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Art Lillo Bio

bluesman4uonly — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:02:40 CST

Guitarist and Vocalist

Vital Stats

DOB: December 7th, 1946

Place of birth: Jacksonville, Florida

Currently resides in: Barling, Arkansas

Education: Some College

Trademark look: Relaxed

Eye color: Brown

Height: 6'

Nickname(s): bluesman4uonly

Hobbies/outside interests: Writing novels, Sailing, fishing, landscaping, walking in the woods

Charities/causes: Any charities that directly benefit people or living things

Significant Other: Sweet Sharan

Quotes:
There are no rules here. We're just trying to accomplish something. -- Thomas Edison

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it's the only one you have. -- Emile Chartier

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein

If you keep working, inspiration comes. -- Alexander Calder

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural. -- Willa Cather

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -- Confucius

Exuberance is beauty. -- William Blake

Reality is what you can get away with. -- Robert Anton Wilson

Figure out the questions the reader will ask. Ask them. -- Donald Murray

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are. -- W. Somerset Maugham

We are all guilty of the great crime of not living life to the full. But we are all potentially free. We can stop thinking of what we have failed to do and do whatever lies within our power. What those powers that are in us may be no one has truly dared to imagine. That they are infinite we will realize the day we admit to ourselves that imagination is everything. Imagination is the voice of daring. -- Henry Miller

I will be so brief I have already finished. -- Salvador Dali, in the world's shortest recorded speech

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof bullshit detector. -- Ernest Hemingway

What makes me happy is rewriting. In the first draft you get your ideas and your theme clear, if you are using some kind of metaphor you get that established, and certainly you have to know where you're coming out. But the next time through it's like cleaning house, getting rid of all the junk, getting things in the right order, tightening things up. -- Ellen Goodman

Anton Chekhov gave some advice about revising a story: first, he said, throw out the first three pages. -- Ursula K. Le Guin

Reading and writing comprise a series of transactions between reader and writer, reality and language, prior texts and this text, the individual and the context. -- Linda L. Berger

Sacred cows make the best hamburger. -- Mark Twain

A good judge of the facts has declared: 'All writing is rewriting.' He meant good writing, for easy reading. The path to rewriting is obvious: when rereading after a shorter or longer lapse of time what one has written, one feels dissatisfaction with this or that word, sentence, paragraph--or possibly with the whole effort, the essay or chapter. If, as I shall assume, things are not totally bad, the rewriting affects only bits here and there. The criterion is as it has been throughout: Meaning. If words you have set down puzzle you once you have forgotten how they came to your mind, they will puzzle the stranger and you must do something about them--rediscover your meaning and express it, not some other or none at all. -- Jacques Barzun

There are no second-rate genres, only second-rate practitioners. -- Joyce Carol Oates

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. -- Philip K. Dick

Artist Biography
Background in music:
Art Started playing professionally at 14 when he was recruited to join the weekly aired TV show the Slim Wilson Show, out of Orlando, Florida. When Art graduated high school, he toured the east coast with his own band, Time Traveler, a Blues band, until he entered U of Fla. at which time he continued playing with Time Traveler. During this time he made several TV appearances including American Bandstand and Soul Train.
After spending time in the military Art resumed his music career by playing with three of the original members of Time Traveler, which enjoyed one overseas tour and visiting 12 countries including USSR. He continued to play blues music until 1979 when Time Traveler retired from the road. At that time he tried his hand at country music.
Art played either guitar or bass guitar as a touring musician for several top recording groups in the period from 1979 until 1999, appearing in several CBS, NBC specials and also made another overseas tour covering 35 countries.
Art played around the Branson area until September of 2007 when he moved to Barling Arkansas and met Chris Chisum and they started recruiting members for Phat Ace.

Art is also a writer and has written twenty-seven books. Visit his writers website at:
http://www2.jimdo.com/index.php?page=58118903

Instruments: Lead Guitar, Bass guitar, Vocals

First band/big break: Art, at the young age of 14 was selected for the Slim Wilson show which aired on Saturday nights in the Southern region.

