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THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN A FEW MONTHS AFTER TERRY LEE
AND HIS FAMILY WE'RE STRUCK BY HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005...
THEY LOST EVERYTHING OWNED (THE STUFF) , BUT SOON TO FIND OUT ...
"HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS, AND NOT WHERE YOUR STUFF IS."
New Orleans. It used to be that pianist/vocalist Terry Lee Ryan could take it for granted. Everything about the city; the old streets, the people who inhabited them, and most importantly, the sounds that seemed to infuse it all. Now, however, he has to carry all of that with him, bearing on his shoulders the culture and the music of the city that he has called home his entire life. He has brought it all to Northern Virginia. An evacuee from Hurricane Katrina,
Terry Lee Ryan can now be found entertaining the guests who pack the piano Lounges across the Venue's of Northern Virginia, Terry Lee Ryan’s playing is vibrant and he performs with an energy that permeates atmosphere of all these well known venues.
When he’s not singing, he keeps up constant conversation with the guests, inviting them to join in on a song then barreling into renditions of classics, by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Billy Joel. But there are other moments when he switches gears and starts in on songs about New Orleans. Suddenly the joyful enthusiasm is replaced by yearning, a sound that originated in the city years ago, long before the recent hurricane and flood, but now seems to define the indescribable wreck of......
Read more at: www.TerryLeeRyan.com
AND HIS FAMILY WE'RE STRUCK BY HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005...
THEY LOST EVERYTHING OWNED (THE STUFF) , BUT SOON TO FIND OUT ...
"HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS, AND NOT WHERE YOUR STUFF IS."
New Orleans. It used to be that pianist/vocalist Terry Lee Ryan could take it for granted. Everything about the city; the old streets, the people who inhabited them, and most importantly, the sounds that seemed to infuse it all. Now, however, he has to carry all of that with him, bearing on his shoulders the culture and the music of the city that he has called home his entire life. He has brought it all to Northern Virginia. An evacuee from Hurricane Katrina,
Terry Lee Ryan can now be found entertaining the guests who pack the piano Lounges across the Venue's of Northern Virginia, Terry Lee Ryan’s playing is vibrant and he performs with an energy that permeates atmosphere of all these well known venues.
When he’s not singing, he keeps up constant conversation with the guests, inviting them to join in on a song then barreling into renditions of classics, by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Billy Joel. But there are other moments when he switches gears and starts in on songs about New Orleans. Suddenly the joyful enthusiasm is replaced by yearning, a sound that originated in the city years ago, long before the recent hurricane and flood, but now seems to define the indescribable wreck of......
Read more at: www.TerryLeeRyan.com