{"id":9443,"date":"2013-03-18T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=9443"},"modified":"2013-03-18T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T14:00:05","slug":"the-veranda-welcomes-rick-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2013\/03\/18\/the-veranda-welcomes-rick-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Veranda welcomes Rick Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rick-Russell.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9444\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rick-Russell-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 18, 2013) \u2013 Rick Russell will perform in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verandarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\">the Veranda<\/a>\u2019s piano lounge every week Tuesday through Saturday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><!--more-->Singer\/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist, Russell began his musical career in the 1970s after\u00a0moving to Louisiana from western New York as a young boy. Russell\u2019s career brought him to Sanibel Island a few years later. His music\u00a0and work have won him many awards and appearances on PBS and NPR. Russell and his wife Danette founded the popular local roots band Stringtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am humbled and honored to be following in the venerated tradition of the Veranda\u2019s previous performers Lila and Dale,\u201d\u00a0said Russell.<\/p>\n<p>Russell\u2019s sets will offer eclectic renditions along with his original compositions of Elton John, Billy Joel, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Paul Simon\u00a0and Dr. John, played in Russell\u2019s warm, soulful and relaxing style.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1978, the Veranda has featured southern regional cuisine with a full bar, an extensive wine list and first-class service in a romantic setting. Located at 2122 Second Street in two turn-of-the-century Victorian homes, the Veranda has consistently been honored as one of the most award-winning restaurants in the area.<\/p>\n<p>For reservations and more information, call the Veranda at 239-332-2065 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verandarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.verandarestaurant.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 18, 2013) \u2013 Rick Russell will perform in the Veranda\u2019s piano lounge every week Tuesday through Saturday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[127,214,453,454,29,455,16,384,219,131,224,456,457,458],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}