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BAND MEMBER Bio's:
Tony
"Fig" Figueroa / Glenn Zazthenzarino, Drums
/ Chris (Zeke) Bruschi, Bass
/ Claude Pragliola * age
41* Guitar user
Tony “Fig” Figueroa
In November of 1963, The week after JFK was
assassinated, Tony started playing guitar. By age 14 he was on the
stage of Ed Sullivan Theater auditioning for the Ted Mack Amateur
Hour where he meet the Byrd’s. By age 15 his parents moved him out
to Long Island where he meet and joined the band called The
Marshmallow Doorstop where at a place called The My House befriended
Billy Joel. Since then he’s played with folk fiction, the Gary
Reynolds Show, Grand Illusion, Night Life and started The paisley
Brothers Band in 1994. He also played with various groups on the
Island and then as fate would have it, was introduced to Chris of
Blue Wild Angel where he gets to sing his idol, “Jimi Hendrix”
Glenn Z, Drums
Glenn is rejoining Zeke, his rhythm section
partner for most of the last thirty years. Their first band, the
Saynts, were one of the first bands to play CBGBs and their last
band, the Straightjackets were featured on the main stage of the
Riverhead Blues Festival in 1999 and 2000. His jazz influenced
drumming makes him the perfect choice to take on Mitch Mitchell's
fluid playing.
Chris (Zeke) Bruschi, Bass
Starting with the seminal garage-punk-jam band
Total Crudd in 1970, Zeke has played with some of the great
musicians of the Rock and Roll era. These include Paul Rogers,
Southside Johnny, Randy Jackson (Zebra), John Cale, Harry Toledo,
Lester Chambers (Chambers Bros), Andrea True, Barry Reynolds (Marrianne
Faithfull), members of the Dictators, Patti Smith's band and on and
on. He is a published songwriter who has played with some
outstanding local Long Island Bands including Mean Gene and the
Flamethrowers, The Mojos, Joe Hampton and the Kingpins, the
Straightjackets and the Secret Band. A collector of old gear and
modification secrets. Also collects Audio and Video Bootlegs of
Hendrix Performances and Sessions as well as books and memorabilia.
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Claude Pragliola * age
41* Guitar user
CLAUDE PRAGLIOLA TO HIS FRIENDS IS UNDOABLE THE
MOST EXPERIENCED MUSICIAN PLAYING THE MUSIC OF JIMI PAGE AND JIMI
HENDRIX. HE HAS STUDIED COUNTLESS RECORDINGS OF STUDIO REHEARSALS,
LIVE RECORDINGS AND VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF HENDRIX AND PAGE.
THE CONNECTION OF THE TWO MUSICIANS MUSIC IS ROGER MAYER. HE IS
AN ELECTRONIC GENIUS WHO WORKED FIRST FOR PAGE THEN HENDRIX. CLAUDE
CORRESPONDED WITH HIM IN THE EIGHTY’S AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIS SIGNAL
PATH OF THE GUITAR MODIFIED TO A VOICE THAT’S IN ALIGNMENT WITH PAGE
AND HENDRIX.
CLAUDE HAS THIRTY YEARS OF COLLECTING OVER A HUNDRED VINTAGE
GUITAR EFFECT UNITS, FORTY GUITARS, SEVEN VINTAGE AMPS, TWO THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED RECORDS, FIVE HUNDRED VIDEO’S / DVD’S, NINE HUNDRED
CD’S AND MEMORABILIA OF HIS FAVORITE MUSICIANS.
HE HAS PLAYED ALL OVER LONG ISLAND AT VARIOUS MUSIC VENUES‘. A
FEW BANDS AND PROJECTS HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH; INCLUDE OUTER
BRIDGE CROSSING, SCOUNDREL, HAND OF DOOM, GRAVEYARD, FATAL
INHERITANCE, THE SECRET BEND, THE FREAK MASONS, TRIP MOSES, HYDROGEN
JUKEBOX, AXE VICTIM AND BLUE WILD ANGEL.
THREE DRUMMERS THAT HE HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH ARE
DAVE MARANDA (LUDICROUS ALSO SIX AND VIOLENCE), GLEN HAMILTON (PAT
BENITAR), AND FRANK GILCHRIEST(VIRGIN STEEL). CLAUDE HAS MUSICALLY
CROSSED PATHS WITH A HUNDRED MUSICIANS IN HIS TIME.
FOR CLAUDE BLUE WILD ANGEL IS THE BAND THAT HE GETS TO DISPLAY
THE FRET BOARD GYMNASTICS OF HENDRIX’S MUSIC TO A LIVE PERSPECTIVE.
HE GIGS WITH A SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS VERY UNIQUE AND
RARE TO SEE USED LIVE, VINTAGE MARSHALL 100 WATT PLEXI STACKS,
MODIFIED GUITARS AND A PEDAL BOARD OF ROGER MAYER MADE DEVICES. SO
THE SOUND THAT HE ACHIEVES IS REALLY AUTHENTIC TO THE PLATFORM OF
HENDRIX’S TONE USED IN CONCERT. WITH THE FULL UNDERSTANDING BEHIND
HIM, HE CAN PLAY THE GREATEST RANGE OF EXPRESSION OF ANY GUITARIST
USING THESE TOOLS. HE SHAKES THE FOUNDATION AT FULL VOLUME, AND THEN
A MOMENT LATER PLAYS A PIANISSIMO LINE THAT LEAVES ANY VENUE HUSHED.
HE EXPERIMENTS CONSTANTLY WITH NEW EQUIPMENT AND SETTINGS.
TO CLAUDE MUSIC IS A REFLECTION OF EMOTION, COMMUNICATION AND
LOVE WITH THE UNIVERSE. THERE IS A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION TO THE MUSIC
HE PLAYS. TRUE CONVICTION AND INTEGRITY, HE WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY
OTHER WAY !
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