ELMO PRESTON

ELMO PRESTON WAS BORN IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO IN 1952.HE STARTED PLAYING MUSIC AT THE EARLY AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD.THERE HE TOURED THE CARIBBEAN PLAYING WITH SALSA AND CALYPSO BANDS. HE MOVED TO CHICAGO IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES ,WHERE HE STUDIED MUSIC AT ROOSELVELT UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE CAMPUS. HE WAS IN CHICAGO FOR 20 YEARS WHERE HE PLAYED REGGAE AND CALYPSO FOR 10 YEARS WITH NUMEROUS BANDS INCLUDING HIS OWN WORLD BEAT BAND (SCANDAL FRONT). HE THEN PLAYED...

ELMO PRESTON WAS BORN IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO IN 1952.HE STARTED PLAYING MUSIC AT THE EARLY AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD.THERE HE TOURED THE CARIBBEAN PLAYING WITH SALSA AND CALYPSO BANDS. HE MOVED TO CHICAGO IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES ,WHERE HE STUDIED MUSIC AT ROOSELVELT UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CIRCLE CAMPUS. HE WAS IN CHICAGO FOR 20 YEARS WHERE HE PLAYED REGGAE AND CALYPSO FOR 10 YEARS WITH NUMEROUS BANDS INCLUDING HIS OWN WORLD BEAT BAND (SCANDAL FRONT). HE THEN PLAYED BLUES WITH THE CHICAGO BLUES GODS FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS. IN 1994 HE FORMED AN ORIGINAL LATIN JAZZ BAND . ELMO AN ACOMPLISHED NEW WORLD BEAT,BLUES AND JAZZ GUITARIST IS ALSO A MULTI - INSTRUMENTALIST.(GUITAR, BASS, PERCUSION & KEYBOARDS PRESENTLY HE ISPERFORMING WITH HIS BLUES BAND ELMO'S FIRE BLUES BAND.