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LITA HOPE

HOPE FOR PEACE

About Me

REEL BAND MEMBERS ARE:JOSH WEEKS - GUITARIST formerly of Circle of Knots, an all original band, where he worked with singers/songwriters Rusty Tinder & Angel Travis. Josh & Rusty still maintain a working relationship and can be found doing shows in Los Angeles, from time to time. Josh seems to play everything cello, mandolin, violin, piano, bass, drums and the list just goes on. He is also the music director of my project and I would truly be lost without him, as well as, a fabulous guitarist!! RALPH GARABITO III - DRUMS formerly of The Grape, an all orignial band, where he worked with singer/songwriter Tom, for years. (Tom's songwriting is so great he doesn't need a last name;) Ralph also drops in on The Grape from time to time to play. Ralph is the heartbeat of my music now and he has put his heart into getting my project off the ground..thanks Ralph!BRANDON HILLIARD - BASSIST formerly of Headless/Heartless, Nature of Man & Driven. He appeared at Fat Cat, The Palms, The Pound,The Mustang, and many more. For me Brandon seems to be this magical person that just came along at the right time. He just showed up from nowhere, like an angel, he fell out of the sky! Brandon reallly brings the band together and making it Reel.LITA HOPE -SINGER/SONGWRITER/GUITAR, formerly of Voyager, Moxie, The Gary Hamilton Blues Project, The Killer Blues Band, Richie Barron & Highway 2000. I have had the fortune of working with many great players, but I must say Josh, Brandon & Ralph are really it for me. They have taken my songs under their wings making them Reel. I have really enjoyed performing and a some of the places that were special to me were The Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, opening at the Ironstone Winery for Tommy Castro and 2 years of playing the Sonora Blues Festival, etc. I am truly excited about getting out and playing with this talented group of musicans, my new family;) See you out there!
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Member Since: 2/12/2007
Band Members: Lita Hope - Lead Vocals/Guitar, Josh Weeks - Lead & Rhythm Guitar/Vocals; Ralph Garabito III -Drums/Vocals; Brandon Hilliard -Bass/Vocals BAND VIDEO FOOTAGE BY DALE BATCHELOR - "PEACE IS FREE" VIDEO PRODUCTION BY JOSH WEEKS
Influences: Geoff Baker; Rickie Lee Jones; Linda Mc Cartney; Scott Dugdale; Paul Mc Cartney; Brian Ray; The Beatles; Jackie Kennedy; Julie Christy; Josh Weeks; Ralph Garabito; Brandon Hilliard; & Yoko;)!
Sounds Like: "LET ME IN" LIVE AT BLACK OAK CASINOCOMING SOON NEW VIDEO!
Record Label: StudioSopop
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

TAVEN

Hey Everyone...Just want to invite you to join at The Rock in Twain Harte for a night of Reel music.  The show opens with the fantastic & fabulous musical style of Taven Dennis.  Th...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:13:00 PST

K & THE GARDEN GNOMES

Hi Friends -- We would like to thank K for the opportunity to be a part of the Pacific Bowl Jam this summer.  We will be performing with the Garden Gnomes Saturday July 26th!   We ...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:24:00 PST

NIKKI

Lita Hope & Reel would like to send a BIG THANKS out to Nikki our band photographer, for all the great photos.  Thanks again Nikki ... we love you! Lita Hope & Reel...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:54:00 PST

REEL PLAYS WITH GARDEN GNOMES AT FATS

Hi Dear Friends---I am thrilled to invite you all out to our 1st show with the fabulous Garden Gnomes, Saturday, July 5th at Fats Bar & Grill in Stockton.  Please come and join us at Fats for...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:58:00 PST

REEL LOVES MARC PIERUCCINI & MUSIC SMART STUDIO

Hi Everyone...We just returned from our first recording session with Marc Pieruccini at Music Smart Studio.  We recorded 8 songs.  Marc is working on a rough mix, as I blog this;)  We w...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE V.S. PEACE IS FREE

Hello to all my fabulous friends;) Today I was approached by a person that watched our 1st youtube video "Peace Is Free".    The person gave me a blanket with freedom is not free e...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:20:00 PST

REEL RECORDINGS WITH MARC PIERUCCINI

Hi Dear Ones ...Hope all is well on the myspace frontier;)  We are very excited to be recording with Marc Pieruccini owner and sound genius of Music Smart Studio.  We will be recording our d...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:28:00 PST

RECORDING SESSIONS IN THE WORKS

Hi to all my Myspace Heros:  Just want to drop in on you to let you know we are getting out of town to record about 6 new songs.  One is going to be a very special song surprise for a very s...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:14:00 PST

BRANDON HILLIARD - BASSIST

Hey Everyone!  Just wanted to let you all know...we will be interducing our new bassist Brandon Hilliard on our recordings soon.  We are very excited...he is just what we needed...a cool tal...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:15:00 PST

RALPH GARABITO III & JOSH WEEKS

I would like to finally interduce on new band mix of "Promises of Love" also... the new song up "Cookin' In My Kitchen"  Ralph Garabito III on drums... (and a big hello to his...
Posted by LITA HOPE on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:08:00 PST