Jim Cavar - Lead Guitar, Vocals
In his early years, Jim started a "note reading, sit down orchestra", The Twilight Band. Years later he joined and recorded with Grey Controversy on Subtown Label.
Grey Controversy became house band for the legendary SHABOO night club in Mansfield Ct. , of which some members went on to form the Mohegan Sun Allstars. After Grey Controversy Jim joined The Truk Band, a funk rock group touring Canada, New England and New York state areas. Jim has also shared the stage with national acts such as blues guitarist Billy Caldwell of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Journey, Orleans and opened for Deodato who performed the sound track for the movie 2001. Jim has continued to perform with Ct based country, blues, and rock bands, including The String Fever Band whose single had frequent airplay on local country radio.
Jim now also has an impressive array of guitar students, teaching both in his own studio as well as a local music store.
John Fanelli - Bass, Vocals
John was born into a musical family and listening to Dave Brubeck by the time he was 7. In his early teens he played at parties and block parties in a number of Junior and High School bands in the Hartford area (The Pagans, The Hiram Walkers). After a prolonged absence from music he moved out to the quiet corner of Ct. It was there that he honed his improvisational skills with a number of local talented musicians. In the early 80's he joined the ever popular String Fever Band. With them he wrote and recorded the single "I Know We'd Be Famous (If We Could Only Get To Town) a song based on the vehicular hardships of the band. Over the years as members moved on, the String Fever Band went more Blues and Rock evolving into what is now The Fever Band.
Mark Cormier - Drums, Vocals
Mark Cormier is a seasoned musician of 30 years, having played with many Connecticut bands including Blues Deluxe, Better Off Blue, 384 East, and the Carribean Beach Bums. A recent addition to The Fever Band, Mark's solid beats,tasty grooves and his sense of "the band family" make him a valuable asset to the group.
Betty Berger Hockla - Vocals, Harp, Guitar
As one of the original members of the Fever Band, Betty came to the Storrs, Ct. area in 1973 where she began performing solo and with other musicians in local clubs and coffee houses. In the 80's she sang with two rock and blues bands, Union St and Century. Beginning in the 90's, along with playing with the Fever Band, she also played acoustic guitar and sang with the christian band Called Upon Us through a prison ministry and in small concert settings. In early 2000, along with Jess Hockla and Tara Bergeron, the acoustic folk/rock/blues group called The Humans was formed playing local coffee houses and opening for the Fever Band on several occasions.