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ROAD TO RECOVERY is out, and available in exclusive stores and ITUNES!
Erica Sunshine Lee’s album release party is at Broadway Studios in San Francisco, featuring friends “Whisky Row”, winners of the western US Country Colgate Showdown, and also SF’s favorite country tribute duo, Fat Boy Floyd and Sarabeth AnnMarie!
Show Begins @ 9pm, 435 Broadway Ave., San Francisco, CA
Advance Tickets on sale now @ www.broadwaystudios.com

www.myspace.com/whiskyrow

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95.7 The Wolf – San Francisco Congrats to Erica Sunshine Lee, winner of the Bay Area Finals of the Colgate Country Showdown!!! – Micki Gamez, 95.7 The Wolf

Erica Sunshine Lee is the winner for the Bay Area’s Country Colgate Showdown, the largest Country talent search in the United States. She will go on to compete in RENO for the finals late this fall.

www.957thewolf.com

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Checkout Photos and video from Erica Sunshine Lee’s Road to Recovery album release party @

http://mic.smugmug.com/M-U-S-I-C-I-A-N-S/COUNTRY-SOUTHERN-ROCK/Erica-Sunshine-Lee-25/10161099_YrAC5#P-1-16

Thank you Michelle Hoover Photography and Broadway Studios. Stay tuned for more video footage. You can also see “Whisky Row’s” and “Fat Boy Floyd & Sarabeth AnneMarie’s” photos there!

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http://mstaken.com – This video is our TWILIGHT: NEW MOON fantasy: what if Bella was part Buffy and shredded an epic rock ballad?

The story behind this video is that a while ago we got approached by a young woman who had an idea for a fake engagement ring to ward off douchebags. It was so much fun, we told her we had to make a sequel about Twilight. Hope you guys enjoy – don’t forget to leave a comment and subscribe!

-beau, peter and david
the pantless knights

btw, you can submit your favorite douchebag pick-up lines at http://myunwanted.com and we’ll feature the best ones in this video each week!

CREDITS:
Created by Pantless Knights
Directed by Peter Furia
Produced by Beau Lewis & Peter Furia
Camera by David Fine
Lyrics by Beau Lewis & Peter Furia
Instrumental Produced by Taylor Locke
Vocals by Erica Sunshine Lee
Costumes by Vanessa Johnston
Make-Up by Katie Furia

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http://myunwanted.com

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You can also get the song/album on iTunes – just search for “Unwanted” by Ms. Taken

© Pantless Knights / Seedwell 2009
Contact us at info[at]seedwell.com

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You can now purchase Erica Sunshine Lee’s latest album ROAD TO RECOVERY online, and get your copy now before they’re sold out, great for Stocking Stuffers!!!

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The sun shines on Erica Lee (SAN MATEO DAILY JOURNAL)
January 04, 2010, 03:30 AM By Bill Silverfarb

Photo courtesy of Kim Davison
Erica Sunshine Lee played a bit of guitar at Bean Street Coffee on B Street in downtown San Mateo last week.

When Burlingame resident Erica Lee lost her job in 2008, she took the opportunity to pursue her passion full time — music.
She had spent years selling cars at Putnam Chevrolet Cadillac and working as a recruiting manager for another company while she paid her way through Belmont’s Notre Dame de Namur University studying marketing and French. The tall Georgia native with her Southern drawl and long blonde hair also played softball and basketball for the university.

She also fronted a classic rock cover band called Pier Pressure that played all over the Bay Area.

She came out to the Peninsula for a summer to visit her airline hostess sister nine years ago and never left.

These days there is a “Sunshine” in between the names Erica and Lee and the music she pursues is a little more country and a little less rock.

She is currently in the midst of promoting her second studio album “Road to Recovery” recorded at Funhouse Studios in Nashville and Granada Studios in Half Moon Bay. Lee played a New Year’s Eve show in Reno and will play a show this Thursday night at the Broadway Grill in Burlingame with her full band. She is not shy to pull out her guitar, though, and play acoustically in the middle of a crowded downtown sidewalk.

Erica Sunshine Lee wants to be famous and isn’t afraid to say it. She hopes to use all those tools working in sales and studying marketing to hit the big time as a country star.

Not only does she write her own music, she learned how to play the guitar all on her own when she lost her patience with a former guitarist who couldn’t be there at those critical moments when Lee was feeling especially musically inspired.

She is intent on making it in Nashville as a country star but doesn’t mind branding herself “folk rock” when she plays gigs in the Bay Area.

Her first studio album, “Struggle Street,” took Lee on a tour of America through Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Philadelphia. She has also performed in Amsterdam, Costa Rica and Hawaii.

“I’ve done lots of road trippin’ and sleeping in the car,” Lee said. She has made friends, though, through social networking sites such as Facebook and has found new fans in new cities she visits who are willing to offer her a bed for the night.

Her songs mix the best of old traditional folk music and new country with an emphasis on family and lost love.

