{"id":50788,"date":"2022-07-21T10:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=50788"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:18:08","slug":"on-stage-the-claudettes-excited-to-be-back-playing-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=50788","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: The Claudettes excited to be back playing live"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Claudettes<\/p><\/div>\n

The Claudettes do wonderful work in the recording studio. But, more than anything, the Claudettes are a great live band.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, COVID-19 robbed the Chicago-based band of that aspect for more than two years.<\/p>\n

Late last year, the Claudettes returned to playing live concerts \u2013 including a powerful show at the Arden Gild Hall just over the state line in Delaware.<\/p>\n

Now, the quartet that features pianist\/songwriter Johnny Iguana, bassist\/singer Zach Verdoorn, vocalist Berit Ulseth and drummer Michael Caskey, has returned to the road with a vengeance after taking time last year to record a new album. <\/p>\n

The title of the band\u2019s soon-to-be-released album is \u201cThe Claudettes Go Out!\u201d, which will be released via Forty Below Records Release on October 14.<\/p>\n

The title is a statement.<\/p>\n

The band recently did a European tour and now has a schedule of Friday-Sunday mini tours now through November with weekend visits to the Northeast, Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, South Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the Claudettes will visit the area again for a show at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com<\/a>) on July 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur shows are really special,\u201d said Iguana, during a recent phone interview from Des Moines, Iowa on his way home from a gig in Denver.<\/p>\n

\u201cTouring is great. After what we went through with the pandemic, we don\u2019t take anything for granted — including the van\u2019s checkups and oil changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI booked a lot of concerts this year. Curators at art centers know us. We kind of crept back in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iguana wears many hats with the Claudettes. He is the singer, main writer, musical director, booking agent and spokesperson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe percentage of time I spend writing and recording is miniscule compared to all the other things I have to do to keep things going,\u201d said Iguana.\u00a0 \u201cI spend a lot of time booking shows, arranging for our lodging, sending out posters, arranging promo for our shows and editing our music videos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing out\u201d is what the Claudettes have been doing \u2013 and what they are suggesting as an activity for music fans.<\/p>\n

\u201c2019 was a Netflix world,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cWhen people were deciding about whether to go out, they didn\u2019t go out. They said \u2013 we\u2019ll just crack a beer and watch TV.\u201d<\/p>\n

One bright side about the band\u2019s break from the road was it allowed time to work on their upcoming album.<\/p>\n

\u201cLater in 2020, we got together to make a new album,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cThe new album was done in several sessions. Because of the lockdown, it was done piecemeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded piano to a click track. Berit did the vocals on her own. Michael and Zach practiced and came up with the right parts to overdub. We play together enough so we knew how to do it tightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

For \u201cThe Claudettes Go Out!,\u201d\u00a0the band completed two sessions. The first was recorded and co-produced in Chicago by recent Grammy nominee Anthony Gravino (Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter) and mixed in NYC by Grammy-winning legend Kevin Killen (David Bowie, U2, Elvis Costello). The second session, in Chicago, was helmed by Grammy-winning producer Ted Hutt (Violent Femmes, Old Crow Medicine Show) and mixed in LA by Hutt and Ryan Mall. It was mastered by\u00a0Joe La Porta at Sterling Sound.<\/p>\n

Iguana is a prolific writer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m writing all the time,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cFor us, new songs are the most exciting thing.\u00a0\u00a0I start with chords and melodies. I start with building blocks. And we record a lot of our shows. We listen to them over and over and learn a lot from listening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Claudettes\u00a0combine the Chicago blues-piano tradition with the energy of rockabilly and punk and the sultry sound of \u201960s soul-jazz to create a thrilling new spin on American roots music.<\/p>\n

