I was Born, Which Came as No surprise to my Mother, In 1948.I grew up very poor__If I hadn't been born a Boy I would not have had anything to play with. I shined shoes at age 12 to buy my first set of Drum's. Played drum's while in the Army and hit the road with various R&B bands in 1970, By 1973 I stopped the music business to try my luck at working Comedy-Magic. Along this long and slow moving dream, I have been blessed with many teachers. At age 17, I was given 2 weeks of drum clinic's by Barrett Deems...He was Louie Armstrong's drummer and Louie once said of Barrett "The Man Can Make Coffee Nervous." There are 2 video's of Barrett one he is playing a Chair and the other he is Playing at the age of 81 with Arvell Shaw, He played up and until 3 days before he died at age 85 with all the power and speed of a young man... There have been many teachers along the way.I've been in this SHOW BUSINESS Program in one form or another since I was a Child...I've been a DRUMMER, A Circus Clown, a Night Club Comic,Now for the past 21 years performing as a Comic-Magician in Europe. 40 years on the road and 30 country's later I'm Still at it...I'm now semi-retired and only tour 4 months out of each year...For the past 6 years I've been living in Thailand were I can relax and work on new ideas... If my wealth were measured by the Number of Great Artist and Great Teacher's I've met along the way then I would have to be one of the RICHEST MEN WALKING THE PLANET TODAY. You will see many of them in my slideshow (CLICK MY BIZ-CARD LOWER DOWN THE SCREEN TO SEE AND HEAR MY SLIDE-SHOW) and you can read about them if you take the time to read my BLOGS. Yes__ It's True I'm still single__But I keep hopeing I will meet that one really special Woman__One that Hopefully will NOT PRESS CHARGES!!! A Little More About me___I know it's just me ___Me __ME!___isn't it!___ISN'T IT!!! I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Albanian refugees. I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike drum playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with ease, and I cook Thirty- Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in France,Norway and Scotland. Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single- handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass Tuba, and have been scouted by the best theaters in the world and I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my backyard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, I repair computers free of charge. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. Last summer I toured Germany with a traveling centrifugal-force-Ginzoo Knife demonstration. I am an excellent golfer,Except when I come to that little windmill.Animals trust me. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Spain, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery,and got free buns and bread rolls for a month. The laws of physics do not apply to me. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a Cheese Grater and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have performed open-heart surgery on myself using only a mirror and a small swiss army knife, and I have performed my magic show for Billy Joe Shaver and Willie Nelson and many other big name stars.... But I have not yet learned to juggle....Here are just a few of the Many great artist I've been blessed to have known. ..
PLEASE LET THE VIDEO'S PLAY THRU ONCE THEN PLAY THEM AGAIN. Piccards Cup Routine
Add to My Profile | More Videos My original Single Cup routine
Piccards Monte Live
Add to My Profile | More Videos My original 3-Card Monte routine
Piccard's Silver Transfer
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Add to My Profile | More Videos Piccard's Silver Transfer Coin Magic
Piccards Slydini Silks
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Add to My Profile | More Videos On the streets of Singapore
Smoke Smoke That Cigerette
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Add to My Profile | More Videos Vintage Performance in Australia back in the 80's.Piccard's Performs the Matrix Coins
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Add to My Profile | More Videos Late one night in a club in Oz.Piccard's Rope routine
Add to My Profile | More VideosBarrett Deems My Drum Teacher
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Add to My Profile | More Videos Here's Barrett Playing a chair 1951.
PLEASE NOTE: I have about 14 Video's Posted ,but you will have to click the VIDEO link under my MAIN Photo at the top left of this page to view them all...You will find some RARE footage of Slydini my friend and teacher there too. Here's a Photo of my Clown Teacher and Former Partner MARK TONY' ANTHONY JUST CLICK THIS PHOTO OF TONY' TO VISIT Pat Cashin's Clown Alley SITE. To learn more about many of the World's Greatest clowns..Mark Passed away in 1990, The World lost a Great Artist and I lost a dear friend.