Tumbling
Dice...
Dan DeCarlo...
keyboards, lead vocals
I was three
years old in 1964, and
obviously have no memory of the Beatles coming to America, but through
the
exuberance of my 2 older sisters, I was aware that
something was going
on. It all clicked a few years later when I too saw the Beatles
performing
on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and through our black and white zenith, a
dream
was born. From that point on I wanted to sing out loud, play a shiny
guitar
or beat on some glittering drums, anything that would make the girls
cry
and scream for more. A few short years later, a cheap keyboard made
it's
way into our home
and I began playing songs "by ear" much to the delight
of my mother. Then came the surprise visit to the music store where I
gazed
at all the new drums and electric guitars dreaming of what could be. My
parents had other ideas. I walked out of there with piano lessons and a
new spinet. Who da' thunk it! I joined my first band at the age of fifteen
playing neighborhood keg partys till the cops showed up. Then
warming-up
bands at high school dances in front of hundreds. Even a brief studio encounter
to cut a "45" with a childhood friend and neighbor. Then again in high
school 
playing cover tunes in small bars with
a band that kept the
dream
alive only to have it come to a crashing halt. Would do it again in my
early twenties playing small lounge type venues covering "top 40" and
somewhat
easy listening crap.
So after at least a fifteen
year
hiatus, I find myself playing with a group of truly gifted and
experienced
musicians, only this time it's for the love of playing music and desire
to entertain an audience.
At this time, I would like to
thank
the likes of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led
Zeppelin,
Steely Dan, Supertramp and Tom Petty for their undying influence on me
as I tickle the digital ivory of my Yamaha P-90 accompanied with my
Yamaha
S-30 as heard through the Yorkville KB-200 amp. WOW! I LOVE ROCK-n-ROLL
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