{"id":12513,"date":"2012-04-04T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T01:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=12513"},"modified":"2012-04-04T21:59:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T01:59:38","slug":"leave-a-lasting-mark-soul-benefit-the-bitter-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/leave-a-lasting-mark-soul-benefit-the-bitter-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave a Lasting Mark Soul Benefit The Bitter End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Leave a Lasting Mark\" href=\"http:\/\/leavealastingmark.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leave a Lasting Mark<\/a> is a benefit concert series conceived and produced by Sam Teichman. We\u2019ve been to a number of them, but have sadly missed some of the more spectacular ones (or so a number of people have told us). Our very first one was a Soul Revue (just like last night) 14 months ago. You can <a title=\"Soul Revue Benefit at The Bitter End\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/25\/soul-revue-benefit-at-the-bitter-end\/\" target=\"_blank\">read about it<\/a>, though it\u2019s super long, as this one is likely to be as well. This one was also held at <a title=\"The Bitter End\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bitterend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bitter End<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichmanMC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"SamTeichmanMC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichmanMC_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SamTeichmanMC\" width=\"97\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead of expecting you to read that long post, let me just pull out a single paragraph that I wrote about Sam right up front:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>First and foremost, I need to bow to Sam Teichman (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/samteichman\">@samteichman<\/a> on Twitter) as deeply and humbly as I can. Sam is a perfect example of one person, single-mindedly focused on getting something done and achieving that goal (actually, exceeding it). On November 4th, 2010, Sam sat next to me at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockwoodmusichall.com\/\">Rockwood Music Hall<\/a> as we enjoyed sets by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/jesserubenmusic\">Jesse Ruben<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highceilingsmusic.com\/\">Alex Wong<\/a>. Even on that night, Sam was doing for others, as I noted across three paragraphs toward the end of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/05\/alex-wong-and-jesse-ruben-at-rockwood-music-hall\/\">post about that show<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I highly encourage you to read the next two paragraph from that post, but I\u2019ll leave it to you to click through if you\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichman1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"SamTeichman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichman_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"SamTeichman\" width=\"115\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These benefit shows are really important to attend (in particular if you\u2019re a music lover) for a number of reasons. First, you\u2019re contributing to charity (100% of the entrance price goes to whatever charity is being supported at that show). Last night\u2019s charity was <a title=\"Foundation Fighting Blindness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blindness.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation Fighting Blindness<\/a>, specifically targeted for their <a title=\"Vision Walk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fightblindness.org\/site\/PageNavigator\/VisionWalk_Homepage\" target=\"_blank\">Vision Walk<\/a> 2012 initiative later this month. Seems like a good enough reason to attend the show.<\/p>\n<p>Second, you have an opportunity to discover local musicians that you otherwise might never hear about. Every one of them donates their time to perform in these shows. Sam does a great job of <em>paying them<\/em> by constantly reminding the audience that they create their own music (often inspired by the people they\u2019re covering at these shows!) and that we should all make it our business to follow up and check out their own sites and music.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s been true for me, starting back at my first Leave a Lasting Mark (LALM) show and solidly continuing last night. I\u2019m going to follow the format I used for that first Soul Revue. I\u2019ll group all of the sidemen (yes, there was a sidewoman as well) by instrument, first. I\u2019ll skip mentioning the backup singers, because each of them took a turn singing a song on lead. Then I\u2019ll cover each of the lead singers, in the order they appeared.<\/p>\n<p>The real point will be for me to call out a few people I\u2019ve never seen before, some of whom completely blew me away (repeating a trend that\u2019s happened at each of the LALM shows).<\/p>\n<p>Apologies for the varying qualities of the photos. Tons of people on stage, often obscured or very far away. So many of the lead performers were constantly moving, so it was tough to catch them in focus, or with un-passionate expressions. This is the best our little compact camera could do.<\/p>\n<p>The brass section was up for nearly every song (not every person was up on every number that included brass). They performed yeoman duty and I imagine most are resting their lips and lungs today.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ian Schaefer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icstrumpet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Schaefer<\/a> on trumpet, <a title=\"Mitch Marcus\" href=\"http:\/\/mitchmarcusmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Marcus<\/a> on sax and clarinet, Chris Hiatt on sax (@chrishiatt1, no good individual link), John Liotta on sax (also no good link), <a title=\"Steven Salcedo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/chicosalcedo\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Salcedo<\/a> on sax.