his retirement, Paul volunteers at  the Concord C. O. A., he leads the North  Shore Ramblers Band, has performed with the Tabor Hill Jazz Band, the Concord Clarinet Choir and is an original member of the Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band. 

Justin “Jake” Kerwin – Piano, grew up in a household with a big piano in the parlor, where his father would play and sing tin pan alley tunes dating back to the 1890’s. As a youngster, he tagged along with his older brother to New York jazz spots such as Jimmy Ryan’s, and the Stuyvesant Casino, where he heard some of the great pioneers of traditional jazz. In recent years, Jake has performed with several Boston area traditional jazz bands that will “tolerate” his ragtime / honky-tonk style. Jake is a retired M.I.T. Professor and lives in Weston, MA.

Marilyn Kerwin – String Bass,
in vintage attire!

Bob Cronin – Drums, began playing trombone and drums in the Weston High School Band. He studied drums with Charles Alden and Stan Spector and trombone with Coco Kahela, formerly with The Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Bob played with the 7th. Infantry Division Army Band. He has worked with Jimmy Mazzy at the Colonial Inn in Concord, and has been a trombonist with the Waltham Legion Band for thirty years. Bob plays drums with the Squirrel Hill Olde Tyme Band and often demonstrates his ballroom dancing style during band performances. Bob lives in Weston, MA.