| MEET THE WILCARD BAND |
| THE WILDCARD BAND ANTHONY COLLURA, RON CLARK, PAUL GISCLAIR, KEITH ARABIE, DON SYLVER RONNNIE CLARK – LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS SELF TAUGHT ON GUITAR IN HIS TEENS, RONNIE PLAYED WITH MANY GARAGE BANDS. HE ALSO PERFORMED NUMEROUS WEDDINGS AND PRIVATE PARTIES, AND FROM 1972-1985 PERFORMED WITH HIS OWN BAND, “SUMMER RAIN”. IS A MASTER GUITAR TECHNICIAN WITH HIS OWN GUITAR REPAIR SHOP. PAUL GISCLAIR – RYTHYM GUITAR, VOCALS PAUL IS A NATIVE OF LAFITTE, LA, AND HAS BEEN PLAYING IN LOCAL BANDS SINCE THE AGE OF 15. STUDENT AND FRIEND OF THE GREAT LEROY CHAMPAGNE, PAUL HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, FROM HANK WILLIAMS TO VIN BRUCE. AFTER TAKING PRIVATE LESSONS FROM LA HALL OF FAME GUITARIST MIKE CAMPION, PAUL HAS RE ENTERED THE BAND SCENE WITH THE WILDCARDS KEITH ARABIE – DRUMS, VOCALS SINCE THE AGE OF SIX, KEITH HAS ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR MUSIC. A NATIVE OF LAFITTE, LA, AS A YOUTH, KEITH WOULD SIT IN WITH AS MANY LOCAL BANDS THAT WOULD LET HIM. HE HAS PLAYED WITH SEVERAL MUSICIANS INCLUDING JUNIOR LACROSSE, WAYNE FORET, LIL DINO AND SKEETER THOMASSEE. KEITH HAS ALSO PLAYED FOR SEVERAL MARDI GRAS PARADES INCLUDING A PERFORMANCE AT MARDI GRAS WORLD FOR BLAIN KERN. DON SYLVER – BASS A WESTBANK NATIVE, DON STARTED HIS TALENTED CAREER AT AGE 12. A GRADUATE OF PAUL GUMA, DON HELPED FORM THE MAJESTICS, A LOCAL AWARD WINNING BAND, WHOM HE PERFORMED WITH FOR 12 YEARS. HE HAS BACKED UP SEVERAL ARTIST INCLUDING IRMA THOMAS, ERNIE K-DO, BENNY SPELLMAN, OLIVER MORGAN, AND JOE BARRY. HE HAS ALSO SAT IN WITH JOHN BELUSHI AND HAS PERFORMED MANY MEMORABLE EVENTS SUCH AS JAZZ FEST. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED SEVERAL ALBUMS WITH BANDS AS WELL. ANTHONY COLLURA – SAXOPHONE / VOCALS A WESTBANK NATIVE, ANTHONY STARTED SAX LESSONS AT AGE 10. STARTED HIS FIRST GARAGE BAND AT AGE 16 CALLED “THE CELESTIALS”. THE LAST 5 YEARS PLAYED SAX WITH MANY SWAMP POP LEGENDS INCLUDING DUANE SCHURB AND SKEETER THOMASSIE. CO- OWNER OF SWAMP JAM PRODUCTIONS RECORDING STUDIO IN MARRERO. |
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