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SINGER/SONGWRITER LEE TOTTEN:
In October of 1996, Lee began performing solo acoustic shows to refocus on his songwriting and redefine his sound. Since then he has been featured on WGMC-TV in Worcester, MA, and on the Time-Warner Cable network in Foxboro, MA; licensed a song for use on a syndicated program on Houston, TX's KTBZ and Dallas, TX's Q102; and continues to receive airplay on Hartford, CT's Radio 104, first in afternoon drive time amongst 18-34 year olds. He was nominated for a 1997 Worcester Phoenix Best Music Poll award and was chosen to participate in ASCAP's East Coast Song To Song workshop.
In February of 1998, Lee performed in Los Angeles and in Southern Florida before returning home and picking up a 1998 Worcester Phoenix 'Best Solo Act' nomination. In April of 1998, he returned to Hartford, CT's Bushnell Park and appeared with The Specials, Superdrag and Letters To Cleo in front of 10,000. In December, Lee and the band showcased at the Phliladelphia Music Conference in Philadelphia, PA. The
release of his second CD, "Could Have Been King" in May of 1998 finds Lee performing
once again with a backing band and touring in support of this most recent latest
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the February 1996 release of his debut CD, Sleeping Alone, singer/songwriter Lee
Totten and his backing band began to make regional appearances in clubs throughout
Massachusetts, New York state and Connecticut. They opened up for J. Geils' Bluestime
as well as former Van Morrison guitarist John Platania, and performed at The Paradise
in Boston, The Rhinecliff Hotel in Rhinecliff, NY and The Pyramid Club in New
York City. The disc began to receive airplay on college stations WNEK and WERB
and major-market stations WMRQ (Radio 104, Hartford, CT), WHMP (99.3, Northampton,
MA) and WNEB (Portsmouth, NH) and during the summer of 1996, songs from the CD
were played during San Francisco Giants home games. In September of 1996, the
first single from the disc, 'Laughing Out Loud,' was chosen for the Daddy's Junky
Music Best Of Massachusetts compilation CD.
In
April of 1997, Lee performed to a crowd of 15,000 opening up for The Barenaked
Ladies in a special free concert in Hartford, CT's Bushnell Park, an event which
was broadcast live to 500,000 homes on Connecticut Public Television. In June
of 1997, he appeared before 20,000 people at Riverside Park in Agawam, MA on a
bill that also included The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Better Than Ezra, Local H,
Orbit, Moby and Blondie. In August he took the stage at The Meadows Music Theater
in Hartford, CT in front of 15,000 between Third Eye Blind and The Offspring and
in October was one of 14 songwriters chosen to participate in ASCAP's East Coast
Advanced Songwriter's Workshop. In December, he appeared at the Oakdale Music
Theater with Everclear and Veruca Salt.