{"id":5882,"date":"2013-06-19T20:59:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T01:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=5882"},"modified":"2017-12-11T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T23:03:34","slug":"piano-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=5882","title":{"rendered":"Piano Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5883\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5883\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5883\" title=\"Singer Frank McComb was the headliner for the 2013 Syracuse Juneteenth Celebration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/fmc111.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Frank McComb was the headliner for the 2013 Syracuse Juneteenth Celebration\" width=\"436\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/fmc111.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/fmc111-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Frank McComb was the headliner for the 2013 Syracuse Juneteenth Celebration<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although the city celebrated the event on Saturday, the official day for Juneteenth (June 19) is today.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday the city got it&#8217;s first taste of soul vocalist Frank McComb, who was part of the free festival.\u00a0 The concert was held not too far from the Jerry Rescue Freedom Statue in historic Clinton Square.<\/p>\n<p>Physically McComb resembles bassist Chris Walker and radio-personality Doug Banks.\u00a0 He has his roots in gospel and dabbles in jazz, but\u00a0he has a vocal and playing style most\u00a0reminiscent of a mid-80s Stevie Wonder (or some at the venue said Donny Hathaway).<\/p>\n<p>McComb further showed his generosity by choosing a few Syracuse-area musicians to share the stage and play during his set (including beast of the beats Stephen Bender and Brownskin Band&#8217;s Nate Brown).<\/p>\n<p>Although the show stared a little late, the crowd had no problem following his groove.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5885\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5885\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5885\" title=\"Syracuse-area drummer Stephen Bender was invited to play with McComb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/juneteenth-stbender-drums.jpg\" alt=\"Syracuse-area drummer Stephen Bender was invited to play with McComb\" width=\"364\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/juneteenth-stbender-drums.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/juneteenth-stbender-drums-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syracuse-area drummer Stephen Bender was invited to play the set with McComb.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to a promoter at the show, look for McComb to make a return to the area\u00a0in September.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5886\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5886\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5886\" title=\"McComb warms up backstage before his set in Clinton Square\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/fmrehear-267.jpg\" alt=\"McComb warms up backstage before his set in Clinton Square\" width=\"364\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/fmrehear-267.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/fmrehear-267-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McComb warms up backstage before his set in Clinton Square.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the city celebrated the event on Saturday, the official day for Juneteenth (June 19) is today. On Saturday the city got it&#8217;s first taste of soul vocalist Frank McComb, who was part of the free festival.\u00a0 The concert was held not too far from the Jerry Rescue Freedom Statue in historic Clinton Square. 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