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SUMMARY:Laith Al-Saadi
DESCRIPTION: On September 6\, Windsor Hall hosts a performance by Lait
	h Al-Saadi\, Guitar Center’s “King of the Blues” 2006 Finalist. 
	 Laith Al-Saadi has been a staple of the Detroit music scene for most 
	of his adult life. Born and raised in Ann Arbor\, MI\, this talented 3
	0 year old began singing at age 4 and began playing guitar at 13. At 1
	5 years old Al- Saadi formed his first blues band\, "Blue Vinyl". By t
	he time he was 18 years old they had opened for Blues greats like Budd
	y Guy\, Luther Allison\, Son Seals\, and Taj Mahal and toured the Neth
	erlands.  After graduating from High School\, Al-Saadi attended the Un
	iversity of Michigan where he recieved a degree in Jazz Guitar and Bas
	s. During his college years\, Al-Saadi was a member of the Johnny Trud
	ell Orchestra and freelanced with many of Detroit's greats like Thorne
	tta Davis\, Jocelyn B\, The Reefermen.  In 2004 Al-Saadi was the lead 
	singer/guitarist of the Detroit Lion's pep band. Since 2000\, Laith Al
	-Saadi has enjoyed growing success as the Detroit area's premier singe
	r and guitarist. Working relentlessly around town\, Al-Saadi generally
	 can be found playing at least 5 nights a week. This determination has
	 led to recent opening slots for artists like Kenny Wayne Shepherd\, L
	eon Russell\, Robben Ford\, Johnny Winter\, Hubert Sumlin\, Olu Dara\,
	 Ten Years After\, Mountain\, The Yardbirds and - most notably- BB Kin
	g at the House of Blues in Chicago (June 8th\, 2006).  In 2006\, Al-Sa
	adi was crowned "King of the Blues" for the Northern Region of the Uni
	ted States by Guitar Center. This makes him one of the top 4 Blues gui
	tarists in the Country. In GUITAR WORLD magazine (Nov. 2006) Al-Saadi 
	was heralded as sounding like "Danny Gatton and Buddy Guy at their bes
	t". His current release\, "Long Time Coming"\, is a collection of orig
	inal songs that has recieved rave reviews by the Ann Arbor News\, Metr
	o Times\, Current Magazine and the Detroit News. The album has been en
	joying airplay at home and abroad. Al-Saadi hopes to have a new releas
	e in 2008. As for the Music... let it speak for itself. (At this writi
	ng\, Laith is in the recording studio finishing off his new CD… read
	y to deliver at Windsor Hall!) Laith on lead guitar & vocals\, along w
	ith Theodore Ribbens on bass and Mark Damian on drums\, will be perfor
	ming live at Windsor Hall at Town Center in Cumberland on September 6.
	 The concert begins at 8PM\; doors open at 7PM. Tickets to the perform
	ance are $15. Table seating for parties of 4 or 8\, and individual tic
	kets can be reserved by visiting Kauffman Music located at 45 Baltimor
	e Street in downtown Cumberland or by calling 301-724-6800. You can al
	so purchase tickets at our new location at Main Street Books\, 2 E Mai
	n Street\, Frostburg\, MD. This event is a production of Queen City Pe
	rforming Arts Development\, Inc. - QCPAD.  You can listen to Laith’s
	 music on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/laithalsaadi and at CDBaby
	\, http://cdbaby.com/cd/laithalsaadi. And here’s Laith featured at G
	uitar Center’s King of the Blues 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
	v=TeSJlZRO-rg . For more information on Windsor Hall\, please visit th
	em online at their new website\, http://www.windsorhall.org.Reviews: A
	WESOME!!!  author: tcbluz.luvr “Laith is a raw\, pure talent...refre
	shing and new! His vocals are pure and his guitar playing equally impr
	essive. I was lucky enough to see him perform live at the Mid-North Mi
	chigan Blues Society Blues Challenge. He would have won by a landslide
	 if he had not gone over the allotted 30 minute time limit. Thing was\
	, no one wanted him to stop!!! Really\, really worth checking out. You
	 will NOT be disappointed! This is a talented refreshing artist!” au
	thor: Rushtrails “As a music fan for years\, this is one of the most
	 refreshing new artists I have heard for some time. Laith Al-Saadi doe
	s it right with the blues on this CD and you can hear the guitar exper
	ience come through on songs like Everything and Mystified for starters
	. The CD opens with Breathe and that's a great impression of what's to
	 come through the rest of the CD. I have heard his band live and when 
	he is not doing the blues he can rock just as well (for all you RUSH f
	ans out there he does a mean Working Man)! If you get a chance give th
	is CD a listen and you won't regret it -rock on!”
LOCATION:Cumberland\, Maryland\, United States @ Maryland, United Stat
	es
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