Mike Caso

    Mike Caso grew up in southern New Jersey and started playing the accordion at the age of 6. Mike bought a Farfisa organ and played in his first rock and roll band at the age of sixteen (1975) . At the age of 18, he joined his first club band and played clubs in "South Jersey". At 19 (1978), Mike went on the road with a show band out of Providence, Rhode Island playing the hotel circuit through-out the country. In 1980, he helped form a theatrical/comedy/oldies show band in Philadelphia. There he played at the "Jersey Shore" with the Dovals, Danny and The Juniors, Bill Haley's Comets, The Drifters and The Classic's. After the summer of 1980  he went back on the road  eventually playing an oldies club in Daytona Beach called the Garage Lounge in 1982.

    Mike reformed a house band in 1982 (the "Garage Band") and met Ken Sphire. Shortly thereafter Ken and Mike were became a duo. After their first successful job at a club called "Hootin' Annies" (now Froggies on Main Street), they became the house band at the Venice Restaurant in Daytona Beach Shores. There they met Ed Uzzle (Fast Eddie) in 1982. Ken and Mike formed the infamous "Parallel" band while driving down I-4 with Ken Sphire throwing apples at a speeding careless driver, guess you had to be there, it was a hoot! . In 1990 "Parallel" (Mike Caso, Eddie Uzzle, and Ken Sphire) became the house band at the world famous "Blackbeard's Restaurant" in Wilbur-by-The-Sea. Mike now does solo work as well as playing with "Parallel" and other local musicians around the Daytona Beach area.

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