She sings about grandpa’s love of whiskey and waking up in strangers’ beds. And although she credits Lucinda Williams, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash as some of her main influences she grew up in a town of people who were more likely to listen to Mary J. Blige than Carrie Underwood.

“I never set out to be a country singer. It just ended up that way,” Lee said.

Like many aspiring singers, Lee auditioned for “American Idol” back in 2007 but didn’t make it to Hollywood.

“I crossed that one off the list,” she said.

But Lee isn’t necessarily interested in making it in Hollywood, it is Nashville she has her sights set on. And even if Nashville does not embrace Burlingame’s own budding country star, she’d be just as happy making ends meet playing shows right here in the Bay Area.

To learn more about Erica Sunshine Lee check out: http://ericasunshinelee.com/.

Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: silverfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106.

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Sunshine Lee

By Mona Shah
Nine years ago a tall Georgia native with a southern drawl and long blonde hair came to the Bay Area to visit her airline hostess sister and never left. Erica “Sunshine” Lee is a singer/songwriter originally from Elberton, Georgia, whose writings are based on real life personal experiences and influenced by the many people and artists she meets on her journeys.

You can catch her playing original music around Bay Area cafes, combining her love for folk styles and a subtle hint of bluegrass from her country roots, introducing the past to her present Bay Area rock sound. With the success of her first album, “Struggle Street,” Lee found her niche with fans and professionals alike. She has performed with the likes of ZZ Top and Henry Kapono and is currently promoting her second album, “Road to Recovery,” recorded at Funhouse Studios in Nashville and Granada Studios in Half Moon Bay. It is available for purchase on iTunes.

Working the early shift at Dunkin Donuts, this ray of Sunshine self-funded her way through college. Over the past seven years, it was common for this talented vocalist to sing karaoke every night of the week in area bars after working full time as a car salesman. She has her sights set on Nashville, but until then, she plans to heat up the scene right here in sunny California. To learn more about Erica Sunshine Lee, please visit www.ericasunshinelee.com.

Sunshine Lee
Vino Y Vida Wine Bar
Thursday, January 21
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
43808 Christy St. (at Auto Mall Pky.), Fremont
(510) 490-8466
www.vidayvino.com

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Jan 26, 2010 – 09:26 AM | by Jamie Winpenny | Arts – www.thehawaiiindependent.com

Erica Sunshine Lee has performed with the likes of ZZ Top and Henry Kapono from Vegas to Hawaii. Courtesy Photo provided by Mark Parsons

HONOLULU—If it is possible for a musician to beam over the phone, Erica Sunshine Lee does it from her home in the Bay Area, where she performs regularly when not on the road. The Elberton, Georgia native is gleefully anticipating her upcoming Oahu shows. With country roots, a folk sensibility, and a rock-and-roll heart, Lee is forging a career destined for only those true to their art and committed to the work that success as a performer demands. Also, she surfs.

“Yeah, I’ve got some boards here at home and some in Hawaii,” she says. “I’ll be out there for sure.”

Lee relocated to the Bay Area after visiting her sister there a couple of years ago. She made a fine living selling cars and landed a scholarship playing softball at an area college. She’s come a very long way.

Lee began singing at the young age of “about six,” as many country singers do, in a church choir. Her parents were supportive from the beginning, purchasing for her a karaoke machine to encourage and nurture a natural musical talent. She has been performing professionally for six years, and writing her own original material as well.

“I can play covers until I’m blue in the face,” she laughs in a lilting Southern drawl. But it is her songwriting that has brought her the most fulfillment as a performing artist. “It’s incredible when someone comes up to me and says ‘I feel like you wrote that song for me.’”

Lee has recently released the album Road to Recovery and is already hard at work on her next album, recording in storied Nashville, Tennessee. She will be performing two shows in Honolulu: Tuesday night at Kelley O’Neil’s in Waikiki and on Thursday at O’Toole’s Irish Pub in Chinatown.

“I’m actually supposed to be taking a vocal rest,” Lee says sheepishly. “But I’m really looking forward to the shows.”

Erica Sunshine Lee has performed in Hawaii before, most notably alongside Henry Kapono at his gig at Duke’s Canoe Club and Barefoot Bar. She’s also graced the stage with ZZ Top, a band with possibly the most down-home street cred in the American music industry. Lee confesses a weakness for Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake, and admits that at least a portion of her time in Hawaii will be spent seeking to fulfill that craving.

True to the tradition of the hard-working American music professional, Lee’s Honolulu sojourn will be a working vacation, a time to recharge while charging the waves by day and playing her music at night. With an angelic beauty, flowing blond curls and a voice that breaks hearts, Lee’s will be a welcome sight in the water and on the stage.

For more information, visit EricaSunshineLee.com.

Erica Sunshine Lee’s Sunshine in Hawaii Tour:
Tuesday, January 26 from 9:00 p.m. at Kelley O’Neil’s, 311 Lewers Street
Thursday, January 29 from 9:00 p.m. at O’Toole’s Irish Pub, 902 Nuuanu Avenue
www.TheHawaiiIndependent.com

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