31-03-2025
Connecticut Families: Meet an unexpected band filled with docs who rock!
MADISON, Conn. (WTNH) — They play beloved tunes that folks can relate to. But these band members are musicians by night and health professionals by day!
Meet Take Two and Call Me in the Morning!
'People are going to know all the songs we play when they come to see us,' John Moniello said, who plays guitar and sings. 'I've been playing for sixty years, a little better than that.'
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A few years ago, this nutritionist was performing solo when doctors Emily and Rob Nolfo started singing along from the audience.
'I played one particular song, Tequila Sunrise, and all of a sudden they just ran up and started singing with me,' Moniello said.
The rest, as they say, is history!
'I'm a primary care internal medicine doctor and I've been doing that for 34 years. It's an extremely stressful job,' Dr. Emily Nolfo said. 'I'll come here sometimes after I've had literally a twelve-hour day, but I can keep upbeat and focused while we're rehearsing because I enjoy it so much.'
Nolfo and her husband, who is a pediatrician, are also grandparents. They love their patients' reactions to this other side of their personalities.
'It's really fun to see the faces on them when they come out to see us,' Dr. Rob Nolfo said.
The band plays some big gigs at places like College Street Music Hall and the Durham them, music is the perfect medicine for finding a full and balanced life.
'We all have great senses of humor and we laugh and laugh and laugh at our practices,' Emily Nolfo said.
'I'm truly blessed to have met these people and formed this band, it's great fun,' Moniello added.
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning plays 50 to 75 shows a year.
See them Saturday, April 5, at Bill's Seafood in Westbrook.
Watch an extended interview with the band Tuesday at 11 a.m. on the new News 8 streaming app. Download the app for free on Roku, Apple TV, or Amazon Fire TV. Just search for WTNH in the app store, and you'll always be connected to Connecticut's News Leader.
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