Orozco's De Ventura

Thank you Freddy and Freinds , you put on a classy show , enjoyed it very much.

Sophie Holt singing "The Girl from Ipanema", music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes and English lyrics by Norman Gimbel, with Stricken Souls Band - Monte Montgomery on keys and vocals, Paul Browne on sax, Michael Velasquez on bass, Dave Renick on drums and band manager Santino Gutierrez on guitar at Orozco's De Ventura in Ventura

Sophie is a singer, guitarist, bassist, performer and songwriter. She has performed on tour with Anais Mitchell’s Folk Opera “Hadestown” and sung with Band of Horses on Jimmy Kimmel live in 2012. She recently performed with Phoenyx Big Band, Ojai Pops Orchestra, The Art of Funk, The Aristocats, The Fabulous Yachtsmen, Doc Rogers Band, Studio C Band and many others.

Monte has performed with Bob Hope, Billy Preston, Maya Angelou, Katey Sagal, Sal Marquez, Chuck Berghofer, and Brad Rabuchin, and has opened shows for Tony Bennett, Jerry Seinfeld, Barry Manilow, Bill Clinton, Norah Jones, Sergio Mendes, the Jonas Brothers, and many others.

Michael has toured the world with various world music acts. He has performed with Victor Vega and The Bomb, Soul Candy, Tony Ybarra, Efrain Toro, The Starlighters, Electro Carnaval Band, Chalo Eduardo, Al Velasquez Jr., Ginger and Her Hoosier Daddys, Phoenyx Big Band, Harry Selvin Orchestra, Swing Shift Orchestra, Jill Martini and the Shrunken Heads and many others.

Dave has performed with Phoenix Big Band, Swing Shift Orchestra, Equinox Ensemble, LJ and The Boyz and many others. His band was John Balbuena on keys and Jeff Falkner on bass. John and Dave both performed on Chris Ho's albums "Picasso Blue" and "The Bossa Nova 2 Tell Me More". Dave and Jeff both performed on the Stu Goldberg CDs "Dedication" and "Going Home".

Paul is a teacher in New West Symphony’s Laby Harmony Project that brings music education to underserved youth. He is an elementary music teacher for Ventura Unified School District and teaches RCP beginning band.

Santino is also guitarist and band leader of Phoenyx Big Band. He has performed with Swing Shift Orchestra among others.