July 13th through the 18th ended up being a major work period for us. We had to pull off some major shows in New York. First we were up in Amsterdam, NY (as mentioned in an earlier post) working the Camp and Jam at Perthshire with two of the bands consisting of more than 7 members. To finish that period of work, we went back to our favorite brewery Captain Lawrence to work with upcoming country artist Jessica Lynn. Jessica and the other 7 musicians in her band appeared as part of the NEXT Music Charity Concert Series, a monthly occurrence at the brewery.
On the hottest day of the year Jessica had a full house to play for. We’re talking 105F degrees at 122F heat index! It was the perfect setting for misery to be honest, but Jessica changed that. What an excellent set! Jessica Lynn is ready to be the next big country gal. Her brand of pop country is more honest and moving than Carrie Underwood. Her band has some of our favorite musicians including the incredible talented master of fun Steven Wright-Mark who will be performing on his own show at the brewery this September. Being fans of all kinds of music, we enjoyed working with Jessica and her crew. They are intent on putting together a total performance and it shows well!
Picture duty this month was handled by our great friend Sachyn Mital. Sachyn’s work is outstanding and well known. You can catch it at his website or at PopMatters, a site which he is a contributor. Regular NEXTers are familiar with his work as many of his autographed photos have been raffled off for the charities. We think his work is outstanding and are happy to feature it here:
Chris Bro’s next NEXT Charity Concert Series will be August 15th. It will feature one of our favorite bands The Matt O’Ree Band. The charity is also one that we find quite important. The charity this month is The Traveling Guitar Foundation which supports music education. You can go to allthingsnext.com/concertseries for info. Or stop by the event page on Facebook and let them know you’re coming out for a great night of blues rock and brews.