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A Demon…

A Dummy…

And a Saint…

Appearances Can Be Deceiving

“So you walk into a restaurant strung out from the road”
“And you feel the eyes upon you as you’re shaking off the cold”
“You pretend it doesn’t bother you,
“But you just want to explode” (Turn the Page-Bob Seger)

27 year old, American Idol contestant Sean Michel, has heard it all, “Osama”,” Fidel”, “Charlie”, or even “Jesus”.

Sean Michel is not what he appears to be. What Idol producers won’t tell you are that Sean is a deeply spiritual and devoutly religious man, who has more on his mind than just getting America to dial their fingers raw for Him. He is, no pun intended, a man with a “mission”

Quoting from his bands website, www.seanmichel.com here is a short narrative of just where his musical taste originated from.

“The music we love was born some time ago, in a cotton field somewhere as people sang their sorrows and hopes.” “There was something spiritual in these songs, something bigger than the pain of life, something that inspired endurance.”

“Over the years, these songs were transformed from Gospel and blues, into rock and jazz, and later became every aspect of what is now called the music industry.”

“As this transformation progressed further from its origins, it gradually began to lose the soul it was born with.” “The music around us became meaningless and empty, a wasteland of triviality where Gospel has been relegated as a footnote at music awards, a relic of where it all began.” “But things are destined to come full circle, and the time is coming for music to find its soul again.” “It is in this tradition that the Sean Michel Band finds itself, a band longing for meaning in a culture struggling to do the same.”

Sean most likely will not make the round of 24. He is not an image that can be mass marketed as an “Idol”. What he is though is a “Righteous Man of God” who will use this vehicle provided to him, to get his message out to those who need to hear it most, us.

www.myspace.com/seanmichel

Francis L.

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