It was off to Hotel Café to enjoy the Monday Monday series that is on Mondays. It is a time when singer songwriters do short 3 song sets. If you stay the full night, you can get introduced to up to 10 artists. On this particular night, I hung out for half the night. Opening up was an unannounced performance by December Fades (Kevin Rogers) who was also doing sound that night. Chris Del Rosario is someone I'd seen previously at Junior High (when it was in Hollywood). His songs were soft and wonderful. Tara Honda, I learned later, was on American Idol. She mentioned that she got her ticket to Hollywood, but didn't get to advance. Yet, the experience obviously had a positive impact as she is still singing in Hollywood. Arend Lee Jessurun was up twice. He did his own solo set and then backed up Jessica Gerhardt -- they just so happen to be paramours. Brenda Carsey is someone I've seen a number of times. It was great running into her again. Jessica Gerhardt closed out the night for me. Like with Chris Del Rosario and Brenda Carsey, I'd also seen her perform before. I previously caught her set at The Hi Hat. She was also the host for the night, taking on the duties that are normally performed by Joel Eckels. All that for just $5.
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| Chris Del Rosario |
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| Tara Honda |
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| Arend Lee Jessurun |
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| Brenda Carsey |
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| Jessica Gerhardt |
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| December Fades |
