My good friends of The Mark Gennarro Band are having a CD release show for their new EP, Suit Up, The EP. Fellow comrades Will Gattis, Passing Lane, and Jaeger Wells will be playing along with The Mark Gennarro Band. The show will be at the North Deering Grange Hall in Portland. There is a $5 cover charge, and the doors open at 6:30 with the show starting at 7.

The Mark Gennarro Band is a rock band straight out of Portland, having competed in the 23rd Annual Reindeer Rock-Off, coming out in 7th place overall. Kegan of The Cheese Grater Experience says that The Mark Gennarro Band is "a combination of ZZ Top and The White Stripes." Be sure to check out their music on their Myspace.

Will Gattis is an up-and-coming piano rocker in the Portland area. He has recently won the title of "Maine's Best Singer/Songwriter" in the Maine Songwriters showdown. He won $400 worth of recording equipment and a free day in the recording studio among other prizes.

Passing Lane is a four piece band from Portland that plays a mixture of rock, funk, and jazz. They won the 22nd Annual Reindeer Rock-Off, and they are currently promoting their upcoming album.

Jaeger Wells is a pop-rock singer/songwriter out of the Portland area. He describes himself as "one part Elvis Costello, three parts radio pop, and a little bit of everything else." He is currently promoting the release of his new EP, Bastard Pop.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to go to this show, but I encourage everyone else to check out these fine young musicians. See you there (in spirit)!

After two previous attempts in the past year, Will Gattis finally pulled off a free summer concert in the park last night. There was a great turn out, and as I said yesterday, the weather was beautiful.

Photo courtesy of Cam Jones

Will played an hour long set with a mix of new songs and old songs from his 2005 album, Dullard. On some songs, Jeff Beam of Specter played drums and Nick Langley played bass guitar. The drums and bass proved to be a great addition to songs like "Sean" and Dullard's single, "Christopher".

The day has finally come! The weather is beautiful and the birds are singing! Today is the day that Will Gattis performs a free show at Village Park in Falmouth! It's actually going to happen, folks!

Yes, you heard me correctly. The show is on! Come to Village Park behind the Wal-Mart in Falmouth at 6 to see Maine's very own rock pianist, Will Gattis!

For those who didn't know, Will just performed at Spencer Albee's latest Clash of the Titans show as Ben Folds while he duked out Spencer playing as Elton John. Though I couldn't attend the show, I heard great praise about the show. If you haven't given Will a listen yet, you need to now, because he is one of the hot up-and-coming Portland artists to watch. Check out his Myspace for full songs here.