TH U RSDAY, FE BRUARY 10, 2005 ONTH EVE RG EOFTH EWE E KE N D PAG E 5B
BY CHRIS WALDEN
STAFF WRITER
Starting Friday, Marianne’s EuroDeli will be providing live music forits customers every Friday night.
Throughout the year, the eateryplans to bring folk, blues, rock,jazz and bluegrass musicians.
“We want to make [the Deli]more lively,” said ChristinaKeegan, an employee atMarianne’s Deli. “We’re trying toget as much variety as possible.”
Most of the musicians are fromthe Charleston area, and some ofthem are Eastern students.Friday’s open mic night at the Delihas three performers scheduled toplay music from 8 to 10 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Eric Meadewill be begin the evening withhis acoustic guitar at 8 p.m.
Meade has been playing guitarsince 1996. Meade played in aband when he was in high schooland took lessons.
“My music is very freestyle,”said Meade, who plays blues,rock and uses pop-style lyrics. “Itend to listen to a lot of jazzmusic, and it comes out in mymusic,” Meade said.
The trio Shady Katies will fol-low Meade at 8:30 p.m.
The newly-formed band con-sists of Eastern juniors Courtney
and Kristen Bosco and CourtneyShepard, who play the acousticguitar and sing.
Courtney and Kristen Bosco,twins in a family of five girls, nevertook guitar lessons. They learnedhow to play from their father. Thetwins have been playing togethersince grade school. “Our vocalchords are virtually identical, sowe have no problem harmoniz-ing,” said Courtney Bosco.“Finding other people that can dothe same is difficult.”
“One day we saw CourtneyShepard performing a differentroutine for a talent show, and wediscovered that our voices wereso much alike,” Courtney Boscosaid. “Having Courtney(Shepard) with us is as good ashaving my sister sing with us.”
Courtney Bosco and Shepardhave been friends since last year.
Courtney Bosco said the group’sfolk sound is laced with harmonies.The Shady Katies agree to switchoff leads and rhythms during theirperformances.
“One day my best friend Katieand I were telling stories witheach other,” Courtney Boscosaid. “Courtney (Shepard)walked in when we were jokingabout how ‘shady’ rhymed withKatie’s name - hence ShadyKatie. Courtney (Shepard) said it
sounded really cool and that itshould be our band name.”
The Shady Katies appreciate allkinds of music, but mostly folk.“We love Joni Mitchell. We planto introduce bongos and bassguitar into our band soon.”
Finalizing the evening’s musicwill be Brent Byrd. Byrd recentlyopened a vintage and record storein Charleston called EmajonashonStreet, and has been playing guitarfor over 13 years.
“I play blues and alternative,and used to play with a lot ofbands,” Byrd said.
Byrd and his wife moved fromSan Diego roughly two years ago.
“There’s a lot more places toplay music in San Diego,” Byrdsaid. “But I can chill here inCharleston.”
Although the Deli is unsure yethow to deal with the equipmentmusicians bring with them,Keegan is confident she’ll worksomething out.
“We’re working on fitting asmany people as possible in theDeli,” Keegan said. “The musicianswill perform in the front-windowarea to make the evening a moreintimiate experience.”
Marianne’s Deli is located on615 Monroe Ave. Entry for openmic night is free, and people ofall ages are welcome.
Deli kicks weekendoff with live music
S T E P H E N H A A S / V E R G E
Chai tea, poured by Overcash, won’t be the only thing available atthe Deli. Local artists will be performing there Friday night.
