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"Musician
Bios"
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..."Too Wild for the Blues"...!
Carissia, the heart and
soul of Carissia & Company is a singer-songwriter,
entrepreneur, author, and advocate of the arts. A native to Nashville, Tennessee,
Carissia has been active in the community and is presently working with area
schools to provide educational musical presentations that promote diversity
awareness using America's music history. So far the program,
Live Music in America, Inc., has educated, engaged, and entertained more than
7,000
children in the Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky areas.
Carissia is a BBA graduate of
Belmont University
where she
also received several accolades, including the prestigious
Bob Mulloy's "Excellence Award" for her
outstanding achievements and contributions to the Belmont Music Business
program.
Carissia has received several awards and certificates
of recognition for her journalistic efforts.
With a passion for and a deep concern about the
equality of education delivered to all students, Carissia decided to attend
and graduate from one of Tennessee's top universities
where she earned three
Education degrees in the area of Curriculum and Instruction:
two Master of Arts (MA) and a
Specialist in Education (EdS) degrees.
***
The musical director of Carissia & Company is
Tom
Malone. Tom delivers, without a doubt, the authentic "rhythm and
blues" feel to the music of Carissia & Company. He retired as a U.S.
Naval Musician, Chief Petty Officer, who spent over 21 years touring the
United States,
Europe, Italy, and Northern Africa.
Tom is the guitar instructor for
Live
Music in America's program entitled "Blues and Beyond." Tom
is also a songwriter and writer. He wrote for a short while for
the column "Fret Talk" music columns in the
Explore
Monthly Newspaper , Music City Blues
Newsletter, and continues to write
short stories. Tom is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. For more information please contact the Live
Music in America office at 615-351-9622.
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Other fantastic, professional musicians who have performed within
Carissia & Company's successful mix, including but not
limited to:
Chester Thompson, Roger
(Rock) Williams, Richard Griffin, Barney Green, Wayne Hill, Charles Jordan,
CC Johnson, James Buford, Terry Townsend, Dennis Taylor, Bill Transley,
Sheldon Bermont, Michael McDaniel, Jim Hoke, Willie Williams, Randy Coleman,
Scott Acorn, Deford Bailey, Larice Bryd, Peter Freidberger, Joseph Wooten, Rudy Wooten,
Raymond
Massey (Pearl Drums), Joel
Edwards, Dan Dowlings,
Waldo
Weathers, Moe Denham, Dennis "Suga"
McCray, Ricky Woodard, Maurice Harris, Steve Forrest, Allan Hatcher, Rob Barngesi, Andy Haben,
Anthony Joiner, Park Law, Brian Zonn,
Criss
Cheatham, Regi Wooten, Michael Goff, JC
Ward, Vic Danger, Bob Holmes, Ken Sopher, Joe Warner, Maurice Harris, James
Nixon, Tom Cerone, Hakim Rashul, Eddie
Carter, Sam Dismuke, Maurice Brooks, Kristin Weathers, Ron Bowie, Michael
Ripoll, Ralph Roberts, Larry
Tucker, Sam Jr, Jimmy Church, Darryl Roberts, Eddie C. Cunningham,
Derico Watson, Dave Garner, Rich Coleman, Rick Brothers, Jay Lessert, Dave
Smith (Smitty) John Medler, Nioshi Jackson, Johnny Tulucci, Luchis Talley,
Keith Robinson, Jimmy Otey, Dave Nuding, Chucki Burke, Chuck Fields, Don
Smith, William Scruggs, Paul Deathridge, and many more......
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Carissia & Company
P. O. Box 2156
Cookeville, TN 38502
615-351-9622
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