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  <div class="message"><strong>Playing for pre-show Meadowbrook fans</strong><br><span class="read">11/13/14</span><br><span class="read authors">By Michael Witthaus <a href="mailto:music@hippopress.com">music@hippopress.com</a></span><br><br>The music at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook always starts a couple of hours before the lights go down for the headlining act. As fans pass through the gates for every show, there’s a band playing on an elevated stage decorated like a country store. This year, the Gilford amphitheater began offering pre-show talent in its premium parking lot.<div>The gig looks great on a performer’s résumé. </div>
<div>“It’s easier to book clubs when they see that,” said Tim Souza, whose band Maganahan’s Revival played prior to Steely Dan last September. “Owners take us more seriously.”</div>
<div>“It has brought us a lot of exposure,” agreed Shana Stack; her country band has appeared four times, dating back to 2010. “When people see names like Band Perry and Sugarland [her band’s opened for both] they think, ‘These guys must really have their stuff together.’ … It makes people comfortable.”</div>
<div>It takes more than talent to land a gig on Meadowbrook’s Magic Hat Stage. Social media skills are essential.</div>
<div>“We look for at least 1,000 followers on Facebook, to show they can build that, and they know a bit about marketing,” said Emily Keane, who books the acts for Meadowbrook. </div>
<div>A well-maintained Reverb Nation presence is also critical, posting recordings, videos, links and an up-to-date show schedule.  The music website offers Band Profile, an app that links it seamlessly with Facebook.</div>
<div>“I go through pages and pages of bands to find the ones that work for me,” said Keane.</div>
<div>If your band’s social media skills haven’t yet culled thousands of online fans, your best Meadowbrook option is performing during the pre-show Ultimate Tailgate Party. </div>
<div>“It’s a great stepping stone to the second stage,” said Keane. “There have been some amazing talents out there, like Erin Ollis before Band Perry, and Beechwood at Zac Brown. … They don’t have a stage, but they play their hearts out. It adds another level of music.”</div>
<div>Musically, the venue seeks a balance of unique and familiar. </div>
<div>“I like to book original songs, maybe some covers,” said Keane. “I look for something that makes me go, ‘I have to have them here.’” </div>
<div>The selection process starts months before Meadowbrook’s typical mid-May opening day. Once a show date is set, Keane begins scouting for second-stage acts that line up musically with the headliner. Alt pop twin duo The Cranks got the nod for a Fall Out Boy/Paramore double bill, while the rootsy Adam Ezra band fit perfectly with Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss.</div>
<div>Meadowbrook recruits most of the acts, but artists are encouraged to reach out directly. </div>
<div>“Definitely email me, in January or February when the shows come up,” said Keane. “Get familiar with our schedule, and look for a match.”</div>
<div>For many years, pre-show music happened in a beer tent near the gate. 2013 brought a permanent stage, with improved sound and lights. Initially placed adjacent to a food concession, it was moved to the opposite side of the midway this season. </div>
<div>“We want to make it more open, provide room to dance,” said Keane.</div>
<div>Magic Hat Stage performers play a plugged in set prior to the show, which usually lasts a couple of hours, and an acoustic show for departing fans. Performers aren’t paid outright, but can make money selling show tickets to their own fans using a special code. The venue often sweetens the deal, Stack said. </div>
<div>“For each show, fans using our code are entered in a drawing to win a meet and greet with the headliner.”</div>
<div>For Souza and his band, the primary benefit was exposure. </div>
<div>“We got maybe 50 ticket purchases, but we did big business selling CDs,” he said. “Plus, our social media activity went way up, with all kinds of new followers.”</div>
<div>By providing prominent placement in the season program and click through to Magic Hat Stage bands’ websites, Meadowbrook adds a big boost in that department. </div>
<div>“We track that information, and we get a lot of hits from the Meadowbrook website,” said Stack. “It’s a huge help.”</div>
<div>It’s not unheard of for a band to parlay pre-show success into a slot in the big amphitheater. In 2013, the Mallett Brothers Band provided support at an Allman Brothers concert. In June of this year, the Maine band opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Charlie Daniels. </div>
<div>“It was a really cool night … when they said direct support, main stage, we jumped for joy,” band member Luke Mallett said last August. “It was kind of a dream gig. I grew up listening to WTOS in Northern Maine, and I can recite every single Skynyrd song.”</div>
<div>The Shana Stack Band is already eying the 2015 season for a fifth appearance on the Magic Hat Stage. </div>
<div>“We’ve been super lucky to have the opportunity to present our music there,” said Stack. “It’s a fantastic stage, with great sound. It’s the highlight of our summer.”</div></div>
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<p class="ML-BodyCopyJustified">There will be a mechanical bull on site and all proceeds from bull riding will go to the Peterborough Food Pantry.</p>
<p class="ML-BodyCopyJustified">A cash bar will be provided by Carroll’s Bartending, and the Peterborough Fire Explorers will be selling food from Roy’s Market.</p>
<p class="ML-BodyCopyJustified">This concert is the annual fundraiser for the Peterborough Fire Rescue Association.</p>
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<p class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/author/admin/" rel="author" title="Bill Copeland">Bill Copeland</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="Friday, September 19th, 2014, 6:51 pm">September 19, 2014</abbr></p>
<p><a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ShanaStackBandCDCoverArtThenAndNow.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ShanaStackBandCDCoverArtThenAndNow-300x292.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_medium" alt="ShanaStackBandCDCoverArtThenAndNow" height="292" width="300" /></a>Shana Stack Band just released an 11 track album called Then And Now. This new album features reworked versions of their most requested songs, a couple done acoustic style, and two brand new songs. Longtime fans of Shana Stack Band get to hear all new versions of their favorite songs while new fans discovering the band through this disc will be treated to a classy country record.</p>
<p>“I Threw Your Ring Away” begins the album with Stack’s beautiful coos and something unusual for country music, drum programming. A haunting intro, it soon fades into an assertive country rock number, with the emphasis being on rock. Punchy bass lines abound. The drums push hard to move the song along. Guitar lines run from lively to electrifying. And, Stack’s vocal lets the listener know she means business. Aggressive and foreboding, she expresses that post-relationship frustration that could make a woman teeter on the brink of becoming dangerous.</p>
<p>Fetching honky tonk guitars usher, mid-tempo, the listener into songwriter-rhythm guitarist Ed Leavitt’s lead vocal song “The Bottle.” Leavitt contemplates the issues surrounding the bottle, listing episodes of near destruction and failure in vivid imagery, detail, and theme. Yet, the emphasis remains on the emotion of the man who needs to recover. Leavitt sings this one mightily, expressing the earnest emotions of a man who hit rock bottom and has nowhere to go but back up. His hefty chorus is hooky as well as revelatory, and that works well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ShanaStackPromoPic3.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ShanaStackPromoPic3-300x168.jpg" class="size_orig justify_right border_medium" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic3" height="168" width="300" /></a>“You Can’t Make Me Fall” turns the microphone duties back to Stack. Here, she makes clear she won’t let someone toy with and topple her. Her voice is as beautiful as ever in this Top 40 country number. She glides through the chorus while also pulling in all she moves past with her graceful ease. During the verses, she sings with an audacity of spirit that lets you know she means every word of this anthem of independence and strength. Her voice on the ride out is killer.</p>
<p>Another drinking song, “Black Whiskey,” finds Leavitt offering his chirpy country crooner vocal over some snappy rhythm guitar. Lead guitarist John Sanchez takes over and gives off some tasty bits of twang, nice little touches that add up to one fine melodic phrase. It’s amazing how the guitars in this band are just drenched and dripping with country idioms. That’s no mean feat for a band out of the northeast. These boys, Leavitt and Sanchez, tie their lead and rhythm work into one homespun heft of sound.</p>
<p>“Pleasure And Pain” makes the most of Stack’s beautiful, towering vocal. She sings with a power that could fill sails and send ships moving over the waves. Slowing it down on some verses, she uses her voice as a precise instrument, filling each vocal note with that extra something special. Listen to the way she handles the sustains in the close out and you might think you’re listening to a angel who just fell out of heaven.</p>
<p>“Let It Go” passes the vocal chores back to Ed Leavitt. On this one, he readily handles a hooky chorus that twists and turns with the song’s meaningful rhythms. Leavitt, creates, with his songwriting, a rising lift of music, and he rides it well with his rangy vocal heft.</p>
<p>Leavitt continues at the microphone with “Give Back,” a country gentleman’s call to remind us to pay it forward after all that’s been done for us. Helping the less fortunate, giving more to those with less, comes across as spiritual as any Sunday school lesson, and he puts it across without any faux preachy pretense. His sincerity makes you picture the earnest child learning his Bible lessons about the good Samaritan. Leavitt’s hearty vocal, the guitars and piano texture, and the deep groove from the rhythm section help to make the listener feel the message running through this.</p>
<p>Stack sings lead vocal on “Just Kiss Me,” a hugely popular regional hit from this band’s last album. It’s original Taylor Swift-inspired version has been reworked into something aimed more at adult contemporary radio. Stack applies her beauty of a voice to winning over a shy guy’s ears as well as his heart. This song takes graceful flight as Stack’s voice get lift from her gusts of emotive, rangy power. Each time she takes the chorus it’s like a lovely winged creature suddenly lifted upwards, something natural, beautiful, and blessed with ta<a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ShanaStackPromoPic2.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ShanaStackPromoPic2-300x250.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_medium" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic2" height="250" width="300" /></a>lent</p>
<p>“Blame It On Me” puts Leavitt back in charge of microphone detail. The songwriter’s easygoing philosophy comes across load and clear. He tells a beloved person she can blame him for everything, bad weather, car failure, and relationship difficulties. Leavitt’s winsome charm comes through in his lyrics as much as in his rested, confident vocal. He’s as witty as all get out here, and he keeps offering up his gentle sarcasm with gentlemanly aplomb. He also boast one heck of a singing voice on the ride out.</p>
<p>This reviewer’s favorite song on the album,” What You See Is What You Get,” is Stack’s attitude-laden call to arms against people who have a specific, narrow image of femininity. She can drive a John Deere tractor and walk in the rain just to get wet. She can also dress up pretty and flirty. Stack stomps through this one beautifully and authoritatively, with a force of personality that smolders its way forward, knocking down any that dare to get in her way. The groove is killer, twisty, and the melodic instruments wrap around it like battle armor. Pretty coos, sweet guitar notes, and the initial take-your-time groove at first lull the listener in while they belie the all American girls flexes her muscles vibe.</p>
<p>SSB close out with “Better Life,” a call to follow one’s dreams rather than settle in a one horse town. This track does what the album has been longing to do by now, pair Stack and Leavitt in a duo number. Leavitt sings this anthem, about the brave and lonely person’s need to press on, with his first rate vocal chops. He caresses his lyrics with warm regard for his subjects. Stack comes in on the next verse. She coats her words with care, and that makes this song come alive as much the striking vocals and warm musical support.</p>