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanCarletonSchaefer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IanCarletonSchaefer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanCarletonSchaefer_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IanCarletonSchaefer\" width=\"143\" height=\"228\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MitchMarcus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MitchMarcus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MitchMarcus_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MitchMarcus\" width=\"141\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ChrisHiatt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ChrisHiatt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ChrisHiatt_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ChrisHiatt\" width=\"126\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JohnLiotta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JohnLiotta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JohnLiotta_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JohnLiotta\" width=\"101\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StevenSalcedo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"StevenSalcedo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StevenSalcedo_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"StevenSalcedo\" width=\"126\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ian took a number of trumpet leads (in particular on I Just Want to Make Love to You and This Little Light) that were awesome. We typically see John Liotta light up a baritone sax with the <a title=\"Greg Mayo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gregmayo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Mayo<\/a> band. Last night he lit up a tenor sax equally well. Mitch, Chris and Steven were amazing too, in any combination that happened to be on stage for a given song.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanSchaeferTrumpet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IanSchaeferTrumpet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanSchaeferTrumpet_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IanSchaeferTrumpet\" width=\"152\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanSchaeferChrisHiattJohnLiotta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IanSchaeferChrisHiattJohnLiotta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanSchaeferChrisHiattJohnLiotta_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IanSchaeferChrisHiattJohnLiotta\" width=\"240\" height=\"196\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MitchMarcusClarinet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MitchMarcusClarinet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MitchMarcusClarinet_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MitchMarcusClarinet\" width=\"127\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Stern joined for one number, late in the show, on the flute (I couldn\u2019t find a good link). Delightful! She\u2019s (possibly) the only person who didn\u2019t make it on to the program. She stood with the brass section. This was our first time seeing Sarah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SarahSternFlute.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"SarahSternFlute\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SarahSternFlute_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SarahSternFlute\" width=\"127\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bass players: <a title=\"Chris Kelly\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/ckellybass\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Kelly<\/a>, <a title=\"Justin Goldner\" href=\"http:\/\/subdiversity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Goldner<\/a>, <a title=\"James Preston\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/peanutbutterpreston\" target=\"_blank\">James Preston<\/a> (how can you not fall in love with someone whose middle name is <strong>Peanutbutter<\/strong>?), <a title=\"Jeff Litman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jefflitmanmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Litman<\/a> and <a title=\"Sean Murphy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seanmurphybass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Murphy<\/a>. We\u2019ve seen Chris, Justin and Jeff many times (they\u2019re always great). In fact, we discovered Jeff at that first Soul Revue, and Chris and Justin at a LALM benefit featuring the songs of James Taylor and Carole King. This was our first time seeing James and Sean, probably not our last.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ChrisKelly.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ChrisKelly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ChrisKelly_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ChrisKelly\" width=\"153\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JustinGoldner.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JustinGoldner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JustinGoldner_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JustinGoldner\" width=\"109\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JamesPreston.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JamesPreston\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JamesPreston_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JamesPreston\" width=\"143\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeffLitman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JeffLitman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeffLitman_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JeffLitman\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SeanMurphy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"SeanMurphy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SeanMurphy_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SeanMurphy\" width=\"133\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One more of James Peanutbutter Preston:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JamesPrestonBass.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JamesPrestonBass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JamesPrestonBass_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JamesPrestonBass\" width=\"133\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first time I saw Jeff I really liked his bass play. But, it was after reading one of his blogs that I really started paying attention to him as a person, then discovered that he\u2019s an excellent singer\/songwriter and musician (guitar is his primary instrument for his own brand of rock). He just released a new CD, <a title=\"Outside, by Jeff Litman\" href=\"http:\/\/jefflitman.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Outside, get it<\/a>, and get his previous one, Postscript.<\/p>\n<p>I note how I discovered Jeff because he just put up <a title=\"The Perils of Pay What You Wish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jefflitmanmusic.com\/home\/2012\/4\/3\/the-perils-of-pay-what-you-wish-confessions-of-a-former-met.html\" target=\"_blank\">a new blog post this morning<\/a> (or at least tweeted about it today) and it\u2019s another amazing piece. So well considered and written. I learn from Jeff, both in his writing and in his music. Both Lois and I agree 100% with Jeff\u2019s thesis in this post (at least with regards to the part about the MET, the music can be a little more nuanced IMHO).