According to Downbeat Magazine, \u201cThe\u00a0Claudettes\u00a0hit listeners upside the head with a mash-up of Otis Spann blues, Albert Ammons boogie-woogie, Ray Charles soul and \u201cFess\u201d Longhair New Orleans R&B.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather than attack the blues with one or two guitars, the\u00a0Claudettes\u00a0brandish a piano instead. But the\u00a0Claudettes\u00a0have created their own fanatical fusion of blues and soul-jazz. They merge earthy blues and soul with pop hooks and punk spirit, writing an intriguing new chapter in American roots music.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a really wide-ranging album,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cThere are some giddy tunes and sone really downbeat heartbroken songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album won\u2019t come out until October, so we\u2019ve been releasing a series of four singles \u2013 in March, May, July and September.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most recent single\/video is a song titled, \u201cExposure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe song is about what a drag it is to have to deal with record company management pressuring me to promote all the time \u2013 promote the band on Spotify and social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the song \u201cPark Bench\u201d features string charts by Jim Cooper, violin and viola by Andra Kulans, cello by Nora Barton, and acoustic guitar by Anthony Gravino, all the rest of \u201cThe Claudettes Go Out!\u201d was performed by the four band members.<\/p>\n

Iguana first gained renown as pianist for blues giant Junior Wells and as co-founder of punk-organ band Oh My God. He has toured or recorded with Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Johnny Winter, Derek Trucks, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, James Cotton and more. He has played on three Grammy-nominated albums and earned a 2021 Blues Music Award nomination for Piano Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Claudettes recorded their 2018 album, \u201cDance Scandal At The Gymnasium!,\u201d with Grammy-winning producer Mark Neill (Black Keys, Old 97\u2019s, J. Roddy Walston, J.D. McPherson).<\/p>\n

Last year, Iguana released an album on his own \u2013 \u201cJohnny Iguana\u2019s Chicago Spectacular\u201d on Delmark Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a Chicago blues piano album,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cI figured who would be good to sing on it. I got Billy Boy Arnold, who is 84 and played harmonica for Bo Diddley, and John Primer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iguana also got musical contributions from Bob Margolin, Matthew Skoller, Billy Flynn, Kenny Smith, Bill Dickens, Michael Caskey and Lil\u2019 Ed.<\/p>\n

This is Iguana\u2019s first blues album as a leader, and it\u2019s not your typical blues album. That\u2019s because, Iguana is not your typical blues piano player. At a time when bold originality is less welcomed in blues than it is in other music, Iguana stands out as an artist who has reached the apex of his craft but who has not allowed a strict definition of blues to limit his expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was produced by Matthew Skoller,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cI got the chance to play a 100-year-old Chicago-made upright piano.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album in January 2020. We didn\u2019t realize then what was coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Claudettes\u2019 have a strange history \u2013 and an interesting story behind their name.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Caskey, a drummer from Chicago, and I had a piano-and-drum duo,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cWe called a place called Claudette\u2019s Bar in 2010 looking for a gig in between Chicago and St. Louis. Claudette booked us into her bar in Oglesby (Illinois) and fell in love with the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, she hired us as her house band and put them. That drummer\u2019s wife had a baby, so we hired a new drummer and then expanded to a four-piece. Since then, we\u2019ve done a ton of shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show at the City Winery will be a homecoming for Iguana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born in New Jersey and grew up in the Philly area,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cI graduated from Upper Dublin High School and the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I moved to New York City where I worked in publishing and played piano. I began meeting blues musicians and playing in blues bands. I met Junior Wells in Chicago and played piano in his band.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to touring internationally and recording six albums with his cult-favorite rock band oh my god, Iguana has played live or recorded with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor, James Cotton, Lil\u2019 Ed, Carey Bell, Billy Boy Arnold, Lurrie Bell, John Primer, Billy Branch, Carlos Johnson, Sugar Blue, Dave Myers and Eddie Shaw.<\/p>\n

As fans of the\u00a0Claudettes know, the band has created its own genre.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Claudettes\u00a0blazed a new trail masquerading as a blues\/roots bands but it\u2019s a punk band at its core,\u201d said Iguana. \u201cWe can play a punk bill as a rock band or a different bill as a blues band. The\u00a0Claudettes\u00a0really put a lot of heart in our live show. We combine musicianship and humor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll play a 75\u201380-minute set at City Winery. The set list will include not only songs from \u2018The Claudettes Go Out!\u2019 but also newer songs. We\u2019re doing songs from all our records. City Winery is a listening room and that\u2019s my favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Claudettes — https:\/\/youtu.be\/VZPtSan992o<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The all-ages show at City Winery on July 22 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15.<\/p>\n

Comedy fans will be in for a \u201cHall of a Good Time\u201d if they visit the\u00a0Candlelight\u00a0Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) on July 21.<\/p>\n

