Tuesday, November 14 2006
CAO Cigars has just announced that Frank Vincent will be making a guest appearance at their CAO 'Ultra Booth' during the upcoming Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke New York, to be held November 21, at the Marriott Marquis. Portraying "Phil Leotardo" on the HBO hit series, "The Sopranos®," Frank is also renowned for his epic performances in such legendary films as "Raging Bull," "Goodfellas," and "Casino." Mr. Vincent also recently released his book, A Guy's Guide to Being A Man's Man.
To celebrate Frank's appearance, CAO will be featuring the highly-acclaimed CAO The SopranosSM Edition Cigar during both sessions of the year's last Big Smoke event! Don't miss this opportunity to meet 'The Sopranos' very own Frank Vincent and enjoy CAO's very own 'CAO The SopranosSM Edition' Cigar (rated one of "The Top 25 Cigars of 2005" by Cigar Aficionado)!
Here's a little background on Mr. Vincent's illustrious career as seen on his bio page at www.FrankVincent.com:
Actor, musician, comedian, writer, producer, Frank Vincent was born in North Adams, Massachusetts of first generation Italian-Americans and raised in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Frank's father, an amateur actor introduced him to show business at an early age. He played piano, trumpet and drums but soon his love for the drums took center stage.
He spent his adolescence playing and traveling with various national championship drum and bugle corps. This passion evolved into playing in small combos at various nightclubs. He then met record producer Bill Ramal who became his musical mentor. In time he became a successful recording drummer for such prominent names as Don Costa, Paul Anka, Del Shannon, Trini Lopez and the Belmonts. He found himself playing 5-6 nights a week and recording 3-4 days a week. His insatiable desire for performing soon came to the fore and his drum playing became secondary. At this pace, he developed a stage personality and learned the meaning of comedic timing and discipline which would soon lend itself to his acting career.
In 1975 Vincent made his feature film acting debut in Ralph DeVito's Death Collector. Martin Scorsese saw his work and cast him in the 1980 Academy Award nominated film of the decade, Raging Bull. From that point until the present day, Frank has appeared in numerous television shows, music videos and over fifty films.
To learn more about Frank Vincent, please visit FrankVincent.com. For Big Smoke ticket information, please visit CigarAficionado.com.