<\/p>\n<p>Drummers: <a title=\"Justin Hofmann\" href=\"http:\/\/justinhofmann.com\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Hofmann<\/a>, <a title=\"Stephen Chopek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sodacansodacan.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Chopek<\/a>, <a title=\"Alex Cohen\" href=\"http:\/\/alexcohendrums.com\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Cohen<\/a>, <a title=\"Mason Ingram\" href=\"http:\/\/www.masoningram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Ingram<\/a> and Matt Arbeiter (still no good link). Justin and Alex were new to us (both excellent). Stephen always delivers, as do Mason and Matt. Matt is another that we first discovered at a LALM show (the James Taylor \/ Carole King one).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JustinHofmann.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JustinHofmann\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JustinHofmann_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JustinHofmann\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StephenChopekDrums.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"StephenChopekDrums\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StephenChopekDrums_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"StephenChopekDrums\" width=\"141\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AlexCohen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AlexCohen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AlexCohen_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AlexCohen\" width=\"183\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MasonIngram.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MasonIngram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MasonIngram_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MasonIngram\" width=\"149\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MattArbeiter.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MattArbeiter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MattArbeiter_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MattArbeiter\" width=\"134\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guitarists: <a title=\"Mark Marshall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/mark.marshall\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Marshall<\/a>, Mike Bell (no good individual link, but here\u2019s a link to a band he\u2019s in, <a title=\"BELT Band\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beltmusic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">BELT Band<\/a>), <a title=\"Jeremiah Birnbaum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jeremiahbirnbaum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremiah Birnbaum<\/a> (also sang lead), <a title=\"Joe Brent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.josephbrent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Brent<\/a>, <a title=\"Hudson Mueller\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/themightyhud\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Mueller<\/a> (also sang co-lead). Mike and Hudson were new to us. We\u2019ve seen Joe once before, but not on guitar. Late in the show, Joe also joined on two numbers playing the fiddle. He\u2019s a major talent, whatever instrument he touches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MarkMarshall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MarkMarshall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MarkMarshall_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MarkMarshall\" width=\"147\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MikeBell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MikeBell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MikeBell_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MikeBell\" width=\"166\" height=\"224\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeremiahBirnbaumGuitar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JeremiahBirnbaumGuitar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeremiahBirnbaumGuitar_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JeremiahBirnbaumGuitar\" width=\"141\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JoeBrentGuitar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JoeBrentGuitar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JoeBrentGuitar_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JoeBrentGuitar\" width=\"166\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HudsonMueller.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"HudsonMueller\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HudsonMueller_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"HudsonMueller\" width=\"142\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JoeBrentFiddle.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JoeBrentFiddle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JoeBrentFiddle_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JoeBrentFiddle\" width=\"170\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keyboards (grand piano and electronic): <a title=\"Megan Cox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meganncox.com\/Site\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Cox<\/a>, <a title=\"Scott Chasolen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottchasolen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Chasolen<\/a>, <a title=\"Nick Semrad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nicksemrad\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Semrad<\/a> (also sang lead), <a title=\"Kenneth Harris\" href=\"http:\/\/kennethaaronharris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Harris<\/a> (also sang lead), <a title=\"Scott Stein\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scottsteinmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Stein<\/a> (also sang lead). A first for us seeing Nick and Kenneth. In addition to playing the keyboards wonderfully on every number, each sang lead from the piano, so more on them later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MeganCoxKeyboards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MeganCoxKeyboards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MeganCoxKeyboards_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MeganCoxKeyboards\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottChasolen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ScottChasolen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottChasolen_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ScottChasolen\" width=\"171\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NickSemradKeyboards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"NickSemradKeyboards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NickSemradKeyboards_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"NickSemradKeyboards\" width=\"169\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/KennethHarrisSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"KennethHarrisSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/KennethHarrisSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"KennethHarrisSinging\" width=\"211\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottSteinKeyboards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ScottSteinKeyboards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottSteinKeyboards_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ScottSteinKeyboards\" width=\"172\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott Chasolen is a great pianist and proved it again last night. He has an excellent voice, but wasn\u2019t one of last night\u2019s leads.