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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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!"

 
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.

 
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".