<p>Stack, Leavitt, bass guitarist Billy Moedebeck, lead guitarist and Mandolin player John Sanchez, and drummer Kurt Ekstrom have come up with a classy album. Though most of these songs are not new, they are newly arranged and they find the band pulling them all together with their own distinct sound based on where they‘re currently at.</p></div>
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<h1 align="center">THE SHANA STACK BAND</h1>
<p align="center">By Elizabeth “Izzy” Jordan</p>
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<p>In a few days, <strong>MTV</strong> will honor some of the video achievements of the biggest names in the music business. Before all of that, let’s take a look at who our readers have voted as the World’s Best Indie Band…</p>
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<p>The Shana Stack Band was formed four years ago and since then, with hits like “I Threw Your Ring Away” and “Her Lips Taste Like Guilty,” they’ve gone on to win  the Independent Country Music Association’s Country Band of the Year and Fans Choice Award and New England Music Award’s Country Act of the Year. The Shana Stack Band features multi-national award winning vocalist Shana Stack, and Nashville Songwriter’s Association International member, Ed Leavitt – who is the group’s male vocalist and songwriter.</p>
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<p>While issues like competitiveness and creative conflicts often plague bands in the business, The Shana Stack Band cites support, respect and appreciation among the keys to their success.</p>
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<p>“We love what we do, and appreciate every new opportunity,” Shana told us. “We want our creative goals to always be evolving. We constantly push each other out of our comfort zones, because that is what keeps us growing. The dream [of success] is forever changing for all of us.”</p>
<p>An eclectic group of artists whose individual music tastes range from <strong>Billy Joel</strong> and <strong>Garth Brooks</strong> to The <strong>Grateful Dead</strong> and <strong>Van Halen</strong>, like most indie bands, The Shana Stack Band practices the art of balancing the time commitment of shows, rehearsals, and promo work with the creative process. And, when the going gets tough, they’re fortunate to be surrounded by fans and loved ones who keep them encouraged.</p>
<p>“I think what inspires us the most is the drive of those whom we work with and who support us,” Shana shared. “Our families inspire us and we love covering new ground.”</p>
<p>And when it comes to touring and performing, The Shana Stack Band is a family affair.</p>
<p>“We enjoy getting to perform in new areas and getting to meet new people, and we spend time [together] as a family unit. From our manager, <strong>Conrad Farnham</strong>, to each of our musicians, <strong>John Sanchez</strong>, <strong>Kurt Ekstrom</strong>, <strong>Ed Leavitt</strong>, and <strong>Billy Moedebeck</strong>, to our sound tech <strong>Wayne Braley</strong>, “ Shana told us. “Even the wives of the guys will travel with us.  Often, Kurt’s wife Robin will assist with merchandise sales on the road. John’s wife and kids sometimes make a trip and it’s fun to have everyone along.  It’s like a giant camping experience.”</p>
<p>Slated for release in September, the band’s upcoming album is, in fact, a direct reflection of feedback they’ve received from their fans.</p>
<p>“We thought it would be cool to take our most requested songs from our first two albums, do different arrangements, perhaps take a song and make it an acoustic version etc and package it along with new songs.  We thought our fans would really enjoy that.”</p>
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<p>The band began work on its latest album last December and went into the studio to work with producer <strong>Kevin Federico</strong> in early spring. We spent most of spring and summer in between performing finishing up the project.  Featuring original tunes written by Ed Leavitt, each musician in the band contributed their own personal touches to each song to create the unique Shana Stack Band sound that fans have come to love. The album was completed earlier this month.</p>
<p>Along with the upcoming album, the band is looking forward to a very busy September filled with projects.</p>
<p>“We are always working on new projects and waiting for that next thing to come along,” Shana shared. “We’ll be playing the <strong>NH Motor Speedway</strong> in September before a huge race and we already have fall dates that will take us all around <strong>New England</strong>.”</p>
<p>Someday soon you may see The Shana Stack Band touring with artists like <strong>Miranda Lambert</strong>, <strong>Lady Antebellum</strong> or <strong>Dierks Bentley</strong>.  Until then, they’ll continue to go about the business of making great music and encouraging other independent artists to do the same.</p>
<p>“Our advice to indie artists is to never give up. The music business is very hard and can be an emotional roller coaster at times. You have to be patient, persistent and always work hard,” Shana said.  “There’s a big misconception out there that an artist can make it big over night. It’s not true. But, it’s in the early stages, when you are playing small clubs and venues and you may have only a dozen people in the audience, that you truly learn your craft.”</p>
<p>To learn more about The Shana Stack Band, please visit: <a href="http://wilesmag.com/2014/artist-spotlight-shana-stack-band/www.shanastack.com" title="www.shanastack.com">www.shanastack.com</a></p></div>
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<p>Many moons ago (okay, it was only a few months ago), my friend and colleague Ed invited me to listen to his band, The Shana Stack Band, play at a local venue.  As I was already familiar with a few of their tunes, and was also aware of their recent win at the New England Music Awards, AND the fact that they have opened for the likes of Reba McEntire and Sugarland, I knew it was going to be a great show and said yes immediately!  I put in a call to my friend, Ms. K., as I knew she would be up for an evening of good music, food, and fun. <br><br>After a great dinner, we headed to the Tupulo Music Hall to see Ed and the band play. So, a foreword. Well, I guess it's a mid-word as we are already well-into this post. Until about a decade ago, I was never a huge fan of country music aside from my love of Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton...I mean, how can you not love them???   Anyway, country music always seemed so sad and mournful and I just couldn't get into it.  However, thanks to the many great cross-over artists that have created some amazing music over past ten+ years, the genre has grown on me tremendously.  For one, I really appreciate the simple, honest story-telling aspect of country music; also, its melodies can be really comforting and familiar... they sort of make you feel like you are home getting a big hug from mom.  And after this concert, I like it even more!   In fact, Shana mentioned that one of her favorite things about performing is turning people on to country music.   She says: "I love 'converting' people to country music.  We hear frequently 'I don't like country but I LOVE you guys.'  Such a great compliment when people have a preconceived notion of what a genre of music is and you can turn it around for them."  Shana: you may have another convert on your hands!!!<br><br>Anyway, let's get to the good stuff!  They started out with some covers which got the crowd up and moving and clapping their hands, and then moved into their own songs which were thoughtfully written and artfully sung. Shana and Ed also took the time to introduce numbers, and chit chat about the stories behind several of the songs, and engage those of us in the audience to make sure we were enjoying ourselves. <br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/4ccfa99d0a34a37e5680b9c98944a4af24b9f9a2/large/1.jpg?1407332404" class="size_l justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br>One thing I noticed right off the bat is the rocker edge their music has.   It is definitely country but lined with a great, edgy rocker beat.  After having asked the band members about this, it turns out that this is no accident.  Shana Stack, the awesomely fierce front-woman of the band, cites Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood and Carrie Underwood but also Pat Benetar and Heart as her influences.  A quote from Shana on the latter: "Man that woman could sing!"  I would have to say the same of Shana - she has some seriously mad vocal skills!<br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/86be5ce6a9a0957c22d0746c351719c296c4bf3d/medium/2.jpg?1407332445" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br>John Sanchez said his influences include Brad Paisley, Albert Lee, Brent Mason and Doug Seven, but hopes his own sound shines through.  It does and in spades!  AND....wait for it...he plays the mandolin!  And ROCKS it!<br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/3632d6d04ed80aa4c23e3160ab42847b072122b4/medium/3.jpg?1407332518" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br>Other influences run the gamut from Haggard, Wynette, and Cash to the Beatles, Neil Diamond, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin and funk disco.  And this diversity really shines through in not only their music but also their performance.<br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/54f19b7e4d267e0d2fa8d09c8e672c75a3d2c0b9/medium/4.jpg?1407332577" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/4a65c607dac79bf374b5940f0962059d211df034/medium/6.jpg?1407332611" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/d7dee46b77e292b849b9a3bfc24c05dce69f0557/medium/7.jpg?1407332629" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="Here's my buddy, Ed, singing his heart out!!!" /><br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/cc7e31fc59ae258b55cb8b597ce742c771340a57/medium/5.jpg?1407332595" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Ed provides lead vocals and rhythm guitar and writes most of their music - and I am trying to not be biased as he is a friend -  but his lyrics are fantastic - truly thoughtful, moving, relevant, and reflective. In fact, I recently found out that one of his songs was in the movie 'Compliance', which premiered at Sundance a few years back. Who knew I was working with someone so talented???!!!<br><br>At the concert, the one song I found especially moving was the song he wrote called 'Give Back' which is about just that - paying forward the good things in life to those who might need some help.  They performed this number (and a few others) acoustically and it was such a quietly moving way to take in their music.  Acoustic sets are not a usual part of their performances so if you happen to catch one you are in for a treat.<br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/26a1ca202ecf9f52f6a556a4c78c265fd4a5f1df/medium/8.jpg?1407332931" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" /><br>And towards the end of the more laid-back, non-electronic set they transitioned right back into their high-energy show, making sure that the audience was up and out of their seats, dancing away!  Also, did I mention that their band manager Conrad was in the back of the room teaching people how to line dance?  It is really a show that absolutely everyone can enjoy.  You can hang out up front and listen to the story-telling and do a bit of dancing with others in the crowd, or you can head to the back and do some good old-fashioned country line<br>dancing.  It's a win-win in my book!<br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/52451123809bc2484e0c81405b3c4438dcb165d0/medium/9.jpg?0" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /><br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/a3129cc285be68a6ca46102d641b9d292bd88f66/medium/11.jpg?1407333050" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/b0208cf6c0edaa68e8cf7ec7b7636924ca60c454/medium/10.jpg?1407333039" class="size_m justify_right border_none" alt="" /><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>I was so happy Ed invited me out to see their show as it was just awesomely good fun.  I danced, I sang along, and left feeling a little hoarse - just the way one should leave a concert!<br><br>If you get the chance, you should definitely try and catch one of their shows.  They are smack-dab in the middle of a heavy touring schedule all around the Northeast (in fact, this past weekend they opened for The Band Perry at Meadowbrook in NH!!), and you can find their schedule here. www.ShanaStack.com<br><br>And, should you feel be feeling impulsive and want to listen to some of their tunes straightaway, check them out on iTunes!<br><br>Meghan xoxo</p></div>
