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September 08, 2010
Concerts
Date: 02/04/2010 'An artist with a Key to our City, and our hearts' featuring James Lee Stanley
by Press Release
WHO: James Lee Stanley www.jamesleestanley.com
WHAT: Concert event presented by Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday February 13, 2010
WHERE: Katie’s Cup, 502 7th St., Rockford, IL
WHY: Beachwood Recordings is delighted to announce that James Lee Stanley is back in the studio recording songs for what he describes as his "last" album. We don't know whether to believe him or not, but we can say that the songs are brilliant and as usual, different from his previous CD's. James continues to grow and evolve as an artist and we've heard his live shows are even more entertaining than ever. Expect the new album, "Backstage at the Resurrection" in the fall.
"So where have they been hiding James Lee Stanley? We could say that James Lee Stanley is probably the last great undiscovered singer-songwriter in America. But true as that may be let's say something else, let's say that a diamond has been smuggled into the wasteland…and here is where the wasteland ends" - Tom Robbins, Author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
"It is simple, really. With James Lee you get great songs, great guitar playing, great voice and a gifted comedian as well. You are in for a very entertaining evening." Village Voice
It is only a long lived singer-songwriter career that lets JAMES LEE STANLEY unite the unpredictable creative turns and the eclectic elements that make up his world. His remarkable ability as a vocalist and composer allow him to create songs, each recorded with a finely crafted with guitar orchestrations that enhance the lyric. But a whole new dimension is added when James Lee performs live. These incredible songs, coupled with his outragously hilarious repartee, make for an evening of hilarity and tenderness and one of the most entertaining concerts on the circuit. He has been hailed as one of the few all time greats and undisputed geniuses among singer-songwriters. Fi Magazine listed his FREELANCE HUMAN BEING as one of the finest recordings of 1998 and one of the Top 200 Recordings of all time - FI Magazine March 1999.
JAMES LEE STANLEY, the true renaissance man, was born in Philadelphia, PA, and has been recording and performing since he was fourteen. He has toured consistently since he returned from the USAF (as a Chinese linguist) and has performed up to three hundred dates a year since then, with such diverse acts as BONNIE RAITT, ROBIN WILLIAMS, NICOLETTE LARSON and even BILL COSBY. STEVEN WRIGHT chose James Lee as his opening act for three years in a row; a testament to his professionalism and talent.
ATTENDEE INFO: Tickets are $12, advance, $15, door
Advance tickets available at the Rockford Area Arts Council, 713 E. State 815 963-6765; both of The Postal Shoppe locations, in the Edgebrook Center, 815 397-7301 and 2205 S. Perryville, 815 484-0940; The Kilt & Clover, 1414 N. Main, 815 962-5458; and JustGoods, 201 7th St, 815 965-8903. Tickets for this show also available at Katie’s Cup 815 986-0628. Tickets can be ordered with credit card ONLY via PayPal, ($1/ticket service charge), at www.charlotteswebofrockford.org. Print your receipt and present it at the door; we'll have your tickets for you.
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