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SUMMARY:Lee & Dr. G
DESCRIPTION:Opener: Laurette On October 16\, Bank of New Hampshire Stage 
 becomes part juke joint\, part history lesson\, part rock and roll séanc
 e. LEE & DR. G present a one-of-a-kind exploration of the Delta Blues th
 at traces the music’s evolution from the Mississippi Delta to the birth 
 of electrified rock music itself. Beginning with the haunting acoustic r
 ecordings of Robert Johnson and Son House\, the show follows the blues a
 s it migrates northward\, plugs into amplifiers\, and transforms through
  Muddy Waters\, Howlin’ Wolf\, and the violent electricity that would ul
 timately shape rock and roll. Along the way\, the evening blends classic
  blues material with the band’s original songs: music rooted in Delta tr
 adition but pushed into something heavier and unmistakably modern. Featu
 ring live performances\, historical storytelling\, archival footage\, au
 dience participation\, and live musical demonstrations\, the show is des
 igned not only as a concert or historical discussion\, but as a full-spe
 ctrum experience of how the blues evolved across generations into the DN
 A of modern rock music itself. This is the story of a sound mutating in 
 real time: from front porches to glowing tube amps at full volume. LEE &
  DR. G didn’t come together through a clean industry pipeline. They met 
 the old way: online\, skeptical\, looking for someone willing to get lou
 d and get weird. One post said it all: psych rock and blues… willing to 
 get experimental. Most replies were useless. One wasn’t: full-time music
 ian for 20 years… toured the U.S. and internationally… thousands of show
 s. That was Lee. They met in Livingston Park in Manchester in September 
 2023. Dr. G half-expected a Craigslist thief. Instead\, LEE & DR. G star
 ted jamming. People stopped walking. A homeless guy nearby immediately a
 sked how long they’d been a band. “About six minutes\,” Lee said. The co
 ncern disappeared. The connection didn’t. What followed wasn’t always gl
 amorous. Empty rooms. Long drives. Rotating rhythm sections. Missed meal
 s. Broken gear. Plenty of moments where quitting would’ve made sense. Th
 ey didn’t. Over the next two and a half years\, they piled up 100+ shows
 \, 200+ rehearsals\, and thousands of miles across New England\, chasing
  the feeling that shows up when something finally locks in. When it does
 \, as the Concord Monitor put it\, “their shared musical bond transcende
 d frustrations.” The sound is what Michael Witthaus at The Hippo called 
 “psycho-delic” blues rock: Delta-rooted blues pushed into something loud
 er\, heavier\, and less predictable. Long\, trance-like grooves collide 
 with fuzz\, tube saturation\, and improvisation that refuses to sit stil
 l. Dr. G brings a physical\, almost dangerous edge\, part Iggy Pop\, par
 t Jim Morrison. “Rock-and-roll dynamite\,” agreed Paperjam\, driven by t
 win guitars\, tube amps\, and a refusal to stay comfortable. Live is the
  point. LEE & DR. G have built a reputation for shows that hit hard and 
 don’t let up. Crowds come in expecting a drink and realize they’ve been 
 handed a shot of lightning instead\, and it goes down easy. The band’s s
 ound gets “almost tribal\,” riding grooves until they stretch\, snap\, o
 r explode. In 2025\, the band self-funded their debut album ""Girl For M
 e\,"" recorded at Rocking Horse Studios and pressed on red vinyl\, paid 
 for with gig money. The album drew praise from reviewer Eric W. Saeger f
 or its “desire to rebirth their 70-year-old genre\,” highlighting the ch
 emistry between “two wonderfully talented guitar soloists” pushing the b
 lues somewhere hypnotic and fully their own. They marked the release wit
 h a show at Bank of New Hampshire Stage\, a room they earned the slow wa
 y. That same year\, they were nominated for ""Rising Star – New Hampshir
 e"" at the New England Music Awards. They’ve played rooms across the reg
 ion: BNH Stage\, The Press Room\, The Stone Church\, Pembroke City Limit
 s\, and The Jungle\, while staying rooted in New England’s independent s
 cene. It’s about the moment when the room shifts and everyone feels it."
  Laurette Laurette is a Congolese & Rwandese multi-instrumentalist\, son
 gwriter\, producer\, composer\, & performer\, based out of New Hampshire
 \n\nMore info: https://www.ccanh.com/show-details/lee-dr-g\n\nhttps://fi
 ndlocal.community/event/9d35be75-f8a1-454c-ad5f-8aa48aab4d20
LOCATION:Bank of New Hampshire Stage\, Concord\, NH
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/9d35be75-f8a1-454c-ad5f-8aa48aab4d2
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