Limelight Photography: Congratulations Geri X!

Geri X, local singer/songwriter well known throughout Tampa Bay hosted a CD Release show at the State Theater in St. Petersburg on Saturday January 17. This group is very special to me as the bass player, Greg Roteik is my brother and Geri is his girlfriend. Matt Bennett is the fabulous percussionist that completes their trio. Their music is absolutely amazing and they play frequent shows locally in and around Tampa Bay. Their melodic guitar harmonies and soothing voices are PERFECT for any wedding ceremony, cocktail hour and/or dinner. I speak from personal experience as the group played my own wedding last October.

(As you can tell I am a very proud of their accomplishments!)

I was asked by my brother to take some shots at the show, and I put together this photo slideshow for them. Included in the video are "Stubborn Man" and "Kiss on Both Eyelids," both from their new album, Anthems of a Mended Heart which is now available in stores, on their website and online with I-Tunes and Amazon.com.

01.17.2009 Geri X CD Release Show, State Theater, St. Petersburg, FL. from Sarah McDonald on Vimeo.

Please check out their website: www.gerixmusic.com and wwww.myspace.com/gerix to listen to and purchase music and to check out their schedule of upcoming shows. Next show is Saturday, February 7th at The New World Brewery in Ybor City, starting at 8pm. I hope to see you there!

To promote the show, Geri X was featured on the cover of Creative Loafing on Wednesday, January 13, 2009 and the group was also featured in a 2 page spread inside the local arts and entertainment newspaper.