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<p>FITCHBURG -- For years, Notre Dame Prep has brought some of the nation's best basketball players to North Central Massachusetts.</p>
<p>This weekend, the school has a completely different goal: to bring fun in the form of country music to Fitchburg.</p>
<p>The Shana Stack Band will perform a concert to benefit the Notre Dame Prep General Fund Saturday night. The benefit will be an all-ages show that starts at 7:30 at the South St. school, with tickets going for $10.</p>
<p>The band -- whose singer and namesake is originally from Fitchburg -- has won the Independent Country Music Association's Country Band of the Year award and its Fans Choice Award, as well as the New England Music Award for Country Act of the Year. The group focuses on top 40 country songs and original material during its shows.</p>
<p>"They're a great band and they're going to play a lot of songs that people know," Notre Dame Prep basketball coach Ryan Hurd noted. "We're excited to have them here."</p>
<p>Doors open at 6:30 and there will be a cash bar.</p>
<p>Those interested in purchasing tickets prior to the night of the event can pick up tickets, which are available at the school's main office at 151 South St. Additional questions can be directed to Hurd at (603) 365-6270.</p>
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  <div class="message">By David Corriveau<br>Valley News Staff Writer<div class="date">Thursday, April 10, 2014<br>(Published in print: Thursday, April 10, 2014)<br> </div>In the run-up to the release of its album later this year, the Shana Stack Band will turn up the volume on its country sound at the Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction Saturday night at 7. In addition to sharing vocal duties with Shana Stack, Ed Leavitt writes the band’s original music; his song, <span class="VN_Italiics">Let It Go</span>, (no, not the Disney one) that is part of the soundtrack of the 2012 indie movie <span class="VN_Italiics">Compliance</span>. The band, with awards ranging from the New England Music Award for country act of the year to the Independent Country Music Association’s country band of the year, has opened for the likes of Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, George Jones and Chuck Wicks. For tickets and more information, visit <a href="http://www.tupelohallvt.com/">www.tupelohallvermont.com</a>.</div>
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<td>            <center><font color="#D3373B"><font size="4"><b>Gary James' Interview With Ed Leavitt Of </b></font><br><b><font size="6">The Shana Stack Band </font></b> </font></center>        </td>    </tr></tbody></table></center>
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<center><img src="//www.classicbands.com/images/strings.gif" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt=" " /></center><br><br>In 2013, The Shana Stack Band was named <i>Country Band Of The Year</i> and <i>Fan's Choice Award Winners</i> by the Independent Music Association of Nashville, Tennessee. They've opened for some of the biggest names in Country music, including Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Travis Tritt and Rascal Flatts. Ed Leavitt is a member of The Shana Stack Band. As a singer / songwriter he's worked with George Jones, Tracy Byrd, Mark Wills and The Don Campbell Band to name just a few. Besides having such an impressive resume, Ed Leavitt is a down to earth, sincere and all around nice guy. Now that's a winning combination! Ed talked with us about The Shana Stack Band.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Ed, I see The Shana Stack Band will be performing at The Turning Stone Casino.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yes. We have a double night there actually. We're going to be there the 24th and 25th of January (2014). Our first time playing there, so we're very excited about it.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Usually a group will get one night. To get two nights is rare. In the old days, a group would get five nights.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Right. We're very, very fortunate and we're very grateful for the opportunity.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - You're excited about performing at The Turning Stone Casino and that's good. But besides the money, what are you hoping to get out of playing The Turning Stone Casino? Are you looking to expand your fan base maybe? Is that what it's all about?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - (Laughs) Yeah, absolutely. That's part of it. We're always on the lookout to expand the fan base. That's always a key priority for us, in any way we can. You know very well the music business is all about connecting with people. So we spend a great deal of our time marketing ourselves and trying to get interviews, just like we're doing here. It's very important to us to get word out about the band, but also to promote our music so other people can hear the music and expand our territory, because when we first started, we were basically playing locally in the southern New Hampshire area and the over the years we began expanding our territory throughout all of New England and now we're basically billed as a regional band. So, it's nice. We've been expanding out to New York State, Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Rhode Island. So it's exciting to gain ground throughout New England. We're just very happy for the opportunities and we're very thankful for them.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Everybody in The Shana Stack Band has such outstanding credits!<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Thank you.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Should this band be based in Keene, New Hampshire, or would you be better off being based in Nashville?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Here's the funny thing that you brought that up, 'cause we've come to a crossroads where we need to start making a decision like that. When we started this group, we all came from musical backgrounds. We've all done things with other bands and done solo projects. I've been writing music for many years, but when we brought this group together, it just seemed like it was very special because we immediately clicked. When you have a group like that, that immediately clicks and gels, then you are going to click with the audience and we've just been building that ever since. Our hope was always to build something like this. We didn't know it would grow the way it has. It just has continued to. We won the two awards from the Independent Country Music Association, which is located in Nashville, Tennessee. So, this year (2014) we have some hard thinking to do about what we want to do as far as what direction we want to continue to push this in. Do we want to stay in New England? Do we want to take it to more of a national level? I think there's a lot of thought that goes into that. So many details you have to think about, not only the band and the music, but think in terms of family and jobs. All that kind of stuff. We all own homes in this area. So many factors involved and in the music business today it's so up and down that you want to make sure you are always making the right choices, and thus far we have in everything we've done. We've made very calculated choices and we very carefully followed those choices. Now we are at that point where, okay, what do we do now? (Laughs). Frankly, we never envisioned that this would happen as quickly as it has. We've been a group since 2010. So, it's grown very rapidly in four years. We just, I guess, didn't expect that it would grow as fast as it did really. And that's kind of where we are at. We're trying to figure out which way do we go.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - I interviewed someone who quit their day job, a very good job, to go to Nashville to try and make it. After a year he threw in the towel and returned home.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - It's a very, very tough business. I've been working with folks in Nashville for many years because I'm a member of the NSAI, which is the National Songwriters Association International. I've been a member since, I don't know, about ten years now. So I talk with folks in Nashville almost daily. You hear the stories of total chaos, upheaval and heartbreak of some of these poor people. They give up their jobs and their lives and move there in hopes of making it big and a year later they are coming back, saying, "Oh, my God! There's millions of people with that same dream." So, that's why we're all very careful about it.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - In Nashville, you couldn't get paid to play. You'd have to work a day job.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - That's right.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Maybe you're better off in New Hampshire.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - We've sat down as a group and talked about these things many, many times. We have friends that are living in Nashville right now, trying to make it. It's a tough business. It really is. Quite often you are playing just for tips when you are in Nashville and you are one of thousands of people there. But then there's those few that have the hunger and perseverance to just hang with it. Maybe 1 per cent of those people are going to be lucky enough to get it. What we've sort of done is, we've kept the thought process that we want to be very strong. Our goal is to be very strong here in New England, throughout the entire New England region and maybe even push up into Canada at some point and see how that goes. Then, if we have opportunities to expand our territory down into the South or into the Nashville area, sure we'll do that. But none of us are going to put our homes up for sale anytime soon because we've seen over the years what happens to people that have. A few of them have been lucky, but it's a very small fraction of people. The Country music business is very competitive right now. It's become very popular as Country has become more Crossover and Pop-based, even Hip-Hop based lately. It's grown in popularity. Artists like Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, young artists like that have brought the young crowds back to Country music because for many years they lost the young crowds. So, it's really a popular genre at the moment. But the problem is, everyone wants to be a Country star now. It's like the big thing to do. One percent of those people are going to make it. You have to be very lucky. They say talent, talent, talent and talent is very important, absolutely, but luck is probably 90 per cent of it.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - I hear that again and again.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yeah.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - I have a problem with Taylor Swift. I can't understand what she's singing. I'll catch maybe one word out of a sentence. I don't know if it's an enunciation problem or it's meant to be recorded that way, but what is that girl singing anyway?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - (laughs). She's very controversial with a lot of people. She's got a very strong fan base, the tween age group, but even so, she spilled into middle aged people and older people who are listening to her. I've met women who are in their 60s and 70s who are like diehard Taylor Swift fans. It's funny, as a songwriter I like to listen to other people's material and find out what interests them. What do they write about? What is popular on today's radio? What's being played all the time? A lot of what she writes about is what the typical teenager goes through, the heart ache of breakup every other week. She's got a whole army of young people out there that connect with the songs that she writes and so she's basically singing about breaking up with another boyfriend and they are all connecting with it. I'm not sure where the older crowd is connecting with it. I think melodically her stuff might appeal to them. It's kind of singsong stuff as you are driving along in the car. That kind of thing.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - I don't know how you can do that. I don't understand what she's singing!<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - (Laughs).<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - When Johnny cash saying "Ring Of Fire", you understood the words.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Oh, sure.