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About Me

A musician from a very early age, a true Texas Talent. Alma has lived thru-out Texas and most recently makes her home in Corpus Christi. She sang for many years in Dallas in places like Marty's Wine Bistro, Parigis, The Dream Cafe, and the Sonoma Grill and Bar (in Flower Mound). She has performed a few times in NYC at the Baggot Inn and the Back Fence (where she was booked on the spot after her audition). She has also been a musical participant in the North Texas New Music Festival, the Bean Stock Music Festival, and was a finalist in the Dallas and Austin Lillith Faires. She created the successful children's music entertainment show - Lollipop Palooza the Kid's Show which ran for many years at the Dream Cafe. She writes her own songs, but can be heard performing songs by Linda Ronstact, Heart, Blondie, Bonnie Raitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Seal, the Eagles, the Beatles, James Taylor, the Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Coldplay, Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Fleetwood Mac, Juanes, Johnny Cash, CSNY, Shania Twain, Selena, and many, many more...over 350 more songs! The things she loves about living in Corpus Christi on North Beach are the wildlife, the sea, the research done at TAMU CC, the local history, quirky people, and the weather. She loves singing at Joe's Crab Shack, Cafe Calypso, Yin Yang Fandango, Blacksbeards Too, the Compass Restaurant in Port A, the award winning Nuevo Cafe, Moby Dick's in Port A, and Expresso.com. She is currently regularly singing every weekend at the Beach and Station Sreet Grillin Port Aransas and is very excited about this new association with this great restaurant run by the most unique and wonderful Island people she says she's ever met. and invites everyone to come on out and have a good time! I moved to Port A last week and am still in the process of unpacking and organizing too much stuff for too little space. I can't wait to get out and about and explore this great place very soon.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/7/2006
Band Members: Alma Squillante - acoustic guitar, vocals
Influences: Caetano Veloso, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius (for his musical unconventionality), Michael Hedges and Nick Drake for their magical, guitar wizardry, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Palmer, Heart, Blondie, Bonnie Raitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Cassandra Wilson, Seal, the Eagles, the Beatles, James Taylor, CSNY, J D Souther, Coldplay, Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Fleetwood Mac, Juanes, Beethovan, Mozart, Bach, Stephen Foster, Lola Beltran, Jose Feliciano, Vicente Fernandez, Donovan, Rolling Stones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Julietta Venegas, Suzanne Vega, Josh Rouse, Ivy, and many, more...more recently - the Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO)At the Dallas Texas local level (and some of these guys really are more national than local), I've admired Rahim Quazi, Dave McGarry, Kelly Riley, Rhett Miller, Kerri Arista, Tracie Merchant, Les Farrington, Victor Andrada, Edie Brickell, Sara Hickman, Willie Nelson
And here in Port Aransas, I've admired the muscial sounds of my pal, Luis Villarreal's band, the fun and Island original, Triggerfish and the jammin', smokin', volcano hot sounds of RT and the City Crew. RT is as great a guitar-god as I've ever heard live...about the best. Both these bands have great original sounds...And overall, there are many more...including musical sounds made by machines, animals, the elements, and other unearthly entities....
Politically - I admire Kinky Friedman for being who he is and not being afraid to be who he is and for speaking his mind from his heart...

Sounds Like: People have told her she sounds like Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Heart, Nina Simone, and Joni Mitchell amoung many...
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

More on My Tio Cesar

Hey you guys... Remember I asked ya'll for prayers when my uncle had a close call a few months ago? I'm sorry to say he has passed away. I did get to see him a few months ago, b...
Posted by Alma on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:51:00 PST

My Tio Cesar has Died

My Tio Cesar Cano died on June 3, 2008. He was a true American Hero. He was married to Mary. She was his first wife and I felt she was a true Aunt to me. She loved me. Sh...
Posted by Alma on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:35:00 PST

I have moved to Port Aransas

I moved to Port A last week. The place is very small and the toilet has problems flushing and the shower fills up. Hmmm..... If I can fix these things, I will plan on staying at least a ye...
Posted by Alma on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:13:00 PST

post from cell phone test

wow this is amazing. I am posting this from my cell phone. Way cool. Just waking up and then getting ready 4 gig.
Posted by Alma on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:27:00 PST

Wow...he’s gone for the day

Wow...the attorney I'm temping for just left for the day and left me here to lock up. He sure must trust me...ME! A Temp! Well, I don't disapppoint. It's so quiet tho I hope I ...
Posted by Alma on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:51:00 PST

Damn it! It has an alternate tuning!

I've fallen in love with another song! I have forgotten how to fall in love with men, and they tend to let me down, but, when I fall in love with a song, it's forever. And the song is as g...
Posted by Alma on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:12:00 PST

Potential Very Cool Mystery Gig

This is something I usta do in Dallas during the holidaze. I called up the corresponding entity here in CC to see if I could be hired to do the same thing. I am to call Friday and they wil...
Posted by Alma on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:04:00 PST

MOnday Flu Shot II

WEll, I just felt even worse this moring after my Friday flu shot. I called the clinic and they said if I felt worse to go in to the clinic as a walk-in. Great. Sure nuff feels like ...
Posted by Alma on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:32:00 PST

Sa-turd-ay

Another wonderful night at Moby Dicks. It was a full patio all night. I got asked to sing church songs and Turn the Page by Seger. Ixnay on both of those, especially the church songs...
Posted by Alma on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:20:00 PST

More Utter Disappointment

Ugh. I was almost completed with the training and testing when I flunked a test. I have invested so much time and energy and when that happened the life was just taken out of me. I a...
Posted by Alma on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:08:00 PST