Guillermo has been performing throughout
California
with a variety of groups and playing all styles of music since 1996. His
experience includes performances at local and high profile clubs, television
production numbers, full showcase productions, pop and jazz concerts, and studio
recordings for numerous artists.
A Mexican-American native to
California,
Guillermo comes from a very musical family. He is one of four brothers who are
in the music business.
Guillermo has many credits to his name. In just a short seven years his passion
for life and music has been demonstrated through countless performances
including: The Warner Brothers
International Producers Gala (performed with Gregg De Castro, Westwind
Productions, and opened for Chaka Khan),
House of Blues, Los Angeles (performed with
Chuck Rio & theChamps and
opened for Tito Puente), Azusa Jazz
Festival (performed with The Lou Cabot Band and opened for
Poncho Sanchez),Los Angeles
Latin Festival and Santa Barbara Latin
Festival (performed with Latin American Recording Artist
Alvaro Torres), Huntington Beach Summer
Jazz Festival (performed with Jazz Recording Artist
Mike Gealer), Los Angeles Lakers
2003 Playoff Series (Game Four) Half-Time Show (on behalf of Westwind
Productions), ABC Sports Lakers Pre-Game
Show(Game Four), (on behalf of
Westwind Productions), KTLA Channel Five
Morning Show Annual Catalina Island Luau Promotion (on behalf of Westwind
Productions), The Call to Arts Festival,
Northridge, CA (performed with Gregg De Castro), The Key Club, Hollywood Ca.
(opened for C & K, performed with
The Gregg De Castro Band.) The
Baked Potato, Pasadena, CA CD Release Party (performed with
ENSCENAS on its debut CD, “With
Hands With Soul,”MCA Records, DMX Music.
Guillermo is currently in the studio with renowned recording artist, songwriter,
musical director and arranger, Gregg De
Castro. You can also hear him perform pop, R&B, Motown, and disco in
various
Los Angeles
and
Orange
County
dance clubs with the popular dance band Crash Dance. If jazz is what
you’re looking for, then you can catch him performing with sax player
Bob Grieves and Nightbreeze in
local jazz clubs.
Guillermo’s perspective of percussion in mainstream music reveals its necessity.
“Percussion
adds the spice and kick to music that all people crave.”
Joe Iaquinto: Bass, Guitar, Vocals
JOE
IAQUINTO WAS BORN IN
BROOKLYN
,
NEW YORK
AND STARTED PLAYING BASS AT THE AGE OF TWELVE. HE QUICKLY BECAME VERY PASSIONATE
ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT AND BY THE AGE OF SIXTEEN, HE WAS ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED
WORKING MUSICIAN, PLAYING MANY OF THE TOP CLUBS, DISCOS AND HOTELS IN THE STATE.
AT SEVENTEEN, HE HAD ALREADY PERFORMED WITH ROCK LEGENDS CHUCK BERRY AND
LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, JOE MOVED TO LOS
ANGELES AND HAS BECOME A RESPECTED VETERAN OF THE CITY’S FORMIDABLE MUSIC SCENE.
HE HAS TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD AND HAS WORKED WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS
STEPHEN BISHOP AND RITA COOLIDGE, THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AMERICAN INDIAN GROUP
WALELA, INTERNATIONAL TV/FILM STAR AND RECORDING ARTIST BRANSCOMBE
RICHMOND,
AND HAS LOGGED PERFORMANCES WITH BILLY
PRESTON,
WAYNE NEWTON, DOUG KERSHAW,
MEMBERS OF THE DOOBIE BROS.,
CHICAGO,
AND MANY OTHERS. JOE IS ALSO A BUSY SESSION MUSICIAN WHO’S WORK CAN BE HEARD ON
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY, ESPN, AND NATIONAL AD
CAMPAIGNS FOR DODGE STRATUS. AS A FREELANCE WRITER, HIS WORK HAS BEEN
PUBLISHED BY QUARRY PRESS AND BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE
Tracy Dragoo: Bass
Tracy Dragoo is a native Southern Californian born and raised in the
Los Angeles area. His music extends back to the fourth grade where he signed up
to play violin and was told that there were no more violins to give out, so his
music teacher asked if he would like to play Bass instead. The rest is history.
He has played in Top Forty Bands for about 28 years. Other bands along the way
have been a few original bands and a Polynesian Revue. Here is a list of bands
that he has played with and also a list of recordings for various artists. Top
Forty Bands include, 210 West, Feather River, Los Bad Dudes and The Gonzales
Brothers. Some original projects are, Raja Zahr, De Castro & Bannister, Lou
Cabot, Gregg de Castro & The Many Nations Band, Harold Paine and Thad Bouchelle.
He has been with Westwind Productions a full Polynesian Revue with 46 dancers
for about 27 years. Other people he has recorded with are, Carlos Vega (James
Taylor), The Water Sisters.