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Stein is also great on the keyboards. More on his lead performance below.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen Megan play fiddle, when we first discovered her at the first Soul Revue. This was our first time seeing her on the keyboards (very nice!). I lied above when I said all of the background singers sang lead. Megan sang background but didn\u2019t sing lead. Sam told me this morning that Megan was scheduled to sing lead, but came down with a bad cold and couldn\u2019t do it. What a trooper for playing the keyboards and singing background even though she wasn\u2019t feeling well!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CrystalDurantMeganCoxSingingBackground.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"CrystalDurantMeganCoxSingingBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CrystalDurantMeganCoxSingingBackground_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"CrystalDurantMeganCoxSingingBackground\" width=\"240\" height=\"158\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One last piece of reporting before moving on to the lead singers. The show was broken up into smaller sets to keep the transitions among musicians to a minimum. Each set had a Musical Director (M.D., as you\u2019ll see below). Here\u2019s is the order that they appeared on stage:<\/p>\n<p>Mark Marshall, Justin Goldner, James Preston, Joe Brent and Scott Stein. Considering that there was only a single, five-hour rehearsal for everyone to come together, each of the M.D.\u2019s deserves a huge round of applause (as do each of the musicians!).<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the divas, both male and female. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile1.png\" alt=\"Winking smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chrissi Poland\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chrissipoland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chrissi Poland<\/a> opened the show. Such a powerful voice. She\u2019s currently <a title=\"Chrissi Poland on PledgeMusic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pledgemusic.com\/projects\/chrissipoland\" target=\"_blank\">raising money to record a new EP<\/a>. Check out Chrissi\u2019s music and help if you like it (and can afford to, obviously).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ChrissiPoland.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ChrissiPoland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ChrissiPoland_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ChrissiPoland\" width=\"97\" height=\"211\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terry Brennan (no good individual link, but he\u2019s in BELT Band with a couple of the other performers from last night!). I\u2019ve seen Terry in the audience at a number of shows, but never knew his name, or that he was a performer himself. His voice was great last night, so now I know and can again count on LALM for introducing me to new talented people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/TerryBrennan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"TerryBrennan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/TerryBrennan_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"TerryBrennan\" width=\"100\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Abby Ahmad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abbyahmad.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Ahmad<\/a> put on yet another passionate performance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AbbyAhmad.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AbbyAhmad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AbbyAhmad_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AbbyAhmad\" width=\"103\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Martin Rivas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/martinrivas\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Rivas<\/a> was the only singer to sing two songs. In addition to killing it with a full band, he returned later to do the only solo, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MartinRivasJustinHofmann.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MartinRivasJustinHofmann\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MartinRivasJustinHofmann_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MartinRivasJustinHofmann\" width=\"191\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MartinRivasAcoustic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MartinRivasAcoustic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MartinRivasAcoustic_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MartinRivasAcoustic\" width=\"204\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stephanie White\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/stephaniewhiteacoustic\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie White<\/a>\u2019s vocals soared above the music. Incredible power with a laser-like precision. Stephanie was supposed to sing another song late in the set. The entire program ran over by 20 minutes, and Stephanie\u2019s second number was an unfortunate casualty, getting cut at the last minute. You can catch Stephanie as part of <a title=\"Philth Harmonic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilthHarmonic\" target=\"_blank\">Philth Harmonic<\/a> (a band she\u2019s in with <a title=\"Robbie LaFalce\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/robbiesongs\" target=\"_blank\">Robbie LaFalce<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StephanieWhite.