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SOME PARTY
“Suburban Roots Music” is the Some Party's best description. Whether laying into a rocking roof shaker or a heart breaking ballad, Some Party delivers an honest “roots rock” sound. In a place where tumbleweeds roll through convenience stores and the sun sets over stucco landscapes arrives a new band of settlers. Carrying only musical instruments and sack filled with songs, they’ve come with a truthful sound and stories to tell. Members of Some Party include Marcus Watkins: Lead Guitar (Mandolin), Miiko Watanabe: Bass, Jeff Mince: Drums, Kaspar Abbo: Lead Vocals (Guitar) and Pat O'Mara: Lead Guitar

PATTY BOOKER
and her band The Hired Hands, became hard-hitting champions of the honky tonk circuit in 1985. Heads began to turn when Patty dug into songs such as Loretta's "You Ain't Woman Enough" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man." After recording her signature song, "Ninety Nine" written by Gary Brandin, she became a well-known name in the LA and Orange County Country music scene. Sharing the billing with artists such as Lucinda Williams, The reverend Horton Heat, and Chris Gaffney, Patty is a Country force to be reckoned with.

MORIS TEPPER
Just back from his tour opening for PJ Harvey, Moris Tepper may be remembered for his roles as guitarist and string sideman for such legendary music luminaries as Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, Frank Black, and Robyn Hitchcock. Moris is an intrinsic part of the unique sounds for which these underground favorites have become legend. Moris has since surfaced as a brilliant and gifted songwriter, each song a shiny model of craft and invention.

ROB LAUFER
Classic American singer/songwriter, a man who’s music shimmers with an open-hearted grace, enveloping smartly introspective lyrics. Laufer has created sublime examples of pure pop on his two self produced albums. While his reedy--but rounded--tenor voice brings to mind singers like Donald Fagen, Roy Orbison and Don Henley, his unique character is striking in its blend of freshness and strange familiarity.

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