Michael 'Tunes' Antunes

Biography

Michael "Tunes" Antunes was a second-generation American with Cape Verde heritage born into a musical family in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He began performing at age 13 and played saxophone with various bands, including the Blazers and Bernie and the Cavaliers, throughout the 1960s. Antunes also acted as a saxophonist in the 1983 film Eddie and the Cruisers and its sequel, leaving a lasting mark on American music and cinema.