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - When Kenny Rogers sang "The Gambler", you understood what he was saying.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Right.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - When Dolly Parton sings or Loretta Lynn, you know what they are singing.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Oh, absolutely.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - I'm telling you, I'm missing a great deal of the lyrics Taylor Swift is singing. I can't understand her! I can't hear her voice!<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - I think part of it too, and I've noticed that with today's Country music and popular music, is that when they are mixing these tracks down and mastering them, quite often I notice when I'm listening to them, for whatever reason, whoever is mastering them, is mastering the music above the melody line, above the lyric.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Right!<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - So, quite often the singer is sort of pushed into the background while the guitars and drums are kind of driving the tune. I think that tends to be the way popular music is going right now. It's a real Hip-Hop beat to it. I know in our group, when you play clubs, you have to play "cover" tunes. We'd love to play original music all night long. That's what we do. That's what we are about, but when we play Toby Keith's next to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, it's a big crowd of people and they want to hear songs they know. You can slip a few originals in here and there, but you basically have to play what's popular on the radio. So we learn 'em. We do 'em. We do the cover tunes and some of the stuff I kind of chuckle to myself. I say, gosh, I can't believe I'm singing this stuff! But we do! (Laughs). If you want to stay relevant, you gotta stay up with the trends. That's one thing we work really hard at doing, but I certainly understand exactly what you're saying. It's a different world with the music world. It really is.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - I notice you're an ASCAP writer, not a BMI writer. When I think of ASCAP I think more of the David Foster type songwriters. Why are you with ASCAP?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Well, let me tell you why, and you're going to laugh because this is the truth. When I first started writing music many years ago and had to start registering the songs as part of my catalog, I was told, "You need to pick up a pro and you need to pick up one fast and you need to register one in." I'd literally took BMI and ASCAP and a couple of others that were sort of starting out at the time, through them into a hat, picked one and ASCAP came out and that's the one I registered with, and have been with ever since. So, that's the story. There's no rhyme or reason to it whatsoever. It wasn't like a conscious decision to go with one or the other. I've noticed more of the Country artists tend to go with BMI. I have a lot of friends who are writers in the Country field and they went with BMI. Then I just picked ASCAP out of a hat. I said okay, that's who I'm registering with and have been with them ever since. I don't do a lot with them as far as attending conferences and things like that. I use them mainly to register my catalog, so when you put the music out there, you're not worried about copyright infringement or things like that.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - How does a cover band get to the point where they begin writing their own songs?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - To be honest, years and years ago I started writing literally my first song when I was nine years old. I can still remember it. I had a tendency to always write music, lyrics, melodies. It was one of those idiot savant things that was always with me as a kid. My parents say they always remember me standing in front of the TV as a little boy, four and five years old, making up these words and crazy little tunes coming out of me. I've always had that in me, to write music, to write songs. Even when I was in all my previous bands that were quite often cover bands, I was always infiltrating them with my original music. With this group, we made a conscious decision to do a lot more with the original music because we realize we could take this in two directions; we could continue to be a really great cover band and play in bars and clubs and make a decent salary out of it and have some fun, or we could get serious and say we don't want to be another cover band. We want to be something different. I'd been writing music for many years and have been seriously involved with other co-writers and working with the folks in Nashville. I'd had a song in a movie soundtrack, had some of my songs recorded by other artists. So, I've always been a pretty serious writer, but then when we formed this group, this group wanted to be different. Right from the outset we said we don't want to just be a cover band. We want to do something that makes us more happy and it makes us more happy to do our own music, create our own stuff. So we decided right from the outset we were going to do that. Within the first year we put out our first album and I think we're on album number three right now. And I've already started working on material for the fourth album. Collectively as a group, we just wanted not to be labeled another cover band. Wherever we play, it doesn't matter if it's a club or a bar or a big event, we will put our original music in. We tell people at all the venues we play at, that before they hire us, we'll do mostly cover material for your club, however we're also a very serious original band and we will be infusing our original material into the set list. If that's not okay then we're probably not the best band for your venue. So we approached it that way and we been honest with people and it's worked out. People have been like, okay, that's fine, yeah. And then, some people have been like, no, we want a cover band. We are perfectly fine with that and say best of luck to you. There's a lot of great cover bands out there. I'm sure you'll find one that fits your bill. And that's how we leave it.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - The Shana Stack Band appeared on the same bill as Sugarland. How did you get that gig? Through a promoter?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yes. There is a venue in Gilford, New Hampshire. It's called Meadowbrook. It's an outdoor concert facility. I think originally when they built it a number of years ago it seated close to 10,000 people. This past year The Bank Of New Hampshire took over management, part management of it, and they added additional seating onto the pavilion of another 3000 to 4000 seats. So, it's grown to be quite a venue. I think the Country Music Association nominated it as <i>Country Venue Of The Year</i> twice in the last few years. It's getting recognized nationwide now. We had started putting out feelers with them a number of years ago when we first started the band. It takes a long time to build a relationship with people like this because everybody wants to open for somebody. There's a lot of bands in Vermont and New Hampshire and Maine and Massachusetts. Tons of Country bands. Everybody wants a slice of the pie and so you have to find a way of getting into these places and it's very difficult. Most of these bigger venues, they don't want you to know who the Booker is for these places. They don't want a ton of people calling them and e-mailing them and inundating them with PR packets. So what we would do, and this is literally how we did it, we started going to concerts there and then slowly we started talking to staff. We'd meet the people that would seat you, the aisle people, the people at the concession stands. We would just slowly ask questions. We'd say, "This is such a great place! We love it here. We have a band. We'd love to someday play a place like this." Slowly, you build relationships with these people. They see you there all the time. Then, little by little, they might open up a little bit. "Well, if you see so-and-so, they might be able to connect you with that person and that person may connect you with that person." Before long, three years later, you might be connected to the right person who can get you to an audition and that's what happened. The first year we played there we were very fortunate. We got to play with Reba McEntire. We spent some time backstage with her. It was a wonderful experience. Once you are in and they know you are good people; they know you aren't going to come in there and embarrass them or make a mess of your set and people walk out. Once you establish the fact that you are serious musicians and know what you're doing and that you're good as far as establishing relationships with these people and you are nice to work with and you don't have a reputation as being difficult, then low and behold you might be asked back to these places. That's what we did. It took a long time to establish that. To this day, no band that has done this sort of thing would reveal who they talk to at these places. We keep that very closely guarded because it took us years to unearth that and we don't share it with anybody else. (Laughs).<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - But, I'm saying you took the long way around.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - We did.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Directories are put out listing who is in charge of these venues.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yeah. Sometimes they do. It looks like that on the surface, but the person who is the gatekeeper is very often not that person they list in these directories. We have access to those directories too. We have used them and what we often find out is that, that gets you to Point A. You need to be at Point D or E and so by the time you get to E, you have gone on to another four people. These venues are very careful who they list and quite often it's very mysterious. It took us a long time to figure out who the Booker was at Toby Keith's. We had to go through a million hoops to figure that out. There's no easy way. It takes a long time to establish these relationships in the music business. It's really about connecting and patience. We've had to have incredible patience, but now we're at a point where because we've been patient and because we've waited our turn and because we've been nice to people to work with and because we show up on time and because we don't trash the dressing room and because we know our stuff and we get out there and entertain the crowd and get off the stage when we're told to and hustle when we're told to, then you get the reputation and then pretty soon doors open for you. And that's kind of how it's happened for us.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - So, I take it you have to know somebody to get into The Turning Stone Casino as well.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Absolutely. It took us two years to know that somebody. We've been working on getting in there for two years.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - See, I thought with the Internet, you'd send an e-mail and say "Here is our website. Read over our Bio. Watch our video."<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Nope, not anymore. I don't want to say it's a closed off society, but finding the people can be very difficult. Even when you find them, you find the right person you're supposed to talk to and you start talking to them about yourself, they are like, "So what? I've got six other bands that have the same Bio as you do. How are you different from them?" Then you have to say, "Well, we have three albums we've released of original music. We won this award. We won that award. We've done this. We played here. We played this venue." Then, they might give you an audience and say, "Okay, let's talk." But not always. Not always. We've gone in with guns drawn to some clubs saying, "This is a no-brainer. We'll get in here." We throw all this stuff at them, all this stuff that we've done, and they look at us and say, "Yeah, well I've got four other bands that can do that too. I like this other band better. He knows my brother-in-law." That kind of thing. (Laughs).