{"id":45,"date":"2016-02-24T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T21:32:22","slug":"meet-the-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=45","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lenny Epps:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Drums, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals.<\/p>\n

Lenny is originally from Virginia Beach and now lives in Rocky Mount, NC.<\/p>\n

Lenny grew up in Virginia Beach, VA and has performed with: The Gentlemen and their Ladies; Ernie LeBau & the Beach Blasters; Bill Deal and Strictly Bizzness.\u00a0 He has also performed with other great acts in the VB\/Norfolk area like Slapnation of Newport News.<\/p>\n

His musical influences are: James Brown, Lionel Richie, Motown (Temptations) and The Eagles<\/em> to name a few.<\/p>\n

Lenny formed The Lenny Epps Revue in 2002 in Seattle, WA and is now bringing it across the country back home to the East Coast for your listening pleasure.<\/p>\n

Nina Epps<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (Zasha):<\/em><\/strong><\/u> Lead Vocals, Background Vocals.<\/p>\n

Nina is originally from Springfield, MA and now lives in Rocky Mount, NC.<\/p>\n

Nina started her professional music career in the Seattle area with names like: Reminisce and The Lenny Epps Revue.\u00a0 Nina is known for her perfect pitch and believes that the background vocals are just as important if not more than the lead singer.\u00a0 She likens it to \u201cthe fog around the leading actress\u201d.\u00a0 She enjoys including the audience into the performance and it shows.<\/p>\n

Her musical influences are: Barbara Streisand; Phoebe Snow and Natalie Cole<\/em> to name a few.<\/p>\n

Keith Newman:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Bass, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals.<\/p>\n

Keith is originally from St. Paul, MN and now resides in Holly Springs, NC.<\/p>\n

Keith started playing while in the Navy.\u00a0 He played with several tribute and national acts.<\/p>\n

His musical influences are: Rush<\/em> and Judus Priest<\/em>.\u00a0 Keith also enjoys playing Motown and Classic Rock.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Cook:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> Keyboard, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals.<\/p>\n

Jeremy is originally from the DC Metro area and now lives in Raleigh, NC.<\/p>\n

Jeremy spent his school and college days on stage as an actor and also played piano for his church.<\/p>\n

His musical influences are: The Beatles<\/em>; Peter Gabriel<\/em> and Fleetwood Mac<\/em>.\u00a0 He loves soul and Motown.\u00a0 He is also passionate about IT work.<\/p>\n

Frank Sienkowsk<\/strong><\/em><\/span>i: Lead Guitar<\/p>\n

Originally from Long Island NY and Miami \u00a0FL, he now resides in Raleigh, NC.<\/p>\n

Frank has studied several instruments over the years starting with the piano at age 6. For the last 10 years, it\u2019s all about the guitar.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been influenced by everything the radio dial could offer including Pat Metheny, Pink Floyd, Rush and anything with a groovy beat.<\/p>\n

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Lenny Epps: Drums, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals. Lenny is originally from Virginia Beach and now lives in Rocky Mount, NC. Lenny grew up in Virginia Beach, VA and has performed with: The Gentlemen and their Ladies; Ernie LeBau & the Beach Blasters; Bill Deal and Strictly Bizzness.\u00a0 He has also performed with other great acts … Continue reading Meet the Band<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennyeppsrevue.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}