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Adam Ace currently performs his crazy brands of comedy to unsuspecting audiences in venues across the country. How does one describe the ADAM ACE SHOW' That's a GOOD question! Far from the normal stand-op comedian, Adam Ace utilizes contagious energy, music, dancing, audience participation, and props to make his performance more like and adventure than just a show. You never know what's gonna happen so capture the craziness and become a part of the Adam Ace experience!
Adam's show combines interactive comedy, youthful creativity, popular music, dancing and lots of audience participation into a fast paced high energy thrill ride.
Inspired by Kenny Rogers, one day in 1991, Al White decided to put on his hat and boots and sing country music. Al was born and raised in Winnie, Texas where he still lives with his wife Nita and two children, Kayla and Kyle. Al is the 11th of 12 children, and was raised on gospel music where he honed his vocal skills. He soon formed his first pop and R & B band.
Al White has opened for Pirates of the Mississippi, T. Graham Brown, Frenchy Burke, the Forrester Sisters, Willie Nelson, Eddie Raven, Rhett Atkins, Lonestar, Perfect Strangers, Ricochet, Wayne Toups, Lee Roy Parnell, John Connely, James Bonomy, Big House, Mark Wills, Phillip Claypool, David Kersh, Chad Brock, Clay Davidson and many others.
His original songs have charted on radio?s Airplay International with "I Just Know It" in the Top 40?s International Circuit. White?s singing and sincerity won over many fans for his first album "Mama I?m Still Missin? You" and resulted in a popular video for "Those Ladies in Texas". The video aired on CMT (Country Music Television) and on a variety of television shows. Al has three other albums entitled "Hittin Paydirt", "Hag and Jones" and "Which Way Do We Go?".
Al White?s main goals are to go on a "Black & White" tour with Clint Black; become MCA?s Entertainer Of The Year and sing a duet with country star Holly Dunn. Al proudly boasts, "You?ve got a real crowd with country music fans. They?ll let you know when they appreciate what you?re doing." Al adds that he likes getting the crowd involved in the show. He and the band enjoy performing so much that when they get on the stage, they are genuinely having a good time. You can bet that if you attend one of Al?s performances, you won?t be sittin? around.
A quick listen to Alamo Suite will net the classic 30s-60s guitar-trio sound with a fat guitar, upright bass, jazzy drums, and swingin vocals. This trio may be expanded to include other musicians on saxophone, clarinet, trombone, accordion, congas and other eclectic percussion. This highly versatile band can perform a wide range of materials from swinging standards to Latin beats to R&B (and other styles as requested.)
We receive consistently stellar reviews from brides and their families, other wedding and event professionals as well as from prominent members of our society. As the only string ensemble to be a member of the invitation-only organization AWEC (Austin Wedding and Event Coordinators), our reputation clearly speaks for itself.
Corkey and the Keynoters have proven again and again to Central Texas audiences of all ages that live music is best. Performing selections from the Great American Songbook with unsurpassed musicianship, Corkey and the Keynoters are always danceable and always in good taste. Corkey and the Keynoters bring to life the classic sounds of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington, plus all of those great songs created by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Johnny Mercer, as performed by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Mel Torme and Tony Bennett. Dancers will love the authentic styles and correct tempos for their favorite foxtrot, jitterbug, West Coast swing, waltz, polka, bossa nova, rhumba, cha cha, tango, mambo, and samba. Country music fans will love "Waltz Across Texas", "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Crazy Arms". Get the whole group on their feet with a line dance, a schottische and specialty songs like "The Chicken Dance" and "Cotton-Eyed Joe". When the mood is right, choose a partner for "Margaritaville", "Proud Mary" or "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". Whether you choose the five-piece combo, the eighteen-piece big band, or something in between, your friends will praise your excellent taste in live music.
The Austin based, New York style, Salsa and Merengue band Dario Y Su Comborican bring to you the true sound of "La Musica Caribe". Their music is designed to be a flexible format that permits interpretation of all genres of Latin music. As they blend musical formats and rhythms of the Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican roots, this blending enables them to play the hot sound of rumbas, mambos, boleros as well as merengues. Comborican always adds fresh elements and new perspectives musically which provide a distinctness all their own.
Members of Dario Y Su Comborican bring distinctive talents from the music traditions of their homelands which include Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and the United States. Blending together the expertise of the Afro-Caribbean traditions of Puerto Rico, the percussion and improvisation of Cuba, the roots of jazz from the U.S. provide an end product that is Caribbean but yet an innovative and unique styling.
The Comborican band is comprised of 2 vocalist, 2 trumpets, trombone, sax, piano, bass, conga, bongo and timbale. This instrumental makeup allows for a wide range of sound and provides the depth to perform a plethora of styles in the authentic fashion they were meant to be played.