<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - That is tough to combat<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - It is. It's all about knowing this one who knows that one. Sometimes we'll get frustrated. We'll sit down and say, "Why can't we get in there? We're just as good as that band we saw playing at that particular place." You do all kinds of research and it comes down to be so-and-so's brother knows the brother of the Booker and they are good buddies and they go out for an occasional beer and that's how they got in. So, sometimes it has no rhyme or reason other than the fact that it's all who you know and where you are at the moment you know them. That's the music business and it's a tough business. It really is. It's an incredibly tough business. That's why we've been so proud and happy and grateful and relieved to just have made it as far as we have. We never say this isn't good enough or we deserve better than this. We don't feel that way. We feel grateful for every opportunity we get. We are grateful to have this opportunity to speak with you. This interview can continue to open doors for us. You never know. We had a rule we set, a hard and fast rule we set when this group was formed and one of the things we promised one another, and we've managed to do it; we will always remain humble, no matter what happens. And we have done just that. No one in this group gets a big head at any time because we all realize it can all be gone tomorrow<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - You've got a great attitude.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Well, thank you. That's the attitude we'll continue to keep. We realize it's a very competitive market out there and there's new groups cropping up all the time. I was noticing the other night, as part of the New England Music Awards that we've been nominated for; we were nominated in a category where there's all these young artists, one of the contestants is 17 years old. They're just cropping up everywhere! So, you have to realize it's a big world out there. There's a lot of people with talent. They all want a piece of the pie and it's hard to always share the pie, but you have to realize instead of making enemies with these people, you gotta keep them close to you.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Another way of looking at it Ed is there are too many people singing, too many people playing instruments and too many people putting out music in one form or another. The public can't keep up!<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - That's exactly right.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Go back to the days of the early Beatles, 1964. A wide-open territory act then.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yeah, exactly. Right. And with the onset of Social Media like Facebook and all these other myriad of Social Media outlets out there, anybody can be a singer or a musician. You can start your own band page and boom, boom, boom, you are out there on the World Wide Web. People are just inundated every day with this stuff. It's hard to get recognized. It really is. You've got to do something that is going to touch these people. I guess if there's any successful formula, we've had to touch one fan at a time. In the summer time we do a summer concert series all over New England. All these individual towns, we found out, sponsor a summer concert series. We've traveled all over New England in the summer. I think we did close to 50 or 60 of these last year (2013). That's where we get to really meet people because it's an informal event where people come from the town and they sit down and listen. They are listening to your music. They are not there because you are the opening act for somebody and they don't really care about you or they are just biding time until the opening act comes on, or they are talking over their beers are talking over you while you are singing. These are people who show up for these concerts from the towns who want to hear these bands play and want to hear all original music. Quite often that's where we have most of our success connecting with people and selling our merchandise and getting our music out there into the hands of the people, right to them. We've grown our Facebook page two-fold over the last year because of this one person at a time. We always have something we do during the summer concerts; we take an intermission and divide the show into two halves. We'll do one hour and then we'll take an intermission and we go out into the people and we meet them. We greet and we shake hands. We sign merchandise. That's where we get to know people. We say if you like what you are hearing tonight and you've enjoyed meeting us, go on to our Facebook and like our page and sure enough people do it. We've grown our Facebook page over the last year by about 1500 or 1600 fans. That's quite an amazing amount of growth over the last year, just chatting to one person at a time.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - You were on the same bill as Travis Tritt.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yes.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - You played to 100,000 people.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - We did.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - That's quite a difference from playing in front of a club audience.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - (laughs).<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Were you scared?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Well, what happened with that is, we were contacted by the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which sponsored the Sylvania 300, which is one of the largest races in the country. They hosted it. They have a large rectangle facility. They are part of the NASCAR family. We played there before. A number of years we played there, like two or three years in a row where we played for some smaller events. This is a huge facility and they have lots of events going on in their big weekends. They have a smaller restaurant venue and they asked us if we'd play for those and we said sure we'll do that. Sure enough, you do two or three of these and you get to know management. They listen to you and they get feedback from people. They contacted us and said, "We'd like you to open for Travis Tritt at the Sylvania 300 race. It's broadcast nationally and we'd like you to open." I'm like, "Of course we will." (Laughs). And so we did. It was a blast. It was an early morning for us. I remember it vividly. The weekend started out on Friday. Friday night we were in Massachusetts at the Big E Fair, performing there. Then we had to immediately leave the Fair and travel up to Maine to where we performed for Thomas College. They were inducting their brand-new college President, their first female Presidents ever in the history of the college and they hired our band to play for the ceremony and the after party. That was probably 3000 to 4000 people. Then that very night, after we finished that, we traveled back to New Hampshire, the Concorde, New Hampshire area and then we had to be at the racetrack at 7 AM that morning. The show began at 10 AM in the morning. I think we were on for about half an hour and then Travis Tritt came out about 15 minutes after and right after that they started the race. So, when we first got there, early, early in the morning, we were there probably quarter of seven, the place was already a nuthouse. It was just a crazy scene. I mean, who gets up this early on a Sunday morning to go to the racetrack? (Laughs). I guess I'm not like a huge racing enthusiast, but Shana Stack is a huge race fan. She said, "You have no idea how big this is Ed. This is a huge moment for us. Race fans are rabid in this country." I had no idea because I don't tend to watch car racing, but I learned a great lesson that day. A good majority of this good 'ole country are race fans. (Laughs).<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - Did you get any bookings as a result of performing their?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Oh, absolutely. We were able to get into several venues after that. That's what kept us going to places like Meadowbrook and Toby Keith's. It just kept growing. We have a guestbook on our website and immediately after that show, people were writing comments saying, "Saw you at the Sylvania 300. You guys were awesome." We got a lot of press out of that. A lot of newspapers called us. We did a lot of interviews with them, radio interviews. So, it was well worth our time to do it. It really was.<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">Q</font></u> - You worked with George Jones?<br><br><u><font color="#D3373B">A</font></u> - Yes, many years ago at a ranch in Webster, Massachusetts. I can't remember how old George was at the time. He was in his 70s I want to say, but George Jones never lost his popularity. Right up until the day he died he was hugely popular with all ages. There was just this charm about him and awe when you were in his company. This is George Jones! (Laughs). We never got to be on the stage the same time he was because we opened, but afterwards when we were packing up our gear and his crew was getting ready to go on, we got to meet his band and they were very nice guys. These were all veterans of the music business. They had done this their entire life. They came up and told us what a great job we did and that was such an honor for people like that to tell you that. Then when George Jones came out, there he was, bigger than life. He started singing hit after hit and you just realized, my God, this guy has had a million number one hits in his career. He's earned this stage in his life. He said during the show, "I could've retired a million times, but this is what I love to do and I'm going to do it until the day I die," and he did. He did just that. And he was very humble. Very humble. Very nice guy.<br><br>Official Website: <a href="http://www.shanastack.com/" target="_blank">www.ShanaStack.com</a><br> <center>© Gary James. All rights reserved.</center> 
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<em>The Shana Stack Band wins Country Act of the Year</em><br>3<sup>rd</sup> Annual New England Music Awards</h3>Lowell, MA, Saturday, February 22, 2014:  The New England Music Awards, located in Lowell, Massachusetts, announced today the winners of their <img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/25ce11591d4ddf12e823eae6bf57dd58b17f3fc9/medium/nema-poster-winners.jpg?1393549061" class="size_m justify_right border_thin" alt="3rd Annual New England Music Awards - Country Act of the Year" />3nd Annual New England Music Awards. <br><br>The New England Music Awards are presented every year to the musicians who call New England their home and whose dedication, spirit, and achievements over the last year have without a doubt established themselves as a contributing force to the most robust and diverse music scene in the country. The NEMA nominating committee consists of journalists from music publications, radio personalities, talent buyers, and record label execs collectively representing all six New England states.<br><br>The goal of NEMA is to celebrate and recognize some of the area’s best musical achievements. Every year NEMA will nominate over 100 artists and/or bands spanning a number of categories and genres of popular music in New England, including the coveted individual state awards which will select one band/act from each of the six states as its Best In State.<br><br>The Shana Stack Band, comprised of all New Hampshire musicians (Shana Stack, Ed Leavitt, John Sanchez, Kurt Ekstrom and Billy Moedebeck), was nominated in the Country Act of the Year category.  The New England Music Award committee received over 4,000 applications for the more than 25 categories and chose only 5 artists/groups to be represented in each category. <br><br>At the awards ceremony Saturday evening, The Shana Stack Band was announced as this year’s Country Act of the Year for the 3rd Annual New England Music Awards.  The Shana Stack Band members were thrilled about the news.  “We couldn’t do this without all of our fans, friends and families.  We give up a lot of family-time during the year to play our music, and we thank them for allowing us this gift.”  They are appreciative of all of the support they receive during the year.  “The awards we have won over the last few years from the Country Band of the Year and the Fans Choice Award by the Independent Country Music Association to our new title as Country Act of the Year by the New England Music Awards, these mean so much to us.  It shows that the fans really approve of what we are doing.  The fans are really what make this adventure fun, exciting and sincerely rewarding.”<br><br>The band will release a fourth album in 2014.  Their their third album, “Every Now and Then”, has been a huge success.  The band is looking forward to another successful year, traveling all across New England to perform for their fans.  They have opened for Country Superstars such as Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Travis Tritt, Rascal Flatts and have a pending announcement for another opening spot for a large Nashville artist. You can view their website and order their latest CD by visiting www.ShanaStack.com<br><br> </div>