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Missy Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

That is the night that the Candlelight Theater is presenting the July edition of its monthly\u00a0Candlelight\u00a0Comedy\u00a0Club and it will have Missy Hall as the headliner and Jeremy Hall as the feature.<\/p>\n

Not coincidentally, they are husband and wife. But they each have their own style of comedy. They are funny in their own special way<\/p>\n

Missy Hall is a comedian and motivational speaker with a sharp-witted, universal style that captivates audiences.<\/p>\n

She is adept at calibrating her act to fit PG-13 to R rated gigs to family friendly G rated comedy to corporate comedy and motivational speaking. Her ability to connect quickly with audiences has made her a crowd favorite across the country, and she performs at clubs, theaters, corporate settings, various fundraisers, private parties.<\/p>\n

Missy Hall is billed as the \u201cQueen of Happy Things.\u201d She loves to laugh, believes pants are optional and thinks the world would be better place if dogs were in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in lower Delaware \u2013 in Milford,\u201d said Hall, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from her home in Middletown, Delaware.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduated from the University of Delaware. Later, I taught at St. Anne\u2019s School in Middletown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been involved in musical theater. As an adult teaching, I\u2019d incorporate comedy and people told me that I should be in comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, she heeded what they were saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started completely backwards. I was 45 and didn\u2019t know anything about standup. I was doing theater at the Premier Center of the Arts in Middletown. They were putting on a comedy show and asked me to open for the comedian. Afterward, people came up and told me that I was funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cI entered a local comedy contest and did five minutes. Then, you get to do six or seven minutes. Then people hire you. I got very lucky. People hired me even though I had never done open mics. I was a 45-year-old mom with a daughter. I didn\u2019t know anything about comedy shows<\/p>\n

\u201cRealize Records asked me to make a comedy album. It was a one-woman show for 90 minutes. That album was \u2018Miss Representation\u2019 and it made the first round of Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done three albums for Realize. The first was in 2012. The second \u2013 \u201950 Shades of 50\u2019 \u2013 came out in 2014. The new one \u2013 \u2018Scoot Up\u2019 \u2013 was just released in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall, who is the 2013 winner of the Laugh Out Loud Competition, has worked as a warm-up comic for Harry Connick, Jr at CBS Television. A seasoned actress\/singer, Hall was featured in \u201cRoad Spill\u201d on TruTV and in the feature film \u201cDays of Power\u201d with Eric Roberts released in 2018.<\/p>\n

She was also a finalist in the professional category of the 2018 Ladies Out Loud competition, a finalist at the 2018 Big Sky Comedy Festival, a performer at HBO\u2019s Women in Comedy Festival, a headliner at the 2019 San Diego Comedy Festival, and made Best of the Fest in the 2019 Burbank Comedy Festival.<\/p>\n

Hall is a comedian, warm up act, and motivational speaker with a sharp-witted, universal style that captivates audiences around the country. She enjoys naps, her dogs, and making up words that no one else understands. Most of all, she enjoys connecting with strangers through laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the first times I headlined a comedy show was at the Candlelight Theatre about 10 years ago,\u201d said Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my show, I talk about daily life \u2013 observational stuff like doctors\u2019 appointments and having kids. I talk about being a woman or being a parent or trying to get gas. I tell relatable stories about relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of those relationships is her marriage to Jeremy Hall.<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

In another phone interview Monday afternoon, Jeremy Hall said, \u201cMissy and I have worked together for years, and we\u2019ve been married since 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in the D.C. area \u2013 in Silver Spring, Maryland. We met doing comedy shows in Baltimore. She was from Delaware, and I was from D.C., and we\u2019d go to Baltimore for shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started dating three years after we met. We did a bunch of shows together before we were a \u2018thing.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI was an addict a while ago. I was a pill popper \u2013 painkillers. I got into it right back after college while I was a bartender and was into it for about a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I\u2019ve been clean for 12 years. Sobriety got me into comedy. I tried comedy and my first show went really well. My second show bombed but the third and fourth were better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started doing open mics in D.C. and Baltimore. Then, I began getting booked on real shows. I love being an emcee. I love being a host. Hosting, you get to set the tone. I started featuring about five years ago, I\u2019ve only headlined a few shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually do a 20-25-minute show. I talk about addiction. I talk about being short \u2013 I\u2019m 4-11. I talk about being married to an older woman. Missy is 55 and I just turned 42 \u2013 but mentally, we\u2019re in the same place.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re also in the same place physically \u2013 Middletown, Delaware. And they both performed at the Candlelight Theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy show is PG-13,\u201d said Hall, who works in the cruise industry. \u201cI focus a lot of marriage, being short and living in Delaware.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Missy Hall — https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZzYrxoyJoc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The emcee for the July 21 show is Michelle Mattera.<\/p>\n

