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09/15 Monday

7:00 PM Leland Sundries/Dan Kaplan

7pm Leland Sundries

Leland Sundries is the musical project/band of Nick Loss-Eaton. He bridges the biting blues of Michael Bloomfield, the sardonic humor of Cracker or Todd Snider and the plaintive, plain spoken, situational songwriting of Greg Brown. Whether trying to find Memphis with an ex-GI, touting the skills of his Holiday Inn country band or sitting in a cabin alone, the songs evoke specific characters and scenes. Loss-Eaton's harmonica playing ranges from a Big Walter Horton wail to playful Charlie McCoy gallup but is all his own. Nick has played casually with Corey Harris, Monster Mike Welch, Adam Gussow (of Satan & Adam), Stefan Zeniuk and The Shadow Boys (now known as Ladyfingers). He is planning an EP to be self-released for fall 2008. The band has played at Mo Pitkin's, The Living Room, Trash Bar, Kenny's Castaways and Parkside Lounge in New York City. Reach Leland Sundries at lelandsundries AT gmail DOT com.

http://www.myspace.com/lelandsundries

8:30 Dan Kaplan

In a small town outside of New York City, Dan Kaplan wrote his first song at age 3. When he turned 15, he picked up his first guitar and started learning from the nomenclature of the blues and traditional American folk music songs from Bob Dylan and the Beatles, and guitar greats like Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry. Music quickly became an obsession and has been ever since.

Throughout high school, Dan fronted several different bands playing classic rock covers and developing as a live performer. "I remember the feeling just before a show," he recalls, "that nervous energy that makes your stomach turn. But I also remember that raw energy when the first note hits...everything else disappears."

Soon after high school, it became clear that writing and performing his own songs was his true passion. He jokingly admits, "songwriting was kind of like a disease. And now that I have it, it just keeps getting worse...Somedays, I can't stop writing for even one second."

While attending Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, Dan played with indie band Autos and Airplanes, acclaimed alt-country rockers The Still, and was involved with diverse projects recording and producing. Now with the release of his second EP Stranger Land, he's taking up the reigns again fronting his own band, playing original songs from his extensive catalogue.

http://www.myspace.com/dankaplan

10:00 PM The Fringe

Over Thirty Years of playing every Monday!

whoaah that's a long time, I guess telepathy is normal after that long.

John Lockwood
Bob Gullotti
George Garzone