Former band(s):
Time Traveler - Dovals - Lou Rawls - Blues Revue - KoKo Taylor - Charley Feathers - Crystal Gail - Eddie Rabbit - Emmy Lu Harris - Tanya Tucker - Johnny Rodriqueus - Freddy Fender - Billy Joe Royal - Bobby Caraway - Wayne Newton

Musical icons/influences:
Freddy King - Albert Collins - Don Williams - Vince Gill

Best known for...

Awards: Hall of Fame member of the East Coast Blues Association

Key milestones:
When I learned to quit taking myself so seriously!

Upcoming plans:
Keep bending strings and pulling heart strings

Official Sites
Please feel free to visit my blues station below or my Writers Site.

How to contact this artist: phatace@gmail.com

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Charley Dyer Bio

bluesman4uonly — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:01:17 CST

Bass Guitar/Vocals

Vital Stats

DOB: June 12, 1954
Place of birth: Ft. Smith, AR
Currently resides in: Ozark, AR

Education: Licensed Pratical Nurse
Significant Other(s): Others???

Tattoos/piercings and other notable features: left ear pierced

Trademark look: Black hat

Eye color: brown
Height: 6 foot
Nickname(s): Charie
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Artist Biography
Charlie started playing bass guitar at age 19. Playing in various bands with various styles. Most recently, spent 7 years in Flordia, with Faster Than Flash.

Career Highlights

Background in music: Gospel, Rock-N-Roll, Country, R & B

Instruments:
First band/big break: Gutter Brothers of east Texas

Former band(s): Gutter Brothers, Faster Than Flash, The Mystics, Tim Wheeler and the Soul Shufflers.

How he joined the band: Met Art Lillo through ad placement in music store.

Musical icons/influences: Bobby Chitwood, Donald Dunn, Tom James, Bootsy Graham, Bob Henderson

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Key milestones: Opening for nashional acts while in Flordia with Faster Than Flash.

Upcoming plans:Making PhatAce the hottest thing in the country!

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How to contact this artist: PhatAce.com

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Charlie started playing bass guitar at age 19.

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Al Grzech Bio

bluesman4uonly — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:55:20 CST

Keyboards/Vocals

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Norm Korth Bio

bluesman4uonly — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:54:43 CST

Percussion

Vital Stats

Significant Other(s):Married, three step kids , one adopted.

Trademark look: Drumsticks in hand

Eye color Hazel: Height:5'8 Nickname(s)Stormin Norman , Cowboy: Hobbies/outside interests:Music , , Rodeo, reading Dr Susses Charities/causes:

Career Highlights

Background in music:Country, Jazz, Blues

Instruments: Percussion,guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, ( enjoy playing the drums most)

How he/she joined the band:Art called me and asked me to audition

Musical icons/influences:John Bohnam, Bob Dylan, Buddy Rich

Best known for... Being Norm

Upcoming plans:Play drums, play drums, play drums

Side projects: WORK,WORK, WORK, Till He WORKS himself to death.........

How to contact this artist: Just know him. ( He's a private person till you get to know him)

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Cash Chisum Bio

bluesman4uonly — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:53:55 CST

Accoustic Guitar/Vocalist

Vital Stats

DOB:
July 30, 1960
Place of birth:
Dallas, Tx.
Currently resides in:
Van Buren, AR

Education:
Maud High School
Significant Other(s):
Paula Chisum,(my loving wife)

Tattoos/piercings and other notable features:
Big Nose, no tattoos, noooooo piercings

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Eye color: Brown Height: 6' 3" Nickname(s): Chiz Hobbies/outside interests:Softball, pool, ping-pong Charities/causes:

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Background in music:
I started started singing as a young child with the famliy. My Father,(Doyle Chisum) had a band for as many years as I can remember. He taught me the chords and he and my Mother (Patricia}bought me my first guitar for graduation into junior high. As a teenager I would go to Dad's gigs and get up and sing with him. I was a member of the Caney River Band for a couple of years around 2000. I joined Phat Ace in 2008 after attending a practice and singing along with my son(Chris), and would say that being a small part of my son's first band has by far been the highlight of my musical background.