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<p class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/author/admin/" rel="author" title="Bill Copeland">Bill Copeland</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="Tuesday, January 21st, 2014, 8:16 pm">January 21, 2014<a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic2.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic2-300x250.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_thin" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic2" height="250" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px;" width="300" /></a></abbr><br><br>Shana Stack Band is on a roll. The three year old country music band from Keene, New Hampshire has already released three albums of original music and they’ve received awards from Granite State and Nashville organizations.</p>
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<p>Stack formed this band with the goal of becoming one of the top acts in New England while releasing current original music. The secret to their success isn’t hard to understand. “We’ve worked very hard,” she said. “We always try to stay up to date with cover tunes as well. We want to have the latest stuff in our repertoire of what’s currently hitting the charts.”</p>
<p>Stacks credits her band’s booker-promoter Conrad Farnham for constantly working behind the scenes to find them opportunities. The band decided early on to concentrate on their music without getting tied up with booking work. Stack, prior to her current band, had been a member of the New Hampshire Country Music Association and won many awards through them which resulted in her competing in awards shows for all of New England and down in Nashville. For a three year period prior to her current band, Stack fronted Shana Stack And Fast Lane. Her current band mates, too, had lots of previous experience and years worth of contacts.</p>
<p>“I wanted to go into a different direction doing more originals and playing in larger venues, and I got together with other musicians who had the same goals,” she said. “We formed the Shana Stack Band.”</p>
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<p>Stack and her band mates play out all over New England and New York state. Though they’ve won awards through a Nashville organization, they’ve passed on the usual route of recording down there. “We decided it was more important to us to support our local studios or regional in New England,” she said. “We feel our studios and studio professionals are just as good as those down in Nashville. We wanted to keep our money local and support the New England economy.” So, they recorded their three albums in New Hampshire.</p>
<p>Stack markets her band around New England and New York through social network media and through line dancing fans who come out to their shows. “You really have to make a connection with the music lovers. They help to spread the word to get you into different places.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic1.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic1-201x300.jpg" class="size_s justify_left border_none" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic1" height="300" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px;" width="201" /></a>Stack has won so many awards now that it’s hard to keep count. Just last spring, the band won two awards from the Independent Country Music Association, Band Of The Year and The Fans Choice Award. It’s fantastic and we really appreciate any award we win, whether it be a local one or something more national. I don’t want to say one award means more than another, but I’m super proud of the ones we’ve done as a group. The ones we’ve won in the last year, the one out of Nashville for the Independent Country Music Association, that was super huge to us. There were other acts that were from down south that we competed against and that was an industry nominated award. It wasn’t just us going to Facebook saying ‘Hey Friends, vote for us..’ The Country Band Of The Year Award from the Independent Country Music Association, that was super awesome. We also won the fan voted award. It was like 30,00 votes or something. That was a big surprise. A lot of the people that were nominated were big heavy hitters in that association so we feel we’re the little engine that could.”</p>
<p>Stack has another job in the music industry that puts her before a large local fan base. She’s the midday DJ at 98.7 FM WINK Country radio station in Keene, New Hampshire. Her 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on air hosting runs Monday through Saturday.</p>
<p>Stack got her start in music as an actress in musical theater in grade school, high school, college, and community theater. She spent two years at Keene State College majoring in musical theater. Her community theater work found her landing the leads in Theater In The Mount productions in Gardner, Massachusetts and in some Lion Clubs shows in Keene. “That’s what I wanted to be and what I wanted to do. Then, I discovered my love for country music in college and shifted gears,” she said.</p>
<p>Her earliest musical influences, when she jumped into country, were the country female vocalists at the time, Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood.</p>
<p>“They had these big full voices and my musical theater style connected with that kind of music,” she said. “I started singing some of that because it really touched me. Then, it just went from there. Then, I found the New Hampshire Country Music Association and I started competing with them, and that was before I had a band. I just kept pursing it. It’s hard for people up north sometimes to pursue things. People think you have to move down to Tennessee. I didn’t want to do that. I didn’t want to go that route. There’s millions of people down there, all struggling. I just wanted to do my own thing and do it up here and be happy and content and proud of what we do up here. Ever since then, the country world up north has grown. It’s taken off in the last couple years, especially this year there’s a lot of country venues. Country has crossed over, so a lot more people that did not like country before like it now. So, there’s a lot more fans out there and there’s a lot more opportunities for country acts than ever before.”</p>
<p>Stack connects on the real life emotions and events that inform the lyrics in country music. “It’s based in real life,” she said. “If you look at some of the newer songs on, the guys are talking about hanging out in their trucks. They’re going out with their women on Friday night after working hard all week. It’s really like real people, real songs.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic3.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic3-300x168.jpg" class="size_orig justify_right border_thin" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic3" height="168" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px;" width="300" /></a>Stack favors performing Top 40 country music because she knows from being a DJ that people want to hear music they know, especially songs that are new hits. She also keeps them dancing to their original songs written by her rhythm guitarist Ed Leavitt. “It’s great to have the audience still up dancing and singing along to the songs that Ed wrote that we arranged just as much as they were the famous hits. They blend in. They fit in well with what’s going on.”</p>
<p>Shana Stack Band has opened for Rebe McIntyre, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, and many others, allowing the local group to expose their music to more country fans. They got to open for Travis Tritt at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on a pre-race stage right on the track. “I have a love of NASCAR. To mix that with the whole ‘Oh my goodness, there’s Travis Tritt right over there.’ We’re performing right before a show on a NASCAR track. It just blew my mind. That was one of my favorite days.”</p>
<p>Stack once got to hang up with Billy Yates who wrote “Choices” for George Jones as well as many hits for many country artists. Stacks opened for him some years ago. Yates and his entourage had to stay up late because they had to leave at two in the morning for an early flight. “They came and raided our cottage and they wanted whatever food we had because they were starving. All I had was some Oreos. It was hilarious.”</p>
<p>Stack most enjoys detailing the talents of her own band mates and all that they bring to the band. First up, lead guitar player John Sanchez has a degree from the University of Michigan in music. “He moved his family out to New Hampshire several years back. He’s been with us, and he’s fantastic.”</p>
<p>Drummer Kurt Ekstrom joined the band two years ago. Out of the Concord area, Stack said he’s a top notch drummer. “He had come from a rock band, and he’s just been the driving backbeat of the group.”</p>
<p>Bass player Billy Moedebeck just joined the band last fall. Previous bass player Kevin Miller retired. “He had been with me since the beginning with all my different groups and everything. Then, Billy joined the group. He comes to us from a rock and R&amp;B background. It’s really cool to have this conglomeration because that’s what country music is now.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic4.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic4-300x168.jpg" class="size_orig justify_right border_thin" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic4" height="168" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px;" width="300" /></a>Rhythm guitarist Ed Leavitt is also the band’s songwriter. “Ed is fantastic,” she said. “He’s a songwriter. When he creates the songs, it’s basically just him and his acoustic guitar. He records a song and burns it on CD. We each listen to it and create our own parts. The lead guitar player is creating his from scratch. The bass player’s creating his from scratch. The same with the drummer. We get together. That’s how we built these songs and built the albums. It’s a group effort, after Ed writes the lyrics and melody lines.</p>
<p>Aside from being the band’s rhythm guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and songwriter, Ed Leavitt is also the band‘s best spokesperson. He had plenty to say about his songwriting process and the five new songs on the latest release Every Now And Then.</p>
<p>Lately, Leavitt has been getting some songwriting ideas by following peoples’ lives by what they post on Facebook. One night, he noticed a friend’s post about being in a new relationship but still occasionally thinking about her former boyfriend and her old life. After thinking how odd it was to post that on Facebook, it gave him the idea to write a song called “Every Now And Then” which became their latest title track.“</p>
<p>“I kept thinking about it from a woman’s perspective, what it would be like to get involved with a relationship but every now and then you sneak a look back into your previous life and what that was like,” Leavitt said. “It’s really funny how just perusing Facebook and nosing around you see the craziest things that people post and it gives you really great ideas.”</p>
<p>“High Ground,” also on the new album, was inspired by a friend of Leavitt’s who went through a break up a number of years ago. “I remember her saying she just needed to move on and get to a higher plain in her life and forget about what happened with this person and just move on to a higher ground. “I basically stole her thoughts and just went with it and wrote it from there,” he said.</p>
<p>“It worked out great. Shana, being the female vocalist, I just feed her all these songs. Of course, people think they’re about her life. Wherever we play, they come up to her all the time, ‘Gee, Shana, where did you get the idea for that song?’ She’ll say she didn’t write the song. “ Some audience members also show sympathy that she’s gone through so many problems. “She says, ‘On no, my life is just fine. These are just songs,’” he recounted.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic5.jpg"><img src="//www.billcopelandmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ShanaStackPromoPic5-300x252.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_thin" alt="ShanaStackPromoPic5" height="252" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px;" width="300" /></a>Leavitt sings lead vocals on another of the new songs, “Windsor County Line,” a country rocker with an edge. The traditional melodic feel gets a boost from the drums and the lead guitar parts rock it up. Leavitt wrote the song about an exit off of Vermont Interstate 91, the Windsor Vermont exit. During a gorgeous summer day, he was heading down the highway when the song came to his mind. “The rest of it is all basically fictitious about meeting a girl down by the creek,” he said. “I just added that for fun. But it was really inspired by that day. You could not have asked for a more beautiful day in the world.” The band always dedicate the songs to folks in Vermont. “That’s gotten a really great reception from Vermont fans. They’ve made it their little song.”</p>
