PHIL LEE with SEVERIN BROWNE as the Opening act 12/11/09 Friday Night

Phil Lee was a surprise to me. If you weren't there, you missed his Altadena stop on his official "I Saw Him Before He Died" Tour. I have never seen him before, and I am now officially a fan. What a fun, rocking, poignant, irreverent Americana / Roots performer.



His new CD, "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You," hit # 1 on the Euro-Americana radio chart and #4 on FAR (freeform American roots) radio chart.

You can visit his website HERE.

Associated Press describes Lee as "combining the social conscience of Woody Guthrie with the twisted fury of Jerry Lee Lewis." Singing with no apologies -- and certainly no regrets -- Lee moves seamlessly from the gut-bucket blues of "Jemima James" to the poignant Beatles-influenced "We Cannot Be Friends Anymore." And the Nashville Scene said if there were a Music City Mount Rushmore "to save the fourth head for Phil Lee," the other heads being John Prine, Guy Clark and Lucinda Williams. That's sure good company for the singer-songwriter based in Nashville.

Lee's music is "irreverent, ragged and beautiful in its simplicity." Lee crafts songs that are home to a cast of social misfits, outcasts, petty criminals and people living on the fringe. When music journalist Peter Cooper at the Nashville Tennesean wrote that Lee is the "Don Rickles of disenfranchised Nashwang," he captures somewhat the essence of Lee. Truly, Lee is a man who has lived much of the colorful life about which he writes and sings.

Plus....SEVERIN BROWNE....“When Severin Browne makes music, the room comes alive. His excellent musicianship are exciting and infectious. You will be brought to the heights of joy and back again to take an inward journey. The music delights and amazes, gratifies and surprises. His banter will keep you laughing, the music will make you soar, and by the end of their performance, you will have grown.




You can visit Severin's website HERE.