Instruments: Accoustic, Vocals
Former band(s):Caney River

How he/she joined the band:
Attended practice and was asked to sing backup for my son.

Musical icons/influences:
Doyle Chisum(my Dad),George Jones,
Don Williams, John Denver, George Straight, Keith Whitley, Lone Star, Brook and Dunn

Best known for...
Playing Sports in my younger days

Awards:
Key milestones:
July 17, 1978, (Married Paula Simmons), February 8,1983,(Birth of my daughter, Amanda Leigh), July 3,1985(birth of my son, Christopher Cash)

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Chris Chisum Bio

bluesman4uonly — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:52:41 CST

Lead Vocalist/Accoustic Guitar

Vital Stats

DOB: July 3, 1985
Place of birth: Texarkana, Texas
Currently resides in: Pocola, OK

Significant Other(s): Summer (not the season either - a real, live girl!)

Tattoos/piercings and other notable features: I have a cowlick on the back left side of my head, but no tattoos, unfortunately. I'm afraid of needles.

Trademark look: Neatly pressed jeans, a button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and a silver necklace with the letter "C" on it which can stand for anything that starts with "C", such as "cool", "classy", "cunning", "cute", "clever"...or "Chris" even, I guess.

Eye color: Brown
Height: 6'3
Nickname(s): I don't really have a nickname, but my wife calls me "Jerk" a lot.
Hobbies/outside interests: Sports, Pool (not the watery kind, but the table kind), Professional Wrestling, not reading, spending time with my family.

Artist Biography
I began singing when I was four years old. My father's side of the family had a ton of great musicians and singers, so it seemed like a natural fit. I remember the first song that I sang too: "Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kieth Whitley. The best part of it back then was that I couldn't pronounce my "R"'s or "L"'s. They both came out as "W"'s, so my rendition of the popular title became "Don't Cwose You Eyes". Luckily, my speech impediment has cleared.

At age 10, I entered my first talent show. The school was putting it on and there were different age groups where I wouldn't have to compete against everyone in the school. When they were announcing the winners in each group, my name was not called as the winner. I immediately felt bad. Once those awards were given out, they announced that there was an "Overall Winner" that could be from any age group. My spirit didn't return all that high because in my mind, there was no way I had won that. However, I did and I remember that feeling. It was then that I realized I wanted to do this singing thing for a long time to come.

Career Highlights

Background in music: I learned mostly on my own, but did do choir quite a bit throughout school. I always hated the music I had to sing in choir, but it was a way to keep singing...and meet girls.

Instruments: Vocals, Accoustic Guitar

Former band(s): Phat Ace is my first and only.

How he/she joined the band: I put a post up on a couple of bulletin boards around town and Art (lead guitar) got in touch with me. After a couple of months of sifting through people, we finally found Charlie, the bass man. At one of our first practices, my father joined on board for some sweet harmony. We landed Al (keyboard and strings) when he moved down here from Baltimore and we kidnapped Norm "The Drummer" one night while he was sound asleep, forced him to listen to my singing for 18 hours straight until he fell into a trance that forces him to play with us and only us.

Musical icons/influences: Ronnie Milsap is my all-time favorite, but I also love Collin Raye, Rascal Flatts, Vern Gosdin, Conway Twitty, and Blake Shelton.

Best known for...making funny (and ugly) faces during pictures.

Awards:
July, 2000: Entertained for Miss Arkansas Pageant
???, 2003: Winner of Arklahoma Idol
June, 2007: Finalist in Karaoke Champions Contest held in Las Vegas
July 4th, 2005: Opened for Ronnie Milsap
Lots of other contest awards I simply don't remember.

