{"id":3340,"date":"2012-07-28T13:24:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T18:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2017-12-08T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T03:30:13","slug":"unsung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=3340","title":{"rendered":"Unsung"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3341\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3341\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3341\" title=\"Eddie &quot;Wall St&quot; Brown\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edwstbrown-nejazzfest-main.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie &quot;Wall St&quot; Brown dances during a set at the Northeast Jazz &amp; Wine Festival on Friday night.\" width=\"436\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edwstbrown-nejazzfest-main.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edwstbrown-nejazzfest-main-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie &#8220;Wall St&#8221; Brown dances during a set at the Northeast Jazz &amp; Wine Festival on Friday night.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Black Lites are celebrating 40 years in the music business this year. Their story is familiar to Syracuse residents, but many outside the area do not know that the group recorded\u00a0a song with New England Producer Maurice Starr that later became a hit for New Edition.\u00a0 They never signed with Starr due to a previous contract obligation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3342\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3342\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3342\" title=\"James Patterson, lead vocalist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-jpatterson.jpg\" alt=\"James Patterson, lead vocalist\" width=\"255\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-jpatterson.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-jpatterson-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Patterson,\u00a0lead vocalist<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3343\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3343\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3343\" title=\"Eddie Wall Street gives some dap to horn player Dave Frateschi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edb-nejazzfest-dfrateschi.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Wall Street gives some dap to horn player Dave Frateschi\" width=\"436\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edb-nejazzfest-dfrateschi.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edb-nejazzfest-dfrateschi-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie\u00a0gives some love\u00a0to horn player Dave Frateschi<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3344\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3344\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3344\" title=\"Fans, including Sen. John DeFransicso, give applaud the Black Lites\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-fans2.jpg\" alt=\"Fans, including Sen. John DeFransicso, give applaud the Black Lites\" width=\"436\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-fans2.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-fans2-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans, including Sen. John DeFransicso, give applaud the Black Lites<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3345\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3345\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3345\" title=\"Guitarist Emanual Atkins makes it funky\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edwstbrown-nejazzfest-eatki.jpg\" alt=\"Guitarist Emanual Atkins makes it funky\" width=\"436\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edwstbrown-nejazzfest-eatki.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edwstbrown-nejazzfest-eatki-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitarist Emmanuel Atkins makes it funky<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3346\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3346\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3346\" title=\"Jerry Patterson, lead vocals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-jerpatterson.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Patterson, lead vocals\" width=\"355\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-jerpatterson.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nejazzwinefest-jerpatterson-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Patterson, lead vocals<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Lites are celebrating 40 years in the music business this year. 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