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Lisa Watson
was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, and has performed as the lead singer in various musical groups throughout her
career. She is currently the lead vocalist for the variety band, Lisa Watson and Pure Platinum and a frequent guest performer
at the Sopchoppy Opry. Lisa and her accompanist, Jim Wells, perform at various community events and private functions throughout
North Florida and South Georgia and are frequent guest performers at the Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, GA. Lisa
loves Community Theater and has performed at the Quincy Music Theatre, Tallahassee Little Theater, Theater Southeast, Theatre
A La Carte and the FSU School of Theatre. In 2007, she won the award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Vicki in
Theatre A La Carte’s production of The Full Monty. Her most recent appearance was her role as Jack’s mother in
the FSU School of Theatre’s production of “Into The Woods”. Her project this year is to record her original
inspirational songs. At FSU, she studied voice with Gayle Seaton. During the day, Lisa is the Judicial Assistant to Judge
William A. Van Nortwick, Jr. at Florida's First District Court of Appeals.
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Mike Boukas made his first onstage debut at the age of 18 as
a singer with his first band, Probe. From there, he went on to tour the country with the Serendipity Singers, including a
performance before thousands at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California. He has performed with several local bands such as Fat
City, Full Circle, Golddust, Spotlight, Molly Lynne and has been the guitarist/vocalist for local party band Bandage for many
years. Mike brings all of this experience and talent to Pure Platinum where he plays bass guitar and sings lead and backup
vocals.
Jimbo Smith has lived in South Georgia
and performed as a professional musician for most of his adult life. In addition to his lead guitar and vocals duties with
Pure Platinum, Jimbo has performed every Thursday in the Trophy Room at Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, GA for
the past 7 years. He is also a frequent performer at Richard's Evening Grille in Thomasville, GA. Before joining Pure Platinum,
Jimbo was lead guitarist for the Tallahassee based party band Twilight for many years.
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Bobby Jett began his musical career playing trumpet in 5th
grade and continued playing throughout High school. He was chosen for several All-City Bands and played ride trumpet in his
Jr. High Jazz Band. In High School, he began playing keyboards and guitar in several “garage” bands. When one
of those bands needed a drummer he jumped on his brother’s small drumset and began drumming. He continued playing drums
for the next 33 years. Bobby is a veteran of the local Tallahassee music scene, playing with bands such as Wakulla Station,
Fandango and the Main Event variety band for the past 27 years. He brings this skill and experience with him to Pure Platinum
where, in addition to playing drums, he sings lead and backup vocals.
Jimmy
Wells was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, and has been playing
the piano since the age of 4. Jimmy has performed extensively in the Alexandria, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans areas of Louisiana
as well as in Tampa, FL and prior to forming Pure Platinum was the keyboardist for Tallahassee, FL based Golddust Band and
the Tallahassee, FL variety band, The Main Event. He was also the assistant music director and pianist at Unity of Tallahassee
from 2001 until 2005. In addition to his current piano, keyboard and background vocal duties with Pure Platinum, he is
a frequent guest performer at the Sopchoppy Opry, located in Sopchoppy, FL. He is also the house pianist at the Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, GA and performs many
private events for its members.
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