Chris McCarty, Christie Lenée at Skipper’s Smokehouse
Chris McCarty is Gainesville-based singer-songwriter with an audience-friendly uptempo acoustic-based pop sound - think John Mayer/Jason Mraz/Dave Matthews - seasoned with liberal doses of funk, reggae, jazz and hip-hop. Check out his website at chrismccarty.com.
Also performing is the Christie Lenée Project:. Lenee is a progressive guitarist and conscious singer/songwriter originally From Tampa, FL, Christie Lenée has been living in Philadelphia for the past two years, reaching a wide audience between solo tours and special band events. An artist of musical mastery, Christie has been seen many times performing with Tim Reynolds (guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band and TR3), and just released a new EP featuring Jeff Coffin, saxophone player for the Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band. Christie Lenée is known for her kinetic fingerboard work and eclectic guitar style, ornamented with open tunings, finger tapping, and percussive acoustic approach. Her performances are immersed in each song, connected to the audience through storytelling, entrancing musicality, and an eruption of harmonic fluidity. "She is somewhere between Tim Reynolds instrumentally, and vocally has moments that remind me of Ani Difranco" (Fluffy, Tim Reynolds' Tour Manager). Christie was recently selected as best guitarist for the 93.7 Hometown Heroes Awards, and Best Female Songwriter for the Origivation Magazine Awards (Philadelphia) Her website is: christielenee.com