Good Question
Good Question was formed in 1971 by Paul Bodnar/ Guitar and the group continues to play gigs to the present day. Some 50+ years of longevity.
Bodnar, a summer resident of Geneva on the Lake was heavily influenced by 2 other bands(Jaggerz from Pittsburgh and Hi Guys from Youngstown) playing the GOTL music scene in the late 60’s.
These 2 bands had outstanding vocal harmonies, and would be the template for the formation of Good Question .The original format consisted of Paul Bodnar/ guitar&vocals, Mike Bodnar/ bass & vocals, Rusty Woodburn/ keyboards & vocals,Jimmy Riser/ Drums, Dennis Ford/vocalist, and Barb Heath / vocalist,. They played their fist gig in May of 1971 at the Queen of Hearts Lounge in Ashtabula.
Drummer Riser left the band after 3 months and was replaced by Keith Korsuto , Glenn Wiseman, and Mickey Fields.
This combination played for two years as the house band (1971-1972.) at the Castaway (owner Jimmy Brown) in Geneva on the Lake, where they opened for National Recording artist such Tommy James, Mitch Ryder,Chubby Checker and Frank Sinatra Junior.
At the end of 1972 John Guglielmo replaced Drummer Mickey Fields. Rusty Woodburn left for college and was replaced by Danny Aronson and Dennis Ford left and was replaced by Bobby Thomas.
Guglielmo added another dimension to the band. He was an outstanding drummer with strong vocal abilities and became the groups longest tenured drummer.
1973 Dennis Ford rejoined the group. Pete Macchia hired the group to be the House Band at the Cove Nite Club .sharing the duties with another local band Starfleet from Lake county. Good Question on the fronts stage and Starfleet gracing the back stage.
In 1973 The band recorded it,s first 45 at Cleveland Recording inc. “Pusherman” was written by Paul and “It’s better to sing flat than not at all”was written by Danny.
Pusherman was an anti drug song .
1974 brought about another change, Dan Aronson left for Mexico to go to Medical school and was replaced by Tom Cook
A second attempt at the recording business brought about “Bullet Proof Vest/ And So here we Are “( recorded at Motion Picture Sound 1974)
The recordings did not lead to any national success.
Rusty Woodburn return to the fold in1976 and Nancy Willey replaced Barb Heath.
The next 2 years found the band traveling to the Wierton West Virginia and Steubenville Ohio areas where they played the Eldorado, Cobblestone, and Aquanaut nite clubs
At the end of 1977 Paul,Dennis and John left the band(tired of traveling) and were replaced by Jimmy Pocatko/ Guitar, Jerry Kubisak/ Drums and Ted Susalis/ Vocals
Enter Qiana
In The spring of 1978 Dennis and Paul decided to form another band to play locally.
Qiana was formed featuring Dennis Ford and Valerie Marini as lead vocalist, Paul Bodnar,Vince Oscar/ bass, Tom Timonere/ Drums and Joann Jadwisiak/Keyboards supplied the instrumentation.
By October 1978 Mike Bodnar and John Guglielmo were back-in the fold.
The group played under the name. Qiana from 1978-2000 with a variety musicians.
Guitarists : Paul Bodnar 1978-1982,1984-92, 1995-2000,Dave Perkoski 1982-1983 Rich Chrissman 1993-1994
Bassist: Vince Oscar 6 months 1978, Mike Bodnar 1978-1989 Mike Stenger 1990-1991Bob Bartone 1992-1993
Keyboardist: Joan Jadwisiak 1978-1979, John Mucci 1980-1982 , 1985-2000 Chip Laugen 1983-1985
Drummers: Tom Timmonere 6 months 1978, John Guglielmo 1978-1990, Phillip Moose Bartone, 1990-1993
Male Vocalist: Dennis Ford 1978-2000 Marty Bartone 1997-2000 Mitch Mucci ( trumpet)1997-2000
Female Vocalist : Valeri Marini 1978-1979, Linda Hanson 1980-1984, Lisa Aponte 1984′ Kelly DeGenarro Mucci 1985-2000
Back to Good Question 2000-2023
Paul and Dennis left Qiana and urged John Guglielmo to come back from a 10 year hiatus and Tom Cook came back after 25 years, to play as Good Question once again.
They have been the House band at the Swiss Chalet every Summer since 1985-present
Unfortunately John Guglielmo had to retire because of illness at the end of 2017 and was replaced with drummer Dave Thome who was veteran with multiple group. He too had to retire because of illness.
Covid did a number on the music industry. The amount of gigs dwindled fro 50+ to 12. Retirement was a considered option.
Enter Valerie Marini 2020 , who renergergized the band and expanded the group’s musicality.
50 YEAR CELEBRATION
In May of 2021 GoodQuestion celebrated a 50 years since our inception. The band is working on a compilation of music that they have performed through the years. Rusty Woodburn who now resides in Florida is in charge of all the musical arrangements of the project. His musical genius is going make this project a can’t miss opportunity to own the legacy of Good Question.
We look at this musical project as way of saying Thank You to our loyal fans. it’s also a way to pass on our music to our children and grandchildren .