About Don Colton
Saxophones, Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Entertainer
Don Colton was born in southeastern Iowa. He grew up in a musical family being the third generation to play music. At the age of seven he gave his first public performance singing for a small country church accompanied by his three year old sister and mother on the church piano. Growing up, he performed in his parents band playing locally. During his high school years he also attended the University of Iowa and University of Northern Illinois music programs. There he studied under John Laporta, Col. Arnold Gabrel, Dr Ronald Tyree, Don Edlebrock, Phil Watros, Rodger Pemberton, and others.
At 18 he joined the US Army Band and graduated from the Army School Of Music. He achieved the lead saxophonist chair for The First Calvary Army Band at Fort Hood Texas. In addition to performing he was an arranger and producer for the recruiting show band that was featured with Lou Rawls among other national acts while doing recruting tours.
He has been in the Myrtle Beach area since 1988 where he has been performing and recording with various bands and shows including The Carolina Opry, TKO, a 15 year house band for 2001 , The House Cats, Katie McCrays Show, Nashville To Broadway Show at The All American Music Theater, performed and recorded two CDs with Heart and Soul, a Carolina beach band that received the 2000 Cammys "Best New Artist" award, The Temptaions, The Four Tops, Four Way, The Mighty Mighty MIghty Rack Of Spam, D C Clark And The News Deal, Who Shot J. R. Most reciently he has taken on fronting duties for The Okaysions as well as playing saxophone with the band. He also has his own band Permanent Tourist that has performed locally since 1993. In 1994 he was cast in George Lucas' film Radioland Murders. It was set in the 1930's where he played as lead saxophonist for the radio stations band and shared the set with Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, George Burns, Michael McKean, Christopher Lloyd, Larry Miller, Anita Morris, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Goldthwait, and can even be seen on the cover of the Dvd/ Vcr covers. "It was a real acting stretch but I think I captured the part!"
Don now resides in Myrtle Beach, SC performing anywhere live music can be heard as a solo act in duos and trios and complementing various regional and national bands. You can also catch him with his band Permanent Tourist. He is in constant demand in the surrounding recording studios for some of the Carolinas' Beach Music bands and artists as well as local up and coming bands in pop, R&B, funk, and christian music.
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