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August John Lutz II & Kyle Perella - Levee Drivers - photo by Dan McGurk Levee Drivers love two things: playing live music and setting up another chance to play live music.  Regrettably another key ingredient for bands is selling albums and merch.  For a long time, putting out new music got pushed aside.  It wasn't the perfect time, it wasn't ready yet.  After the band-aid was pulled off last fall with the Speakin' Bourbon Coated Blues EP and the Live Studio Session- East Coast Recording, things changed for the Levee Drivers.  Next they added a Key Studio Sessions and #CoverClub session.  Clearly, August John Lutz II & Kyle Perella had a change of plans and recently they've been in the studio aggressively recording their long-awaited full length album.   For this special show at Ortlieb's , they announced they'd be playing their new album for the first time front to back. The set was intriguing as I imagined the finished product fo

From time to time, there comes a need to bring fans up to speed with all the goings on with a band.  Hence the "Catching Up With...." series here at Root Down In The Shadow American Songwriter Lyric Contest :  September/October 2013 1st Place  “She May Never See Paris”          Debra Wolf Goldstein   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Lyrics 2nd Place “Nobody’s Daughter”                   Chelsea Mitchell            Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Lyrics 3rd Place “You Must Be Out Of My Mind” Mark Rowe                     Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Lyrics 4th Place “Can’t Afford To Let It Go”          Matt Jordan                   Glencoe, Missouri                 Lyrics C helsea Mitchell placed 2nd in the lyric contest for American Songwriter magazine .  Surprisingly she revealed 'Nobody's Daughter' was her first entry into a lyrics contest of any kind.  "It's one of those things where you think I might not have a real shot, but so