Jimmy
Porter
Jimmy
"Ham Bone-The Train's A Comin' "Porter has recently celebrated
his ninth year entertaining at Crocodile Rocks. He is a life-long
keyboardist, percussionist, and singer/songwriter. The University
of North Texas is where he studied music. When Jimmy is not on stage,
he enjoys swimming, the culinary arts, woodworking, touring major
and minor league baseball parks, riding roller coasters, and attending
Nascar races. Jimmy considers himself to be the "serious one"
of the bunch, but he can cut up with the best of them, especially
if there's a ham rubbin' contest nearby! He wants everyone to come
out, spend a wild and enchanting evening with the gang, and enjoy
the performance.
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Mark
Kaufman
Born
in Baltimore, Maryland in late September of 1971, Mark Kaufman is
the product of one small but amazing sperm cell. Mark began playing
piano and singing around the age of eight, but didn't really hone
his skills until age 9. After his budding career as one of Japan's
top action heroes came to an abrupt end in 1990 Mark went on to
play piano and sing at Dolly Partons' Dixie Stampede for 7 years.
Still, Mark kept searching for other countries full of diminuitive
men where Mark could be a giant and fulfill his dreams of being
the world's greatest action hero. Over the next several years Mark
played for various shows and theaters until the oppurtunity arose
to become a part of the number one dueling piano bar in the country....Crocodile
Rocks. Mark realized that his action hero days were over and that
being small actually gave him the amazing abilities to sing higher
than most females sometimes even rivaling Mariah Carey. Armed with
his new super powers Mark has now been taking on the crowds at Crocodiles
Rocks for the past eleven years.
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Ronnie
Smith
Ronnie
Smith, a.k.a. "Ronnie Fresh", grew up in the Washington,
DC Metropolitan area. He started at Crocodile Rocks in '04 and has
been performing on stage across the U.S. since 1987. Ronnie brings
a high level of energy and charisma to the Crocodile Rocks stage
with his over-the-top attitude toward entertaining. Ronnie's extraordinary
vocal range is a perfect compliment to his melodic piano style.
His passion for music shines through with every performance.
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Jonathan
Ansley
Jonathan
Ansley, performing here at Crocodile Rocks, is a testament to his
love for life. He has been diagnosed with intittilitus and informed
he has les than eighty years to live. The cure: women's boobies
in his face whenever possible. Jonathan is currently accepting donations.
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Adam
Barbour
Adam
Barbour is from Benson, NC and now lives in North Myrtle Beach with
his wife and two daughters. Adam has worked for Calvin Gilmore Theatres
and also impersonates Jerry Lee Lewis for Legends in Concert. Besides
making audiences sing and clap along, you might see Adam impersonating
Ray Charles, Prince, Johnny Cash and just simply "actin' the
fool"! Adam says, "I love it when the crowd loves it!"
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Greg
Laughlin
Greg Laughlin grew up in "sunny" Seattle Washington. In
high school he did the local retirement home tour now known as "Gumming
off bat heads tour '89" in which he sung accapella renditions
of timeless classics such as "Highway to Hell", "Number
of the Beast", and "Greatest Love of All". His concert
fees were always of course paid in
cookies. His career took
a sour turn when accapella metal was no longer "hard" enough
for the geezer circuit. It was then he turned north to the Arctic
shores of Alaska. Clubbing baby Harp Seals was always a fond joy to
Greg but now he did it
. for free. Realizing he needed true substance
in his life he put the club down and joined the US Navy Band. 11 years
later his talents brought him to the "frozen" mid Atlantic,
playing dueling pianos for Crocodile Rocks Norfolk. Retirement homes
and dead seals behind him he now happily entertains the Grand Strand
for Crocodile Rocks Myrtle Beach.
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Tattoo
Slover
Unplanned
and unnamed, a baby boy arrived in the small town of Northfork,
located in McDowell County, West Virginia, December 8, 1977. He
picked up the name Tattoo at 3 months old and the rest is mystery.
Growing up in a musical family (lots of porch pickin') Tattoo began
playing piano and singing harmony at age four. Summer 1986 the Slover
family moved to sunny, dirt road bearing, Surfside Beach, SC.
At
the age of 15, Tattoo started a career as a professional musician,
learning the "ropes" under the wing of his father and
alongside his sister. Other than his "Phamlee", Tattoo
has been blessed to work with some of the premier entertainers and
bands in the Southeast.
In
1998, at the age of 20, Tattoo was given the opportunity to join
the Crocodile Rocks dueling piano team and remains part of the Crocs
family to this day. Pursuing the challenge of "this gig",
he has worked with some of the best in dueling pianos resulting
in an ongoing mission to "be all you can be".
"I
like to play for people, but I love to perform for people. I am
a self-trained musician. This is my way to contribute to the world,
its society, and our beloved country. Love, laughter and smiles
are very contagious
let us strive to make them airborne".
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