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"StephanieWhite\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StephanieWhite_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"StephanieWhite\" width=\"127\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crystal Durant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/djcrystalclear6\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Durant<\/a> is another person we discovered at a LALM show (The Blues Bothers tribute). What a wonderful voice, both lead and background vocals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CrystalDurant.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"CrystalDurant\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CrystalDurant_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"CrystalDurant\" width=\"98\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jared Saltiel\" href=\"http:\/\/jaredsaltielmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jared Saltiel<\/a> was another first for us. He was impressive, but I\u2019m actually liking the music on his site even more, so click the link and check him out. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JaredSaltiel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JaredSaltiel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JaredSaltiel_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JaredSaltiel\" width=\"160\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Eva Alexander\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Eva-Alexander\/155336561162691\" target=\"_blank\">Eva Alexander<\/a> was also new for us. We were both extremely impressed with her voice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/EvaAlexander.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"EvaAlexander\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/EvaAlexander_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"EvaAlexander\" width=\"103\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Abby Payne\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/abbypaynesongs\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Payne<\/a> is someone we\u2019re very familiar with. In fact, I\u2019ve written (glowingly) about her a number of times in the past few weeks. So, you\u2019d think she couldn\u2019t really surprise me, especially in an extremely positive way. <strong>Wrong<\/strong>. Backtracking for a bit. Abby is yet another performer that we discovered at the first Soul Revue. Here\u2019s what I wrote about her lead singing that night:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Abby Payne did a very nice job (yes, the same Abby who nailed the piano parts!). The only issue is that it took Abby a bit to crank up the volume on her voice, which was necessary because she (and all of them) were competing with tons of instruments and other vocalists. Abby had an all-male backup singing contingent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note that my only complaint was that her voice didn\u2019t soar above the music. Holy moly, last night Abby delivered all of the power, passion and clarity you could want in a voice that was clearly soaring above a stage full of awesome musicians. I was already a big Abby fan, but it seems that my fandom can grow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AbbyPayne.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AbbyPayne\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AbbyPayne_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AbbyPayne\" width=\"75\" height=\"208\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of being a fan of Abby, <strong>please<\/strong> <a title=\"Abby Payne on Kickstarter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/abbypayne\/the-gunfighter-meets-his-match-abby-payne-rides-ag?ref=live\" target=\"_blank\">help her make a new CD<\/a> (pretty please?). Nine days left as I write this. I have faith in all of you. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah Birnbaum did a wonderful job on his lead song, in addition to all of his guitar play and background singing throughout the set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeremiahBirnbaum.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JeremiahBirnbaum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeremiahBirnbaum_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JeremiahBirnbaum\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeremiahBirnbaumSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JeremiahBirnbaumSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JeremiahBirnbaumSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JeremiahBirnbaumSinging\" width=\"56\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nick Semrad was new to us. During the set that he played keyboards, he also sang lead on one song, very impressively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NickSemradSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"NickSemradSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/NickSemradSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"NickSemradSinging\" width=\"192\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ashley Lehmann\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/ashleylehmann\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Lehmann<\/a> sang (Sittin\u2019 On) The Dock of the Bay, perhaps the best known song of the night (though there were a ton of real soul fans, who likely knew every song just as well as this one).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AshleyLehmann.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AshleyLehmann\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AshleyLehmann_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AshleyLehmann\" width=\"146\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dani Tersini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/danitersini\" target=\"_blank\">Dani Tersini<\/a> was awesome, hard to describe it any other way. Also new to us, but won\u2019t be a stranger going forward. Her red dress seemed perfectly appropriate for her song, I Just Want to Make Love to You. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile1.png\" alt=\"Winking smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DaniTersini.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"DaniTersini\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DaniTersini_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"DaniTersini\" width=\"89\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Scott Wolfson\" href=\"http:\/\/scottwolfson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Wolfson<\/a> yet another first for us. I liked his voice a lot, and he did a fine job on his number, but I\u2019m guessing that I\u2019ll like his own shows even more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottWolfson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ScottWolfson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottWolfson_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ScottWolfson\" width=\"181\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Maddy Wyatt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bandofwyatt.com\/word\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maddy Wyatt<\/a> was an extremely nice surprise for me. I was very impressed by her the only other time I\u2019ve seen her, supporting Jeff Litman. That night she sang a ton of harmony (beautifully, but quite mellow) and played the flute (also beautifully). To see her come out and belt out a soul number with the full band was not what I expected. Oh yeah, she also accompanied herself on the acoustic guitar. Very nicely done, both vocals and guitar!