<p>A new song called “Just Kiss Me” was inspired by Leavitt’s daughter who once tried to gain the affections of a shy boy at high school. She asked her father, “Should I tell him to just kiss me?” Leavitt had a father’s response: “Absolutely not,” he exclaimed. “You don’t tell him anything like that. You stay away from boys. They’re bad. Don’t ever go near them.” Now that his kids have grown, he still has memories of those times with his kids. He recalled his daughter’s suggestion that she tell the boys to “just kiss me.” It became the song.</p>
<p>“This Love,” also off the new record, was inspired by Taylor Swift, whom Leavitt credits for bringing more young people into the country music fold and making the genre more popular than ever. “I was inspired by a couple of her songs that she’d written,” he said. “I don’t want to say I stole her melody, but I borrowed pieces from her songs. That song has been the most popular one off the entire CD. It’s not uncommon for people to ask us to play it again during the night. It’s just got that feel good pop melody to it and the drumbeat is really catchy. We were playing at the Boston Harbor Hotel this past summer outside for their big concert series, right on the water, beautiful venue. We played that song during the set and then we got a call months later from a big huge property development company in the Boston area. They wanted to hire us to play their company holiday party. There was probably eight or nine hundred people at this party. They said their sole reason for hiring us for this big corporate event was that song. They loved that song so much, the people that hired us that were in charge of hiring for the entertainment. She said ‘I remember that song out of all the songs that night. It stuck out in my mind,’ the organizer told him.</p>
<p>Leavitt helped form this current outfit after he had known Stack for several years, being that the New England music scene is rather small and players all know one another. Leavitt’s previous band had folded and he had been working with the Nashville Songwriters Association when Stack called him looking to find a replacement rhythm guitarist. They put the band together by sifting through contacts made in the business and everybody brought in their own fan base.</p>
<p>“We work hard and we’re disciplined,” he said. “The group rehearses every single week. We’re always learning new tunes. We make sure we pad our set with both original music and cover tunes. I think that’s what makes our formula unique because we focus on original music. I think there’s some wonderful cover bands but it’s really original music that sets you apart from other groups.”</p>
<p>Leavitt enjoys working with Stack, describing her as the most fun and easy person to work with. Stack and the others are open to new ideas, the songwriter said. “She’s just a joy to work with,” Leavitt said. “She’s just an average everyday person. She doesn’t have an ego about her. She just loves music and loves to get up there and sing and entertain and she holds a captive audience for any number of hours.”</p>
<p>What Leavitt most enjoys about being in the Shana Stack Band is the family atmosphere of the band. They recently threw a Christmas party for themselves, including the kids, the wives. “We’ve done it every year for four years now,” he said. “It’s just the camaraderie. We all get along and everybody has a good time and we laugh, just laugh constantly.”</p>
<p>2014 will find the band opening new doors. Stack said it’s time for one of Leavitt’s songs to become a storyline video. “We’re looking to do that this year and put out some new originals as well, keep chipping away,” she said. “You just can’t rest. You’ve got to keep doing what you’re doing and keep moving ahead and moving forward.</p>
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<p><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">Written by </font></font></font><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">Heather Moreau. </font></font></font><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">Posted in </font></font></font><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">Country News, Music News, Site, Station News, Uncategorized, Whats Hot </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#c00000" size="5"><font color="#c00000" size="5">A Great Band <img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/644b349515d557e07e9ee41d989845f1298681e5/medium/image.jpg?1385594643" class="size_m justify_right border_medium" alt="" /></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">Class, professionalism, and talent are just a few words that come to mind when I think of </font></font></font><b><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">The Shana Stack Band</font></font></font></b><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">. They have only been together since 2010, but have quickly proved to be one of the top bands in the region. The work that they are doing are forcing people to take notice and getting them some serious recognition. They are incredibly gracious and appreciate their fans and any and all attention they receive (that includes their manager). They even created a way for their fans to be involved with one of their albums. Fans were able to contribute as sponsors and get their name in the liner notes as well as an autographed copy when it was released. This is just one example of how they are keeping themselves accessible and grounded. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#c00000" size="5"><font color="#c00000" size="5">Forming the Band </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">All of the band members have played in bands prior to getting together. Shana and Ed knew of each other while playing in other bands, and when those bands parted ways they decided to play together. They started hunting for other members and put together an extremely talented group including Shana Stack on vocals, Ed Leavitt on vocals and rhythm guitar, John Sanchez on lead guitar and vocals, Billy Moedebeck on bass, and Kurt Ekstrom on drums. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#c00000" size="5"><font color="#c00000" size="5">A Music Machine </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">This talented and hard-working group has released three albums in three years. Ed is the song writer in the band and is constantly writing. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, and had one of his songs featured in the movie "Compliance" which was released by Magnolia Pictures in 2012. Ed finds inspiration everywhere for his songs, whether it is a personal experience or a funny observation at the grocery store, he is always brainstorming. He writes the song with his acoustic guitar and then the rest of the band members infuse themselves into it. While he does the writing he says the entire band is responsible for building the songs, and that Shana is great at interpreting the lyrics he writes. With the way Ed writes don’t be surprised to hear even more new music from them sooner rather than later. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#c00000" size="5"><font color="#c00000" size="5">Holding their own with Music Heavyweights </font></font></p>
<p><i><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">The Shana Stack Band </font></font></font></i><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">is not only busy writing music, but they are busy out playing music for their fans. Last year they played about 85 dates and this year they will be playing around 100 shows. They have played all over New England, Pennsylvania, and New York. The band’s talent is getting them booked on shows with country super stars like Sugarland, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, and Travis Tritt. They have opened shows three years in a row at Meadowbrook, and also played at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The band has also been booked to play two nights in New York at the Turning Stone Casino on January 24 and 25, where usually only big name national acts play. Look for this band to play near you and get out to see them (check their website for a list of shows, there are a lot). Even if you are not a Country music fan, you should check them out, as they are constantly surprising and converting people into new loyal fans. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#c00000" size="5"><font color="#c00000" size="5">Keep the Nominations Coming </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">The Shana Stack Band is a nominee for The New England Music Awards ‘Country Act of the Year’. This may be their first nomination from NEMA, but they are no strangers to receiving awards. They just received two national awards from the Independent Country Music Association in Nashville: Country Band of the Year (voted on by their peers) and Fan’s Choice Award. Shana has also received numerous awards for top female vocalist in New Hampshire as well as the northeast region. They are excited each time they receive a nomination. To vote for The Shana Stack Band go to </font></font></font><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#c00000" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><a href="http://www.nemusicawards.com/nominees">http://www.nemusicawards.com/nominees</a> </font></font></font><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">for ‘Country Act of the Year’. Voting ends on January 31, 2014. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#c00000" size="5"><font color="#c00000" size="5">A Great Example </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2"><font color="#323232" face="Times New Roman,Times New Roman" size="2">While the band seems to be sky rocketing they are truly humble. They are happy to take their time and be a New England based band. They are planning to branch out to more areas in New England that they have not traveled to yet. The band members agree to take it step by step and explore the options as they come. I have no doubt after listening to their music and speaking with them that they will soon be national stars whether they want to or not. They will no longer be asking to be the opening band, they will be asked to be the headliner. A lot of bands, regardless of the genre, should take note of what they are doing. They work their butts off and regardless of how much success they are achieving they remain humble, gracious, and are unbelievably professional. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="5"><font color="#323232" size="5">For more information on The Shana Stack Band, their music, and show dates go to one of their pages. </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">Website: </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="http://www.shanastack.com/">http://www.shanastack.com/</a> </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">Facebook: </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shana-Stack-Band/101538929908902">https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shana-Stack-Band/101538929908902</a> </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">Twitter: </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="https://twitter.com/ShanaStackBand">https://twitter.com/ShanaStackBand</a> </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">ReverbNation: </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/theshanastackband">https://www.reverbnation.com/theshanastackband</a> </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">YouTube: </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ShanaStackBand">https://www.youtube.com/user/ShanaStackBand</a> </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">iTunes: </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-shana-stack-band/id535806869">https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-shana-stack-band/id535806869</a> </font></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" size="2"><font color="#323232" size="2">The New England Music Awards </font></font><font color="#c00000" size="2"><font color="#c00000" size="2"><a href="http://www.nemusicawards.com/">http://www.nemusicawards.com/</a> </font></font></p></div>
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Nashville, TN, Monday, July 1, 2013: The Independent Country Music Association, located in Nashville, Tennessee, the Country Music Capital of the World, announced today the winners of their 2nd Annual Independent Country Music Association Awards. <br><br>
