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Guillermo "Bill" Yslas: Percussionist

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 & the Champs 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.

   
   
   
   

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