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Name:
Jaime Rolando Castillo
Birthday:
November 19
Hometown:
Green Acres, TX
Height:
5 feet 11 inches
Hair
Color: Black
Eye
Color: Brown
Heritage:
6th Generation Texan
First
Performance:
Playing the cow bell for Little Joe y La Familia when he was
four years old.
First
Song He Wrote: "I believe in Magic" when he was
six. A Disco tune - Yikes!!!
Earliest
Music Memory: Standing up next to his mom in the front seat
of their Cutlas Supreme singing "Rhinestone Cowboy"
when he was 3. So much for car seats.
Stage
Experience: Has served as the frontman and rhythm guitarist
for several successful South Texas bands with over fourteen
years on stage.
On
Songwriting: Has written over a thousand songs over the
years in both English and Spanish and in different genres.
Has had regional cuts by artists in Texas and Mexico.
Education:
A B.S. in Civil Engineering, a M.S. in Environmental Engineering
and a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering. He is a proud alumni of the
University of Texas at Austin.
Current
Employment: President/CEO of Castillo Global Technologies,
an engineering firm that is the parent company for several other
companies...
Hobbies:
Cooking, kickboxing, jogging, playing golf, playing rugby,
playing softball, playing with his Playstation 2 and singing and
songwriting.
Favorite
Colors: Navy Blue and Burnt Orange
Favorite
Book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand |
Favorite
Movies:
Casablanca, It's A Wonderful Life and Urban Cowboy
Favorite
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, John Travolta and
Tom Hanks
Favorite
Food: Cajun and Mexican
Favorite
Fast Foods: Cheese Steak Sandwich from Texadelphia, Monster
Burrito from Freebirds and The Ultimate Cheeseburger from
Jack-in-The-Box
Favorite
Sports Team: The Texas Longhorns
Favorite
Athlete: Vince Young, The University of Texas Multi-Threat
QB.
Favorite
Holiday: Thanksgiving - Food & Football
Favorite
Song: "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack
Musical
Influences: George Strait, Keith Whitley, Garth Brooks, John
Cougar Mellancamp, U2, Sting, Santana, Buddy Holly, Bon Jovi,
Alabama, Trisha Yearwood, Frank Sinatra, KISS, Reba, Aerosmith
and Tim McGraw
Songwriting
Influences: Willie Nelson, Dean Dillion, Kostas, Billy Joel,
Jimmy Webb, Alan Jackson, Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Byron Hill,
John Arthur Martinez, Lionel Richie, Harlan Howard, Diane Warren, Steve Warner and
Brad Paisley
Musical
Aspirations: To write and record songs that people will fall
in love to and say goodbye to, songs that will make them hurt
and heal, and to write and record songs that will make them
remember yesterday. |
