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The Lindsay Mendez Band
"THE BACK SEAT DRIVERS"

Cranston Clements - Guitar
New Orleans-born and New Orleans-bred.
He has performed with Big Easy legends from Irma Thomas to Dr. John. He landed the spot as guitarist for Earl Turner at Harrah's Casino and played there until Hurricane Katrina struck. Artists outside the area recognized his abilities, leading to international travel with the likes of Boz Scaggs, Maria Muldaur, Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders and Mighty Sam McClain. He has also worked with Allen Toussaint, Johnny Adams, the Neville Brothers, the Dixie Cups, along with innumerable blues, rock, country and show bands both live and in the studio, and is one of the first-call guitarists in the city.

Tyler Clements - Drums
16 year old high school student attending NOCCA, and has been devoted to music since grammar school. He mainly play the drums, although he does play some piano as well. His biggest musical influence comes from his family, and other influences include Johnny Vidacovich, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, and Stevie Wonder. He started out learning the drums from his older brother Matt, and from there started writing songs and performing with friends, as well as writing his own material. He have performed at events such as the Jazz Festival and the French Quarter Festival. He has also attended numerous Tipitina's music workshops, both as a student and as a guest clinician.

Gregg Molinario - Guitar
15 and a lifelong resident of New Orleans.
Throughout his life, he have been exsposed to many types of music, from that exsposure he found his instrument, the guitar. He has been playing guitar for four years. Outside of studying under guitar instructor Steve Lafaso for about a year he is a predominantly self-taught guitarist. Formerly, as part of the Jazz and Heritage program he studied jazz under the instructrion of Kent Jordan, but he currently studies jazz under Michael Polera, Chris Severin, Mike Reiner, and Cliff Heins at the NOCCA institute. He has played both the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the French Quarter Festival. Music is his passion and he hopes to go to the Berklee Boston School Of Music to study music and make it his career.

Tommy Crumrie - Keyboard
15.
He has played piano for around 5 years. He currently attend NOCCA for Level 2 Jazz. His current teacher is jazz pianist Michael Pellera. He played at Jazz Fest and French Quarter Fest under Kent Jordan, the jazz teacher at his former school, Lusher.

Austin Clements - Bass
16.
He was raised by my very supportive parents who offered music to his brother and he passively as they grew older. He started out playing piano when he was around 9 or 10 and his dad got an old bass from a friend who didn't need it when he was 12. He started him out teaching me the basics of it and he later got scattered bass lessons from friends of his parents or teachers at school such as Brian Quezergue, Chris Severin, Doug Therian. He also studied at school and NOCCA with Kent Jordan, Michael Pellera, Michael Rihner, and recently, Jason Marsallis. Thanks to his dad's connections, He has played with Twangorama, Spencer Bohren and his son Andre with the Chilluns, which included David and Darcey Malone and their father Dave Malone, and played a gig that his dad had gotten at Carrolton Station. He has played at Jazzfest multiple times and sat in with the Chilluns at Tipitina's.







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