- A Little About Me -

J. Crotteau - Lead Guitar, Lead and Backup Vocals, songwriter, arranger. A Florida transplant by way of Newport Rhode Island, J. began in the late '60s playing guitar and drums in Rock Bands in High School. He continued playing in college and never stopped, having played in Rock, Punk, Surf and Blues bands in Newport Rhode Island, Ventura California, Rockport Maine, Orlando and now, Fort Lauderdale.

In 1987 - 1988, J. co - fronted ' The L.A. Raider Revue' in Ventura California, with keyboardist extraordinaire Mark Byrnes, featuring LA Raiders Henry Lawrence, Shelby Jordan and many others. In 1995, J. co - produced a CD of all - original music in his hometown named ' The One Missing Shoe' . The entire CD was written, arranged, recorded, and engineered by J. and his songwriting partner, John Beebe. They still collaborate to this day, working on their second studio production.

J. feels that playing with ' The Insti-Gators' gives him a way to continue to play rock but age more gracefully. "I don't think many people want to see old geezers playing Hard Rock covers, so I'm really happy to play fun material from the 1960s and 1970s with ' The Insti-Gators' . We're playing the music we grew up with and there aren't many bands out there carrying that torch. And we're working hard to do it really well! We really like playing to audiences our age too!"