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IN oRBit: WALKING WITH MR. LEE

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Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit spotlights an exclusive interview with Will Lee, a familiar face to millions as the lanky bass player of The Late Show with David Letterman lo these many years.

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Red Bankers know Mr. Lee equally as well for his work as co-founder and co-frontman of  The Fab Faux, those wondrous WannaBeatles who have become frequent-flyer fixtures at the Count Basie Theatre. Lee and his fellow MockTops — including Jimmy Vivino of the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien — are gracing us once more with a fast return to the Shore and a rare open-air gig this Saturday on the SummerStage set-up of the Stone Pony.

The sought-after session ace (who’s also been visible Shoreside with some relatively low-key jazz gigs) reveals the secret origins of this wildly successful side project, shares some not-guilty pleasures with our readers and lets us know exactly why the Faux fivesome are the true real-deal channelers of Merseybeat magic.

All this, plus an eyeful of  Linda Chorney, one of the savviest songer/singwriters on the local scene, and a performer who’s kicking off a new series of “words2music” mini-concerts at Book It! Events in The Grove at Shrewsbury.

Only in Red Bank oRBit, your satellite outpost of pixelated print.

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