Rock & Roll with ATTITUDE


Dan Karcz - Keyboard, Vocals

John Mikuska - Lead Guitar, Vocals

John Rauworth - Base Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

Don Vogt - Drums /Percussion

Excalibur has been around for over 25 years. They have played countless, weddings, clubs and festivals. They perform classic rock hits from the 60's through now including several original hits. Their premier album was released in December 2008. A night with Excalibur generally includes a healthy dose of songs from the Rolling Stones and The Beatles as well as selections by The Who, The Doors, Steppenwolf, BTO, Eric Clapton, Cheap Trick, Grand Funk, Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, and of course, Excalibur.

 

email address: RockandRoll@Excalibur4music.com



Dan Karcz
Keyboards, Vocals


Dan was a founding member of Excalibur over 25 years ago. He performs most of the Rolling Stones numbers Excalibur performs as well as other songs. Dan's on stage movements has earned him the nick name "Mick". Dan also is also responsible for co writing "No Business Being with You". Inside the band, Dan is a highly creative collaborator, and is the one who does all the work of copying the recorded practice sessions to CD for the rest of the band to review. Among Dan's passions are playing & creating music with Excalibur, and movies.

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John Mikuska
Lead Guitar, Vocals


John was a founding member of Excalibur over 25 years ago and has been playing for over 30 yrs. He plays a Fender Stratocaster and a Hummingbird acoustic guitar. John's on-stage actions and sounds has gotten him the nick name "Keith" after one of his biggest influences, Keith Richards. Others are John Lennon of the Beatles and Brian May of Queen. John wrote and sings several of the bands original hits including the popular heavier rock songs "Biker Babes in High Heels" & "Trouble". He also co wrote "No Business Being With You" with Dan Karcz. John exposes his softer side with songs like the sentimental "Because of You" and "Tonight" as well as the reflective "Long Ago". Inside the band John is the one who is most responsible for keeping the band aware of what new songs and sounds are out there.

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John Rauworth
 Bass Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

John has been playing guitar for over 40 years. John was a founding member of Excalibur back in 1976. He left the band a few years later but returned after several years away. In 2004 he moved to Springfield yet could not stay away and commuted each week to practice with the band. John returning to the area permanently in mid 2008 came as welcomed news to the rest of the band. John is a talented musician on the piano, harmonica, lead guitar and the bass guitar he plays in Excalibur. Rau, as he is called by the band, is a creative and insightful songwriter. Rau is reponsible for several of the bands more emotionally moving original songs including , "April Fool"," Just a Little at a Time","Carry On", & "Bluer than Blue". Their sometimes slower tempo and rythmic words hide John's more rocking nature so well displayed in his songs "Around and Down" & the optomistic "Miracles & Dreams" . John's musical influences are The Beatles, The Who, The Animals, Cream, and other groups of the 60's & 70's.

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Don Vogt
Drums / percussion

First introduced to the drums by his father who was a drummer in the big band era, it wasn't until the Beatles landed that Don really grew to love the drums. During the 60's and 70's Don played with a variety of local rock bands and even a Polka band for awhile. During the 1980's to mid 90's he performed with the band Straight-No-Chaser playing everything from Rock to Jazz to Country. He has continued to work with them on some original jazz. He also has worked with the Droogan Project in Bolingbrook. Don's musical diversity and studious love of the drums has added a new dimension to Excalibur's original songs and the band as a whole. Inside the band Don is the driving force not only with his creative steady beats but with his practice toward perfection attitude keeping the band tight.