PHOTO GALLERY - BANDS AND ARTISTS

EXCALIBUR - Manny Castillo - vocals / Phillip Van Cleave - guitar (later Rob Johnstone) / Skip Broyles - bass (later Sam Davis) / Dan Dreeban - drums / Richard Chancellor - keys (later Phil Miller) (Contributed by Danny Cowan) Danny writes: "I was also the guitarist in Excalibur for a good while, I was the only guitarist for awhile and then the original cat came back and the group had two guitar players. Dan Dreeban and myself layed down some powerful mojo. I added some blues funk into their Yes type mind set. We did damn good Allman Bros. stuff with excellent keyboards from Phil Miller. I still have a tape from a high school gig."

(Contributed by Steve Wisnoski) SW adds: "When I played with Excaliber and Razz we used to do some shows with different groups, Heyoka, Nitzinger, Navasota."

Manny Castillo writes: "THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF ‘EXCALIBUR” ARE PICTURED IN THE ENCLOSED TEEN CANTEEN OCTOBER 1971 FLYER. MEMBERS INCLUDED ARE MANNY CASTILLO LEAD VOCALS, DANNY “BOO BOO” DREEBEN ON DRUMS, SKIP BROYLES ON BASS AND VOCALS, RICHARD CHANCELLOR ON KEY BOARDS AND GUITAR AND VOCALS, PHILLIP VAN CLEAVE ON LEAD GUITAR.THIS EXCALIBUR WON 3 CONSECUTIVE BATTLE OF THE BANDS IN THE EARLY 70’S,THE THANKSGIVING,NEW YEARS EVE AND THE 4TH OF JULY.

IN THE ENCLOSED JANUARY 1973 TEEN CANTEEN FLYER “EXCALIBUR” RETURNS WITH NEW MEMBERS PICTURED. MANNY CASTILLO VOCALS, DANNY DREEBEN ON DRUMS, SAMMY DAVIS ON BASS GUITAR, PHIL MILLER ON KEYBOARD, ROB JOHNSTONE ON LEAD GUITAR, JAY WINEGARDNER RHYTHM GUITAR.

MANNY CASTILLO LEAD VOCALIST WENT ON TO HEADLINE FOR OTHER BANDS; “RAZZ” ORIGINAL MEMBERS, “RAMPANT” AND ALSO SAN ANTONIO’S OWN “PARADOX”,CHRISTIAN ROCKERS. IN 1994 HE SANG WITH DIVINE RIGHT, AND IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING WITH “21 BLACK” WHO WON THE SMASHBURGER VIDEO CONTEST AND PERFORMED AT SUNKENGARDENS “JACKFEST” TO OPEN FOR EDDIE MONEY. MANNY IS ALSO SINGING WITH “BURNING CIRCLE’ AND “PARADOX” REFORMED.

Contributed by Manny Castillo