Layonne
@Layonne
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Joined Jun 6, 2000
Layonne Holmes is a vocalist with range from funk and soul, to jazz and blues and rock and roll. With family gospel groundwork, Layonne has continually pursued her love of all genres.
Layonne also has a diverse career, performing with Bob Bandiera's Jersey Shore Rock-n-Soul Revue concerts at the Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank, NJ), the State Theatre (New Brunswick, NJ) and the State Theater (Easton, PA), with a long, impressive list of musical talent.
In addition she performs a Tribute to the Grand Ladies of Jazz, performed with the eclectic Gerald Carboy Jazz Ensemble, honors Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone.
She is also an experienced studio session singer, having laid tracks for Fernando Saunders of Lou Reed Band, Vini Lopez of Steel Mill, The late Danny Federici and Bill Chinnock, Steve Delopoulos and John DeGrazio of Burlap to Cashmere, Matt O'Ree, The Soul Project, and many others. Layonne was also a member of Love Among Freaks (of Clerks movie fame) and sang on the band's full-length album. She and her mother backed Bruce Springsteen on the internationally-televised 9/11 Tribute to Heroes Telethon and appear on the album of the same name.
This combined history has allowed Layonne to share the stage with Darlene Love, Beth Nielson Chapman, Phoebe Snow, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny, and Gary US Bonds, among others.
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