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NEW HAMPSHIRE’S COUNTRY STAR BRANDON LEPERE HEADLINES BENEFIT CONCERT

NEW HAMPSHIRE’S COUNTRY STAR BRANDON LEPERE

HEADLINES BENEFIT CONCERT

Proceeds to support the American Red Cross

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Plaistow, NH – Country music star, (and Seabrook resident), Brandon Lepere and his band, The Ragged Impresarios, will host a benefit performance for the American Red Cross on Friday, September 27, 2013, at The Sad Café on 148 Plaistow Rd./Rte. 125 in Plaistow, NH. The show begins at 7:00 PM, with two acts taking the stage before Lepere and his band begin.

Lepere will perform his most recent hit songs, "She Drives Me Country," "Soft Summer Nights," and "The Road," from his newest CD, The Road, among others.

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"I’m so excited to have this chance to donate the proceeds of my show to the American Red Cross," says Lepere. "The American Red Cross helps people all over the country, wherever there is need, and I’m so happy to help in any way I can," he adds.

The American Red Cross will have a table set up for people to make donations on the spot, in addition to receiving proceeds from the show.

Brandon Lepere has performed in almost 1000 live shows to date, including opening for Keith Urban, Eddie Money, and Hootie and the Blowfish. While continuously performing in venues of all sizes and releasing his own CDs, Brandon has earned respect in Nashville as a songwriter, collaborating with many artists including renowned Music Row producer David Huff, Grammy award-winning songwriter Bill Champlin, Hall of Fame songwriter and author Ralph Murphy, Michael Garvin, The Warren Brothers, Billy Falcon, Earl Bud Lee, Bob Regan, Walt Aldridge, Bridgette Tatum, platinum-selling producer Anthony J. Resta, songwriter and producer Marty Walsh, and Craig Bartock, and with The Voice finalist Casey Weston for her debut album, among others.

Brandon began his love of music very early in life. "I was 6 years old when I wrote my first song on the guitar, and I began playing piano when I was 8. I realized there was nothing else I did more easily. Singing and songwriting are my passions, and I want to reach as many people with my music as I can."

Along with winning the 2012 International Unsigned Artist Competition, Lepere won First Place at the Hollywood Music Awards in Los Angeles, and was voted "Junior Male Vocalist of the Year" as a teenager by National Country Music Association in Las Vegas.

"I have a great love and appreciation for the roots of country music. We all owe such a huge debt to those that have gone before us," says Brandon. "I believe that those folks expect us to pick the ball up and move it on down the field, just as they did. That’s what I’m all about."

For more information about the American Red Cross, please contact: American Red Cross New Hampshire Region, 1-800-464-6692, www.RedCross.org/nh.

The Sad Café is located at 148 Plaistow Rd./Rte. 125 in Plaistow, NH, Telephone: (603) 382-8893, http://www.thesadcafe.com/the-cafe/what-we-do/

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