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MaddyWyatt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"MaddyWyatt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MaddyWyatt_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MaddyWyatt\" width=\"181\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Akie Bermiss\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/akiebermiss\" target=\"_blank\">Akie Bermiss<\/a> continued the hit parade of firsters who did a marvelous job, with Crystal Durant doing heavy duty harmony with him. Akie is part of a band called <a title=\"Aabaraki\" href=\"http:\/\/aabaraki.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aabaraki<\/a> (who we haven\u2019t seen). You can <a title=\"Aabaraki on Bandcamp\" href=\"http:\/\/aabaraki.bandcamp.com\/album\/aabaraki\" target=\"_blank\">stream and buy their album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AkieBermiss.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AkieBermiss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AkieBermiss_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AkieBermiss\" width=\"151\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Alec Gross\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alecgross.com\/home.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Alec Gross<\/a> has to be put in the same camp as I put Abby Payne earlier. I\u2019m a fan, and I\u2019ve enjoyed his sets before. But, I think of him as a fairly mellow folk singer. Not last night. He lit it up, completely. Very impressed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AlecGross.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AlecGross\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AlecGross_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AlecGross\" width=\"125\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AlecGrossLaughing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AlecGrossLaughing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AlecGrossLaughing_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AlecGrossLaughing\" width=\"136\" height=\"214\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Andy Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/andymac\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Mac<\/a> is someone we\u2019ve seen do one full set before, plus one song at the James Taylor \/ Carole King benefit. He cranked it up a couple of notches last night and really delivered. He also played acoustic guitar, both while singing lead, and supporting Ashley Lehmann.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AndyMac.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"AndyMac\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/AndyMac_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AndyMac\" width=\"139\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bri Arden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Bri-Arden-Music\/108908470972\" target=\"_blank\">Bri Arden<\/a> sang This Little Light. Ha, I fooled you, because I said <em>sang<\/em>, like that\u2019s what Bri did. If you read this space regularly, you know Bri is the subject of a lot of posts. That\u2019s because she\u2019s always awesome. So, it shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise that she took this song and created a soaring vocal masterpiece. Seriously, it is not possible to describe it in words. You\u2019ll have to wait until Sam uploads the individual videos (which he will do) to see a poor reproduction of what we were all treated to live!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BriArden.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"BriArden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BriArden_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"BriArden\" width=\"121\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BriArdenSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"BriArdenSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BriArdenSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"BriArdenSinging\" width=\"149\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JoeBrentBriArden.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JoeBrentBriArden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JoeBrentBriArden_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JoeBrentBriArden\" width=\"233\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above, I showed a picture of Crystal Durant and Megan Cox singing background. That was on Bri\u2019s song. Dani Tersini and Ahsley Lehmann also sang background during this song:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DaniTersiniAshleyLehmannSingingBackground.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"DaniTersiniAshleyLehmannSingingBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DaniTersiniAshleyLehmannSingingBackground_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"DaniTersiniAshleyLehmannSingingBackground\" width=\"240\" height=\"170\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Collazo is another one of our favorites, any time, any place. While there\u2019s no good individual link to him, he\u2019s best known for fronting the incredible band, <a title=\"Live Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/livesociety\" target=\"_blank\">Live Society<\/a>. Brian was extraordinary when he sang lead, as he was on the numbers he sang background. That we couldn\u2019t keep our eyes open to see him sing with Martin Rivas at <a title=\"Slane\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slanenyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slane<\/a> right after this show is something we\u2019ll regret until we get to see him again (soon, I hope!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BrianCollazo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"BrianCollazo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BrianCollazo_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"BrianCollazo\" width=\"119\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BrianCollazoSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"BrianCollazoSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BrianCollazoSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"BrianCollazoSinging\" width=\"116\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian also sang background on a number of songs. On this one, he was part of an all male contingent:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BrianCollazoAkieBermissChrisKellySingingBackground.