Long before his humble beginnings in the rock industry, EZ was a tilt-a-whirl operator at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. It was by a twist of fate that he was caterwauling at the moon one night while running his rig & whose ear should he catch but none other than Wayne Newton. Long story short, Wayne hired EZ on the spot, & the rest is history…

After spending 10 months with the Wayne Newton show, empting Wayne's personal trash can, EZ found himself in Vegas where competition was tough & he landed on hard times. Realizing he would never be anything more than a poor Elvis Impersonator, EZ wound up in Reno, a place where a less than perfect Elvis could survive. Taking gigs that other impersonators would turn down, EZ managed to work his way into the top 10 on the Reno circuit…
After 10 yrs of hard living & addiction, EZ needed a change of climate, the drinking, the drugs, the gambling, the women, the drag queens??? The women had all taken their toll on him… It was EZ's cousin, Vic "The Grip" Benelli, who convinced him to lay down roots here in the Quad Cities, a place where nothing bad like that could ever happen to a person… Taking odd jobs as an impersonator on the boats, or delivering strip-a-grams to 80-year-old women, EZ was still on hard times…

It was the summer of 2001 when Vic introduced EZ to 4 drama queens, WHO WERE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!  All of them suffered from a personal identity crisis & claustrophobia. Bad luck had been hittin' the boys in SMOOCH pretty hard. Pull had strained a nut & stripped his vocal cords during some heavy lovemaking while Geen had just backwashed some 151 at rehearsal the night before, both were reduced to one finger communication. SMOOCH had just been scheduled for an entire summer of sorrow & madness while faced with filling some mighty big shoes. Turns out those shoes were Blue Suede baby & EZ was the guy to fill them. The chemistry was incredible & spontaneous; things were finally looking up for EZ & the boys in SMOOCH…
Playing places like Babe's Car Wash & Erie Daze, the show hit the road. Not necessarily a perfect deal… it was a gig to pay the bills & keep the guys working all the same. Since then the band has been shaping a show out of ashes & building a following for fun, but that was then & this is now. Since then, EZ & the boys have taken on a new look & attitude to help keep the madness alive. Ladies & Gentlemen… LET THE CARNIVAL BEGIN!!!

EZ’S FAVORITES

HOBBIES: Elvis Skydiving & talking about himself… EZ convinced the guys into selling the van so they could buy an apartment on wheels; nothing sleeps 8 like a Winnebago…

SIGN:
EZ is an Aquarian, ruled by Uranus in the House of Friendship, "Stop laughing, it was the 70's baby, Yeah!!!" Aquarius is an air sign & 11th in the Zodiac. That would explain why EZ is such a blow hard…

FOOD:
Fried peanut butter an 'nanner samiches, and everything else, in no particular order

BAND:
ELVIS

BABE:
Priscilla Presley

SONG:
Viva Las Vegas, Blue Suede Shoes

SPORT:
Women's Hot Oil Wrestling

BEST DATE:
Any hot chick that knows the meaning of "A Little Less Conversation, a little more action please…"

TURN ONS:
Sweet thoughts of Pricilla.

TURN OFFS:
Wako Jacko for tainting the King's little baby girl.

GOALS: To someday achieve Elvisism by placing in the top 10 at the Elvis Internationals....