The Independent Country Music Association (ICoMA) exists to educate, evaluate, and promote indie country music. The Shana Stack Band, comprised of all New Hampshire musicians (Shana Stack, Ed Leavitt, John Sanchez, Kurt Ekstrom and Kevin Miller), was nominated in 3 categories: Country Band of the Year, Album of the Year, for their sophomore album, “What You See Is What You Get” along with the Fans Choice Award. The Band of the Year and Album of the Year categories were voted on by the Association while the Fans Choice Award was voted on and determined solely by the fans. <br><br>
The Shana Stack Band began the journey of rallying their over 1,500 fans on Facebook and live audiences to begin voting for the Fans Choice Award. The fans began a grassroots campaign to win the Fans Choice Award. The voting began in April and ended on June 30, 2013. <br><br>
In a press release on the evening of July 1, by Alan Shephard Sr., President of the Independent Country Music Association, written to all members and nominees (winners) of the vast array of awards, The Shana Stack Band was named for both the Fans Choice Award and Country Band of the Year. <br><br>
The Shana Stack Band members were ecstatic about the news. They are also a humble group of musicians. “We couldn’t do this without all of our fans, friends and families. Our families give up a lot of family-time to allow us to play music.” They are appreciative of all of the support they receive during the year. “The Fans Choice Award means so much to us. It shows that the fans really approve of what we do. They are what make this adventure fun and exciting.”<br><br>
Congratulations to The Shana Stack Band on all of their success. They are really moving forward in their endeavors. The band has just released their third album, “Every Now and Then”, which sold over 100 copies, prior to its release date in June 2013. The band will be performing 17 dates in July and will travel thousands of miles all across New England to perform for the fans. They have opened for Country Superstars, such as Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Travis Tritt and will be opening for Rascal Flatts on Saturday, August 2 at Meadowbrook in Gilford, New Hampshire. You can view their website and order their latest CD by visiting www.ShanaStack.com<br><br></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Nominated by the Independent Country Music Association for Band of the Year, Album of the Year and Fans Choice Award, The Shana Stack Band excites their audience with their high energy, high impact show. The Shana Stack Band features multi-national award winning vocalist Shana Stack, and Nashville Songwriter's Association International member, Ed Leavitt, the male vocalist and songwriter of the group.<br><br>
The Group focuses on new Top 40 Country, and original music written by Ed Leavitt. "Let it Go", one of Ed's songs, has been featured in the movie Compliance which was released nationwide in the summer of 2012 by Magnolia pictures.<br><br>
The Shana Stack Band has opened for such mega stars as Reba McEntire, Sugarland, as well as performing before Travis Tritt on the Main Stage at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway before the Nascar Sprint Cup Race. The band has performed shows all across New England at a variety of venues including Meadowbrook Pavilion, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and the Big E Fair!<br><br>
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The band released their second full-length original CD, "What You See Is What You Get" summer 2012 and their third album released in June 2013.<br><br>
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BRADFORD—Opening a night-club in Bradford can be a challenging venture.  The names of similar clubs in town are familiar to long-time area residents: Middle Earth, King Arthur’s and Rhapsody.<br><br>
The Dusty Bottle, owned by brothers Horace and Larry Pike, opened on Barton Street late last month.  This entertainment club is sticking to a formula: bring in local talent and disc jockeys, keep cover charges reasonable, offer a wide range of music, spice it up with karaoke and open mic on occasion, and serve food and beverages.<br><br>
Hod Pike was in charge on the night of St. Patrick’s Day.  He explained that his brother Larry, who is also a musician with the band Lion Heart, had a gig that night.<br><br>
“Larry is in charge of the music side,” Hod said.  “He books the bands and DJs.  I’ve got this side covered.  When the Benning Street Bar and Grill and Electra Nightclub in West Lebanon went under, Larry and I thought we would give this a try.  We thought people would come from Lebanon, Hanover, and Hartford.”<br><br>
“When Larry and I went to high school at Oxbow, there was a dance club in town,” Hod said.  “We thought that founding a similar business here would fill a big need.”<br><br>
The Dusty Bottle is a side project for both of them.  Hod has a carpentry business, Larry works for Prince Telecom, a contractor for Charter Communications.<br><br>
With an otherwise open floor segmented by one long wall in the basement of the building, that also houses Bradford Pizza and Swenson Insurance, the Pike brothers conceived their business with the hopes of appealing to dancers, singers, and music fans on one side and to aficionados of billiard tables, darts and broadcast sports on the other.  The bar, on the billiards side, is fully equipped to satisfy adult tastes.<br><br>
The Pike brothers also will be trying teen night at 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning March 20.  No alcohol will be served on Tuesdays, the cover charge is dropped to $5, and pool tables are free.  The pikes want to make Tuesday nights similar to school dances.  Positive responses to their plans on Facebook indicate that this idea is gaining traction.<br><br>
Meanwhile, all Dusty Bottle patrons can also order food from the Bradford Pizza menu, above the club and fronting on Main Street, including burgers, fries, pizza, and chicken wings.<img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/b9a1d699dbf7f7d7560c66525806046d0be25b95/medium/ShanaStackBandwithName.jpg?1375984069" class="size_orig justify_right border_" alt="" height="298" width="300" /><br><br>
St. Patrick’s Day was a big night for the club.  Headlining the night’s entertainment was The Shana Stack Band, a country band that also plays original music and southern and classic rock.  The band’s members are all residents of New Hampshire.  According to the band’s booking agent, Conrad Farnham, the group recently opened for Reba McEntire in Gilford, NH and has an album, “You Can’t Make Me Fall.”<br><br>
Shana Stack is a Keene, NH native and the band is scheduled to return to The Dusty Bottle on May 19.<br><br>
By 9 p.m. on March 17, the club was bustling with over 80 patrons, and the band was just warming up.  Dancers of all ages were using the floor in front of the band. Both pool tables were in use, and the bar was busy with fans watching NCAA men's basketball tournament games and ordering drinks.<br><br>
Pike shared some ideas about use of the nightclub.<br><br>
"Oxbow's senior class representatives came in to talk about coming here after a traditional senior class party,” he said.  “And we want to make the club available for weddings and parties.”<br><br>
“As for bands, we’re set for any group.  We have a drum set and the PA system and mics are already here.  They just need to bring their own instruments.”<br><br>
He also shared some frustrations about the business.<br><br>
“This year has been tough to book bands.  Most book up well ahead of time, and we just opened.  It will get better though.”<br><br>
Next on their schedule?  Barre-based, Film at 11, playing March 23.<br><br></div>
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Juggling working at Dartmouth and performing in an up-and-coming band, Ed Leavitt has a busy life. During the day, Leavitt works as the executive assistant to Dean of Campus Life April Thompson. But Leavitt also has a burgeoning career as vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for The Shana Stack Band, a Top 40 country band that recently won Cider Magazine’s Country Band of the Year.<br><br>
Leavitt and the rest of the band, including lead vocalist Shana Stack, lead guitarist John Sanchez, bass guitarist Kevin Miller and drummer Kurt Ekstrom, began in 2010 as a casual group of musicians who wanted to “come together and jam,” Stack said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The group decided to formally become a band and had their first performance on Sept. 11, 2010, according to Leavitt.<br><br>
The Shana Stack Band mostly performs Top 40 country music, such as songs by artists like Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert and Kenny Chesney among others, their booking agent Conrad Farnham said in an email to The Dartmouth. Farnham also works for the College as a senior specialist at the Dartmouth Arts and Sciences Finance Center.<br><br>
The Shana Stack Band also performs original music in addition to southern and classic rock, according to their website. Some of their popular songs are from such popular acts as “Little Big Town” and “Sugarland,” which both feature multiple harmonies. Leavitt is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, which he said has aided in developing his songwriting skills. He has been songwriting at the professional level for 30 years, he said.<br><br>
This past year, The Shana Stack Band released their first album, “You Can’t Make Me Fall,” which used music penned mostly by Leavitt, according to Farnham. The album was such a success that they plan to record their second album in April, Leavitt said.<br><br>
All five members of The Shana Stack Band have extensive musical experience, according to Farnham. Stack has won over 20 awards as both a vocalist and an entertainer, including being selected seven times as the New Hampshire Female Vocalist of the Year by the New Hampshire Country Music Association, Farnham said.<br><br>
The band recently opened for Reba McEntire at a concert in Gilford, N.H. this fall, Farnham said. Following their successful performance at McEntire’s concert, the band has been invited to open on the Magic Hat Stage for the popular country group Sugarland in Gilford this June.<br><br>
The band has performed throughout the New England area, but they are open to exploring outside this region, according to Stack.<br><br>
“Our home base is New England, as we feel that New England country [music] fans are some of the best around,” Stack said.<br><br>
Leavitt attributes much of their success to younger generations’ increasing appreciation of country music.<br><br>
“New acts like Taylor Swift and Jason Aldean have brought young people [also] into the fold of loving country music,” Leavitt said.<br><br>
Leavitt said the band was fortunate in “catching the wave” of the increased popularity of country music in New England. Leavitt also said he appreciates for the support from his coworkers.<br><br>
“[Thompson] has been extremely great to work with,” Leavitt said. “She and everyone else I work with are understanding and supportive [of the band].”<br><br>
In addition to the support of his coworkers, Leavitt has found support from students and the Hanover community.<br><br>
“Dartmouth has been supportive by hiring us to play at [One Wheelock] to expose our music to students and staff,” Stack said. “The Hanover community was supportive as well when [the band] was hired to play at the Hanover Street Festival last year.”<br><br>
Leavitt said that much of the band’s success is also due to fellow Dartmouth <img src="//images.zoogletools.com/u/57384/86b0f84dced167ce9ecca5e077f89fa0284a94d5/medium/Group-Rain-Country-2.jpg?1375984068" class="size_orig justify_right border_" alt="" height="207" width="300" />employee Farnham, who has aided the group in booking 80 performances last year and more this year.<br><br>
“[Farnham] negotiates all contracts with club owners while also maintaining and taking care of [the band’s] website and Facebook page,” Leavitt said.<br><br>
Leavitt has also garnered attention with his song “Let It Go,” which was featured in the independent film “Compliance,” which will be screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. While many of the details of how “Let It Go” will be used in the film have not been released, it is the only country song to be featured in the film, according to Leavitt.<br><br>
“Compliance” is one of the few films selected by Magnolia Pictures at the Sundance Film Festival to be released for national distribution, he added.<br><br>
After recording their next album, the band plans to “continue building [its] brand and expanding [its] territory,” Stack said.<br><br>
The Shana Stack Band will be performing this year at a number of outdoor facilities, fairs and festivals, including the New Hampshire Motor Speedway this summer, according to Farnham.<br><br></div>
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