The 2019 #LehrerPhest Players

For the 2nd annual #LehrerPhest, once again held at PianoFight, we have both new and returning faces to play tribute to Tom Lehrer by doing their own takes on his songs.  Here's a run down of of the roster of performers that will be joining me.
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Ben Einstein (aka Neeto) of Van Goat

Noted electric fishing rod and pineapple enthusiast Neeto (aka Ben Einstein) will be returning for this year's #LehrerPhest this Sunday at PianoFight.

​If you want, for some reason, to feel bodily transported back to the 1990s, check out Ben's retro-chique website, complete with obligatory dancing hamster.
http://neeto.net/
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Joel Schick

Joel Schick is a singer/songwriter, who describes his work as Original Americana, encompassing blues, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll, doo wop, folk, Celtic and jazz. Brand new old songs of the '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s, he calls it. He accompanies himself on guitar and harmonica.

Joel grew up in Chicago in the 1950s and '60s, when the airwaves were full of an amazingly eclectic gumbo of musical styles. So, of course, he fell in love with all of them, and writes in all of them as well. Joel came late to making music, after a long career as an illustrator and co-author of scores of children's books, and designer and illustrator of hundreds of Muppet and Sesame Street products.
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Songs and art samples are available at http://familygorilla.com/js_joelschick.html
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Dawn Oberg

Dawn Oberg is a San Francisco-based songwriter. Her influences are all over the place, but include jazz, R&B, pop, punk, country.  She plays all over the bay area and has done two national tours.

Dawn has released three full-length solo records, two singles, and most recently an EP called 'Nothing Rhymes with Orange,’ the title track of which mic.com included as one of the 16 best anti-Trump songs of the year in 2017. The Village Voice listed her song “It’s 12:01” as one of the 50 best protest songs of 2016 and SPIN listed it as one of their favorite songs of the week.

Dawn's website is:  http://www.dawnoberg.com
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Ben Visini

Aside from being an accomplished drummer, composer, tap dancer, and rapper Ben writes his own comedy music — he recently featured  the at Neck of the Woods, singing about a topic I'm sure Mr. Lehrer would approve of.  Check out a video from that outing at Ben Visini Comedy Music as well as other Ben Visini compositions.
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Cincinnatus Hibbard

Cincinnatus Hibbard : Orator, Clubman, Swinger... and #LehrerPhest performer
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Nina Jo Smith

Award-winning songwriter, Nina (rhymes with China) Jo Smith, is the original indie grrrl (born on the 4th of July.) Nina Jo accompanies her sweet voice and wise lyrics on guitar and ukulele. 

She got her start when stole her mom's guitar when she was about nine and taught herself to play by listening to Joan Baez records. Also, she believes Belly Laughs make the world go ‘round.

http://www.ninajosmith.com

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Eve Fleishman

Jazz chanteuse Eve Fleishman Music will take on anotherTom Lehreŗ piece for this year's #LehrerPhest, returning from last year's inaugural bash. Eve's sultry sweet sounds of original jazz-folk-pop are near and dear to my heart, especially given our mutual affinity for Blossom Dearie. An artist and a yoga instructor as well as delightful vocalist, she's Nashville meets San Francisco, east meets west.
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Check out her website at: http://www.evefleishman.com
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Brendan Getzell

Brendan Getzell, from a vantage point with which I am quite familiar.
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Recently minted as the musical director for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Brendan has his fingers in multiple musical pies, including Kat Robichaud's Misfit Cabaret, numerous David Bowie tribute bands, his own project "The Getz" as well as, of course, the infamous Hotel Utah Saloon open mic — to name but a few. He'll be swinging by PianoFight to be part of #LehrerPhest this Sunday.

Check out some of Brendan's original power-pop, rock, folk, indie amalgam solo work on bandcamp:
https://brendangetzell.bandcamp.com/

And be at LehrerPhest 2019 to catch him and all the players this Sunday.

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