Key milestones:
Nov. 28, 2007: The birth of my little girl, Jaicee Rian Chisum!
Upcoming plans: To continue making music with Phat Ace in hopes that it may take me somewhere I've dreamed of for a very long time, to continue with my beautiful wife and our amazing family, to work on being simply a better person all around (I know, that will take plenty of time to accomplish).

Official Sites

My Job: WrestleZone.com (for all you wrestling nerds like myself!)

How to contact this artist: wzchriscash@yahoo.com

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[Chris Chisum & Phat Ace]: Tour Dates

imachiz60 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:13:29 CDT

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Date	Event/Venue/City	Other Acts	Notes/Review
August 16th	Ava's Village Pub/Fort Smith		Let's party!
August 30th	Eagels At Fort Smith/66th Street		The Public is welcome
September 12th	Eagles at Fort Chaffee		The Public is welcome
September 13th	Town Hall/Fort Smith (Garrison Ave)		Members only
September 20th	Speakeasy/Ozark, AR		All welcome
September 27th	Ava's Village Pub		Join us for the party!
September 19th	Private Party Ft Smith AR		Birthday
October 3rd October 17th	Eagles, Ft Chaffee Eagles, Ft. Chaffee		Public Welcome Bring a friend
October 31st November 28th	Avas Village Pub/Ft Smith Eagles, Fort Smith		Costume & Halloween Party!!!!!!! Bring your dancing shoes
December 20th	Wedding		Private

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[Chris Chisum and Phat Ace]: Videos

wzchriscash — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:37:02 CDT

Here are some of our videos! If you have any please feel free to post them.

Chris Chisum (2006): "Unchained Melody"		ABOUT THIS VIDEO
		Who: Chris with hair What: Singing for a benefit Where:Nashville Arkansas When: 2006 Why: why not?

Chris Chisum & Phat Ace (2008): "Lost In The Fifties"	ABOUT THIS VIDEO
	Who: Chris Chisum & Phat Ace What: Ronnie Milsap's "Lost In The Fifties" Where: Ava's Village Pub; Fort Smith, Arkansas When: August 16, 2008

Chris Chisum & Phat Ace (2008): "Unchained Melody"	ABOUT THIS VIDEO
	Who: Chris Chisum & Phat Ace What: Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" Where: Ava's Village Pub; Fort Smith, Arkansas When: August 16, 2008

Cash Chisum singing "He Stopped Loving Her Today"	ABOUT THIS VIDEO
	Who: Cash Chisum What: George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today", This is one of my dad's fovorite songs, He sang this song for years and we all used to tell him he did it better than George..........(All the kids believed that , still do) Where: Ava's Village Pub; Fort Smith, Arkansas When: August 16, 2008

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"Amarillo By Morning"	ABOUT THIS VIDEO
	Who: Chris Chisum & Phat Ace What: "Amarillo By Morning" When: August 27, 2008 Notes: Chris Chisum & Phat Ace practice "Amarillo By Morning".

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Chris Chisum & Phat Ace

bluesman4uonly — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:49 CDT

Welcome to the Official website of the musical group...Chris Chisum & Phat Ace

Phat Ace....a variety group was in the making when Chris put a listing on a bulletin board advertising for musicians. Art, just moving to the Fort Smith area saw the ad and called Chris. Later on the same board, Art found Charley and he joined the group. Realizing the potential of the group, Art found Norms and Al's name on the same board. Since Chris had a high voice and the other members voices weren't high enough to reach the high harmony, the natural choice to complete the group was Cash, Chris's dad.

To find out more about each member, click on their picture below.

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OTHER BAND SITES:

http://www.myspace.com/phataceband

http://phatace.fuzz.com

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[Chris Chisum & Phat Ace]: [Album Name]

bluesman4uonly — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:53:59 CDT

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Chris Chisum & Phat Ace]: Discography

bluesman4uonly — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:53:05 CDT

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Chris Chisum & Phat Ace Fan Chronologies

bluesman4uonly — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:52:15 CDT

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