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This saturday at the book store Jessie’s Girls and Shapiro will be performing at the book store. While Shapiro is the opening event I would like to spend the word allotment I have on this article introducing the opening band Jessie’s Girls. The band name is not inspired by the Bruce Springfield song “Jessie’s Girl” but rather by the former lead guitarist in the pep band at PC, Jesse Isley, and the lead guitarist’s ex-girlfriend, Jessi Prestia. The lead singer of the band, Doug Henrick grew up singing and playing guitar in various rock bands but has become a recent convertee to clasical technique after his enrollment in the PC choir as a second tenor. The lead guitarist, Will Robinson is very strongly routed in the heavier styles of rock and roll such as metal. One of his biggest influences is Metallica which is heavily reflected in his hard hitting style of soloing and rhythm guitar. Will plays out of a modern setup consisting of a Jackson and schecter guitar and an all tube Line 6 amplifier. The bassist, Jim Brannon is a new addition to the band and is a music major at Presbyterian college. He too is heavily influence by harder rock and roll styles such as metal. The final member of the band is the drummer Justin Bethel, a music minor and football player. To say that Justin is rhythmically gifted is a vast understatement. He grew up playing drums in his church and plays completely by ear easily mimicking some of the most difficult rhythmic aspects of the worlds most famous rock and roll and jazz drummers. The entire band is an assembly of music students from PC and therefore is extremely sound in all the aspects of performing and playing music. Their setlist is a trip through the spectrum of rock music encompassing old bluesy classics such as “Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn and “Hard to Handle” by the black crows to much more contemporary and newer rock sounds such as “I Believe in a Thing called Love” by the Darkness” and “Good Love is on the Way” by John Mayer. From the thumping baselines and screaming guitar solos to the intense rhtymical aspect of the drums, Jessie’s Girls is a quality rock band. The vocal stylings of Doug and hard guitar solos by Will leave nothing to be desired. This will be an epic event worth spending fourty-five minutes of your saturday to come see.

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