Spring Break
Deli kicks weekend off with live music
Chris Walden/ Staff Writer
Issue date: 2/10/05 Section: The Verge
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Throughout the year, the eatery plans to bring folk, blues, rock, jazz and bluegrass musicians.
"We want to make [the Deli] more lively," said Christina Keegan, an employee at Marianne's Deli. "We're trying to get as much variety as possible."
Most of the musicians are from the Charleston area, and some of them are Eastern students. Friday's open mic night at the Deli has three performers scheduled to play music from 8 to 10 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Eric Meade will be begin the evening with his acoustic guitar at 8 p.m.
Meade has been playing guitar since 1996. Meade played in a band when he was in high school and took lessons.
"My music is very freestyle," said Meade, who plays blues, rock and uses pop-style lyrics. "I tend to listen to a lot of jazz music, and it comes out in my music," Meade said.
The trio Shady Katies will follow Meade at 8:30 p.m.
The newly-formed band consists of Eastern juniors Courtney and Kristen Bosco and Courtney Shepard, who play the acoustic guitar and sing.
Courtney and Kristen Bosco, twins in a family of five girls, never took guitar lessons. They learned how to play from their father. The twins have been playing together since grade school. "Our vocal chords are virtually identical, so we have no problem harmonizing," said Courtney Bosco. "Finding other people that can do the same is difficult."
"One day we saw Courtney Shepard performing a different routine for a talent show, and we discovered that our voices were so much alike," Courtney Bosco said. "Having Courtney (Shepard) with us is as good as having my sister sing with us."
Courtney Bosco and Shepard have been friends since last year.
Courtney Bosco said the group's folk sound is laced with harmonies. The Shady Katies agree to switch off leads and rhythms during their performances.
"One day my best friend Katie and I were telling stories with each other," Courtney Bosco said. "Courtney (Shepard) walked in when we were joking about how 'shady' rhymed with Katie's name - hence Shady Katie. Courtney (Shepard) said it sounded really cool and that it should be our band name."
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