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BIO
Clark
was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and is proud to call himself a "Cajun."
He sometimes misses that spicy "Creole Cuisine" and is especially homesick
each year around Mardi Gras, getting the uncontrollable urge to fling beads and
doubloons at unsuspecting passersby. Clark's
earliest public performances were singing in Church. After high school he was
awarded a voice scholarship to the prestigious Loyola University School of Music.
Clark also performed with Celebration, a nonprofit Young American style
singing group from New Orleans, and during his tenure with Celebration
he recorded two albums. Clark was also a member of the New Orleans top 40 band
After the Fact. When
Clark finally ventured out of Louisiana, he joined a Vegas-style performance band
called Clutch out of Panama City Beach, Florida.
Not only was Clark a lead vocalist, but he also played piano, saxophone and bass
guitar. While Clark was with Clutch, the band recorded an album in Muscle Shoals,
Alabama, and he was featured on six of the ten songs on the album. Clark
won the live audition for Star Search at a regional competition sponsored by the
Alabama State Fair and lucky for us here in the Central Florida area, Clark migrated
down to Orlando and landed a job at Universal Studios. From there Clark became
the lead male vocalist with the house band at Church Street Station, where his
wonderful sense of humor, great voice and musical talent thrilled audiences from
around the world for six years. In addition to his work at CSS, Clark performed
with South 27, Country Review and Bubba Too, The
Dickens Carolers, and was lead vocalist and actor portraying Jesus in
the Easter musical drama, Let All Heaven Rejoice! at the Heartland Worship
Center. After
leaving CSS, Clark performed all over Central Florida, the Caribbean, and the
country! He performed with the a cappella singing group Four For A Dollar at the
Disney/MGM Studios and with Shipmates for the Disney Cruise Lines at Port Canaveral.
Clark also sang and danced his way into the hearts of many with the show bands
Dance Express and the Flamingos and with Paul
Vesco's bands Johnny Cool and the Mobster Swing Band, The Paul Vesco Orchestra
and the Karakter Show Band. In
November 2000, Clark performed in the "Saturday Night" episode of Walker
Texas Ranger which aired February 10, 2001. While in Dallas, he also performed
with singer/entertainer Frank Stallone and performed at a benefit for the Chuck
Norris Children's Foundation. Clark
then returned to his old haunts and took on the lead male vocalist role with the
unbelievably talented Dream Band at the Famous Door in New Orleans on Bourbon
Street. When the new Famous Door at the Village of Baytowne
Wharf in the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort opened in July of 2002, Clark
was there! Clark
left Destin, Florida to follow his dream and arrived in Las Vegas in September
of 2003. Clark was lead male singer for the Vegas dance band, FAHRENHEIT, performing
at Harrah's, The Paris, MGM, New York, New York, Luxor, Excalibur and other Casinos
of great reknown. In the summer of 2006, Clark decided to go solo and began performing
at the Rio Hotel in Vegas. Clark has since relocated to Texas, but word has it,
he may be Florida bound. Clark
packs a lot of talent into his 155 lb, 5'8" frame! In addition to being able
to belt out a tune like nobody's business, Clark plays piano, bass guitar, rhythm
guitar, percussion, clarinet and saxophone. He's not a bad dancer, either! Things
that make his blue eyes sparkle include, Gummy Worms, Hershey's Kisses, Peanut
Butter Cups, Star Trek, Harry Potter, golf, fishing, NASA, Christmas, funny cards,
spicy food, more chocolate..... You get the idea! Clark's
singing career has taken him down many roads since he was a chubby little boy
in New Orleans singing his heart out in Church on Sunday, and his versatility,
humor and talent have allowed him to take many detours along the way. It's been
a long road getting from there to here, but there's one thing that's been obvious
throughout his journey - he's got faith of the heart! Home |