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"BrianCollazoAkieBermissChrisKellySingingBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/BrianCollazoAkieBermissChrisKellySingingBackground_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"BrianCollazoAkieBermissChrisKellySingingBackground\" width=\"234\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s he was standing in front of the brass section:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanSchaeferBrianCollazoJohnLiotta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IanSchaeferBrianCollazoJohnLiotta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IanSchaeferBrianCollazoJohnLiotta_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IanSchaeferBrianCollazoJohnLiotta\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Harris sang lead on one song, in addition to playing keyboards on one of the <em>mini-sets<\/em>. He was awesome. This was a first time for us seeing him, definitely not the last. By the time he sang lead, he didn\u2019t surprise me. When Brian Collazo sang lead (the song before), Kenneth sang primary harmony with him and he was absolutely amazing on that number. Keeping up with Brian is no small feat, and Kenneth was definitely up to the task.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/KennethHarris.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"KennethHarris\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/KennethHarris_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"KennethHarris\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott Stein came to center stage to sing his lead, after playing keyboards for the remainder of the mini-set. Excellent, on both the keys and on lead vocals!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottSteinSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ScottSteinSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ScottSteinSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ScottSteinSinging\" width=\"239\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Evan Felts\" href=\"http:\/\/evanfelts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Felts<\/a> and Hudson Mueller (of <a title=\"The Gold Magnolias\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thegoldmagnolias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gold Magnolias<\/a>) shared lead vocals, with Evan doing most of the singing. Both new to us, both impressive. Evan did a classic soul dance throughout (a la James Brown himself). He had the crowd completely worked up in a lather. Tons of energy, great vocals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/EvanFelts.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"EvanFelts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/EvanFelts_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"EvanFelts\" width=\"145\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HudsonMuellerSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"HudsonMuellerSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/HudsonMuellerSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"HudsonMuellerSinging\" width=\"125\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grace McLean\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gracemclean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grace McLean<\/a> was the final <em>newcomer<\/em> to us. Grace performed perhaps the second most famous song (to me at least), Chain of Fools. Let\u2019s see if I can be succinct in describing her: <strong>Wow<\/strong>! (OK, that was succinct, but not sufficient, how about: <strong>Holy Wow, Unreal<\/strong>!, yes, that\u2019s better).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GraceMcLean.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"GraceMcLean\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GraceMcLean_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"GraceMcLean\" width=\"83\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GraceMcLeanSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"GraceMcLeanSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GraceMcLeanSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"GraceMcLeanSinging\" width=\"96\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Closing out the show was someone who we also discovered during that first LALM Soul Revue. He blew us away that night, and topped it last night. He had a gig of his own earlier that evening and rushed over to close out this one.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jay Stolar\" href=\"http:\/\/songwritingwithjay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Stolar<\/a> stolar\u2019ed the show (ba dum chi!). What a voice, what stage presence and delivery. In addition to singing his <em>you-know-what<\/em> off, he put on a show. He climbed on a table, got everyone to get up and shake it, dropped to the floor (as did a few of the performers) and generally got the blood rushing everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JayStolar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JayStolar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JayStolar_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JayStolar\" width=\"240\" height=\"210\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JayStolarSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"JayStolarSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/JayStolarSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"JayStolarSinging\" width=\"220\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For that last song, Sam was up on stage, first playing the tambourine in the back (his signature) but then coming forward to sing background, sharing the mic with Dani Tersini.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichmanTambourine.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"SamTeichmanTambourine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichmanTambourine_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SamTeichmanTambourine\" width=\"109\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichmanSinging.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"SamTeichmanSinging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/SamTeichmanSinging_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SamTeichmanSinging\" width=\"133\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Martin\u2019s second number, roughly halfway through the show, Sam introduced a representative from Foundation Fighting Blindness. I won\u2019t get her name right, so I won\u2019t attempt it. She described the work they do and the Vision Walk, and invited all of us to learn more about it, and join on the walk on April 21st.