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Each week, we are going to publish a series of interview questions with the bands playing at Silopanna. For our kickoff piece, we are giving you the chance to meet Sweet Leda (through bassist Jaime Horrigan).

1) Name of  Band: Sweet Leda

2) Where You’re From: Annapolis

3) Band Members: Vocals: Julie Cymek; Bass: Jaime Horrigan; Electric Guitar: Omar El Dieahy; Drums: Don Boyette

4) Years Playing Together: Four beautiful years!

5) How would you describe the music you play to a stranger on a bus?: Rock and soul. Joss Stone crossed with Led Zeppelin

6) Who are you most looking forward to seeing play at Silopanna? All of our local pals! (and we’ve been told not to miss The Dap Kings)

 7) The best of part of playing music is…? Being able to turn a painful memory into an opportunity for comfort.

 8) Most memorable concert experience on stage is…Guessing you mean concert that we participated in….?  Songwriters in the round (with fellow Silopanna act Joey Harkum (of Pasadena), Bryan Russo and Jenn Grinnels) at The Night Cat in Easton would have to be considered one of the most special shows we’ve done……and our set at the festival we played in OC this past weekend was much fun!  We’ve had too many good ones to name….honestly….we strive to make every show our most memorable!

Concert you’ve attended….?  Julie and I (Jaime) went to see John Mayer at Merriweather and it was raining so hard that we were soaked to the  bone despite the fact that we had umbrellas AND raincoats!….yet we all stuck it out and enjoyed the show to the end.  

9) If the band collectively won the lottery, what is the first thing you’d buy to make your music-playing lives easier?

 A purple van! (and by van, we mean tour bus, with driver….plus a few extra hands to help with the gear….and a stocked mini-bar….and a dog so Don has someone to snuggle with)