Lit By Lightning http://www.litbylightning.com lit by lightning, lit, lightning, rock, band, grace, woods, music, sing, song, musical, original, piano, wood, GW, SF, san, francisco, california, united, states Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en The 3 Interwoven Bands on this Website http://www.litbylightning.com/2007/11/01/who-we-are/ http://www.litbylightning.com/2007/11/01/who-we-are/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:29:09 +0000 Grace Uncategorized http://www.gracewoods.net/2007/11/01/who-we-are/ Grace Woods Trio and Vanessa Van Spall are two of the bands headquartered on this website as solo and full band acts. Vanessa Van Spall creates upbeat, bittersweet piano pop while Grace Woods performs dark jazzy quirky pop. Photos, blog entries, mp3s and shows listed on this site have labels to specifiy the specific group involved.

Lit By Lightning is Original Power Pop Rock resembling a mix of the following: Ben Folds Five, Fleetwood Mac, The Cars and Steely Dan. Venue/Festival Bookers Click this PDF
It’s the result of the two Bay Area bands (GWT and VVS) coming together to make one superband.

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]]> http://www.litbylightning.com/2007/11/01/who-we-are/feed/ Stockton Asparagus, Glen Park and La Pena http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/27/stockton-asparagus-festival-and-glen-park-festival/ http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/27/stockton-asparagus-festival-and-glen-park-festival/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:36:50 +0000 Grace Uncategorized http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/27/stockton-asparagus-festival-and-glen-park-festival/ Thanks to Ann and Greg of the Stockton Asparagus Festival for welcoming us back and taking such great care of us. It ended up a sunny event. We shared two orders of fried asparagus and tri-tip asparagus sandwiches. After a heated debate on the car ride home on the intricate facets of music, the band retired for a couple days to prepare for the Glen Park Festival.

Vanessa pointed out that her neice is a 4th generation Glen Park Resident and it was fun to watch Vanessa point out people she knew in the crowd. Special thanks to those who came out and to Dan Gustavson for taking such great care of us. At both of these shows, we were lucky enough to play a few tunes by Alex Karweit, our dear friend and talented local musician. You can check him out at alexkarweit.com. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Orinda 4th of July Parade!

On another note, close family friend Ron Stallings had a benefit concert at La Pena (tilda soon to be learned on this computer) last night. Musical friends played tunes in his honor and Whitney and his family were treated to a swelling wave of support. If you wish to make a donation to help pay for the medical expenses that Ron incurred in his last months, please call La Pena for information.

-Grace and LBL

]]> http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/27/stockton-asparagus-festival-and-glen-park-festival/feed/ Thanks for coming to the SF Women’s Film Festival http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/06/thanks-for-coming-to-the-sf-womens-film-festival/ http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/06/thanks-for-coming-to-the-sf-womens-film-festival/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:11:34 +0000 Grace Uncategorized http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/06/thanks-for-coming-to-the-sf-womens-film-festival/ We had the pleasure of opening up the SF Women’s Film Festival at the Women’s building in the mission and it was one of the most stress-free gigs we have had. With a very enthusiastic crew of volunteers, some amazing filmmakers and a very supportive crowd, this event is a must-attend for anyone interested. We look forward to contributing in future years and we hope to see you there! For more info on this continuing event, check out sfwff.org!

]]> http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/04/06/thanks-for-coming-to-the-sf-womens-film-festival/feed/ Cafe Royale Last Night with Otis http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/03/08/cafe-royale-last-night-with-otis/ http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/03/08/cafe-royale-last-night-with-otis/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:44:24 +0000 Grace Uncategorized http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/03/08/cafe-royale-last-night-with-otis/ Special thanks to Otis, Chris V., Les, Jacob, Magdalene, USF Cohorts 1 and 2, Laura, Anil, Cordelia, Linda, Gwen, Dan, Jake, Will and many others who made last night so memorable! The place was small, high-ceilinged and intimate. We got sweaty and loud. We fussed with monitors and jumped around. Wine flowed and people filled the balconies with talk of weekends, the economy, music etc. We played a number of completely new songs. I’m putting a couple pics up, but there are more coming from our good friend Gary. Enjoy the free downloads on the music page!

]]> http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/03/08/cafe-royale-last-night-with-otis/feed/ Free MP3s and Free Show for You! http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/02/25/free-mp3s-and-free-show-for-you/ http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/02/25/free-mp3s-and-free-show-for-you/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:00:44 +0000 Grace Uncategorized http://www.litbylightning.com/2009/02/25/free-mp3s-and-free-show-for-you/ Hi Everybody! You may already have our past albums and EP but I wanted to let you know that Ian just made the mp3s for our 3 demo songs available for free download on various sites! Click on the logo on the music player in the music section and you will be directed to the download site! Click the downward-pointing arrow on the right of the song and it will download to your computer without asking for your information! We would like you to keep in touch, however, by signing up for our e-mail list to your left, so we can let you know when we post new free downloads!

See you at Cafe Royale for a FREE show in San Francisco March 7th with Otis! Details in the GIGS section!

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