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FoundationFightingBlindnessRepresentative.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"FoundationFightingBlindnessRepresentative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FoundationFightingBlindnessRepresentative_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"FoundationFightingBlindnessRepresentative\" width=\"226\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whew, made it to the end (that comment was for me, not you!). <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile1.png\" alt=\"Winking smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some closing notes and a treat!<\/p>\n<p>When we were waiting for the doors to open, four German tourists came up to ask if we on line for the club next door. We told them what we were there to see. The guy in front of us in line went into a hard sales pitch to get them to join us. They seemed interested, but left to grab a bite, saying they might return.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, they got there in time for the start of the show. Both of us noticed them having a blast throughout, whooping louder than most people at the more feverish parts. Glad they believed us and joined. Even gladder they enjoyed it! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I noted up front, in addition to the artists donating their time, it\u2019s also a showcase for them to be discovered. Sam does an amazing job of not only promoting them during the show, but of ensuring that they\u2019re easy to find online. Sam had a two-page handout which listed every performer (except for Sarah Stern). You can find out what bands they play in, what site they\u2019re at, what their Twitter handle is, etc. Here are both pages of the program:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ProgramPage1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ProgramPage1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ProgramPage1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ProgramPage1\" width=\"171\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ProgramPage2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"ProgramPage2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ProgramPage2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ProgramPage2\" width=\"161\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the set list (remember, they had to cut Stephanie White\u2019s second song):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PersonalizedSetList.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"PersonalizedSetList\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/PersonalizedSetList_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"PersonalizedSetList\" width=\"167\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the treat. Sam cut a short highlight reel. It\u2019s great and will give you a good sense of <em>some<\/em> of the performers, but you simply have to trust me on two points: 1) Many of the ones that didn\u2019t make this reel were <strong>awesome<\/strong> and 2) no video will <strong>ever<\/strong> sound and feel like the live version does! Sam will also be uploading a longer highlight reel, which will have at least a bit of every single song in it, so keep checking <a title=\"Sam Teichman's YouTube Channel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SamTeichman926\" target=\"_blank\">his YouTube channel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:998351e4-7226-4c84-bfc7-31fd214f181c\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/v45GgaTNC8w?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" \/><embed width=\"448\" height=\"252\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/v45GgaTNC8w?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 448px; clear: both; font-size: .8em;\">Leave a Lasting Mark Highlights from April 3rd, 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As always, we were surrounded by friends, some of whom Lois captured:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IrisRachel1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IrisRachel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IrisRachel_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"IrisRachel\" width=\"240\" height=\"134\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/RachelAliceAndMoms.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"RachelAliceAndMoms\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/RachelAliceAndMoms_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"RachelAliceAndMoms\" width=\"240\" height=\"111\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StephenChopekHadar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"StephenChopekHadar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/StephenChopekHadar_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"StephenChopekHadar\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave a Lasting Mark is a benefit concert series conceived and produced by Sam Teichman. We\u2019ve been to a number of them, but have sadly missed some of the more spectacular ones (or so a number of people have told us). Our very first one was a Soul Revue (just like last night) 14 months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[1186,941,1298,1064,1306,896,914,947,925,1311,1048,728,1052,1304,1297,1301,998,1309,1302,1139,908,965,1258,1138,988,1307,1300,986,1102,1043,513,1131,993,1059,1310,1058,1367,1303,830,1312,889,966,1305,1308,1053,817,1287,1299,804,1313],"class_list":["post-12513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-2","tag-abby-ahmad","tag-abby-payne","tag-akie-bermiss","tag-alec-gross","tag-alex-cohen","tag-andy-mac","tag-ashley-lehmann","tag-bri-arden","tag-brian-collazo","tag-chris-hiatt","tag-chris-kelly","tag-chrissi-poland","tag-crystal-durant","tag-dani-tersini","tag-eva-alexander","tag-grace-mclean","tag-ian-schaefer","tag-james-preston","tag-jared-saltiel","tag-jay-stolar","tag-jeff-litman","tag-jeremiah-birnbaum","tag-joe-brent","tag-john-liotta","tag-justin-goldner","tag-justin-hofmann","tag-kenneth-harris","tag-leave-a-lasting-mark","tag-maddy-wyatt","tag-mark-marshall","tag-martin-rivas","tag-mason-ingram","tag-matt-arbeiter","tag-megan-cox","tag-mike-bell","tag-mitch-marcus","tag-music","tag-nick-semrad","tag-sam-teichman","tag-sarah-stern","tag-scott-chasolen","tag-scott-stein","tag-scott-wolfson","tag-sean-murphy","tag-stephanie-white","tag-stephen-chopek","tag-steven-salcedo","tag-terry-brennan","tag-the-bitter-end","tag-the-gold-magnolias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12516,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513\/revisions\/12516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}