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Michelle Mattera<\/p><\/div>\n

Like both Missy Hall and Jeremy Hall, Mattera has done a comedy performance at the Candlelight Theatre. Actually, she has done her only comedy performance at the Candlelight.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast summer, I was emcee for a show by Ophira Eisenberg,\u201d said Mattera, during a phone interview Monday evening from her home in Warminster. \u201cMy history in comedy is pretty short. I really haven\u2019t done it very much.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother Jake Mattera is a comedian, and he teaches a class. I\u2019m funnier than he is but he\u2019s the comedian.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a joke, I said that I should take his class. So, my wife Maureen Cotellese signed me up for the class without telling me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took an eight-week course and had a Zoom comedy showcase. The class was a huge jump out of my comfort zone. I didn\u2019t do open mics. It was a really difficult time in my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen (Candlelight comedy booker) Jason Pollock asked me to open last year, I thought it was a positive distraction. I was pretty proud of myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been it with comedy. It\u2019s not really a thing I\u2019ve thought about pursuing, but it\u2019s possible that I\u2019ll do some open mics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs emcee, I do 10-15 minutes at the start to rile things up and then another 10 minutes to get them set for the headliner. In my routine, I talk about real life things like family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mattera grew up in Delaware County \u2013 a Boothwyn native and Cardinal O\u2019Hara grad. With just that, there is plenty of material for comedy routines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had my way, I\u2019d still be living in Delaware County,\u201d said Mattera \u2013 spoken like a true Delco girl.<\/p>\n

The show at the\u00a0Candlelight\u00a0Theater on July 21 will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which include complimentary snacks, iced tea, lemonade and coffee, are $30. There will be a full-service bar open throughout the show.<\/p>\n

Pr<\/a>oof of Vaccination or negative test required.\u00a0Masks are required entering and exiting the theatre.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Candlelight\u00a0Theater is in the early stages of its fourth production run of 2022 — \u201cSweet Charity.\u201d\u00a0 The lively musical comedy is running now through August 28.<\/p>\n

Another attractive theater event is taking place in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Kimmel Cultural Campus, in partnership with The Shubert Organization, is presenting the history-making production of\u00a0\u201cTo Kill a\u00a0Mockingbird\u201d\u00a0in a Philadelphia premiere engagement now through July 24 at the Campus\u2019 Academy of Music (240 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>.) Academy Award\u00ae\u00a0winner\u00a0Aaron Sorkin\u2019s\u00a0new play, directed by Tony Award\u00ae\u00a0winner\u00a0Bartlett Sher\u00a0and based on\u00a0Harper Lee\u2019s classic novel,\u00a0has come to Philadelphia as part of a multi-year national tour across North America.<\/p>\n

Set in Alabama in 1934, Harper Lee\u2019s enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence centers on one of the most venerated characters in American literature, small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. The cast of characters includes Atticus\u2019s daughter Scout, her brother Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker, Calpurnia, their visiting friend Dill, and a mysterious neighbor, the reclusive Arthur\u00a0\u201cBoo\u201d\u00a0Radley. The other indelible residents of Maycomb, Alabama, are Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson, prosecutor Horace Gilmer, Judge Taylor and Mayella Ewell.<\/p>\n

Starring in the critically acclaimed National Tour production are Emmy\u00a0Award\u00ae-winning actor\u00a0Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, Melanie Moore as Scout Finch, Jacqueline Williams as Calpurnia, Justin Mark as Jem Finch, Yaegel T. Welch as Tom Robinson, Steven Lee Johnson as Dill Harris, Mary Badham and Delaware County native Greg Wood as Dr. Reynolds.<\/p>\n

Thomas, who has a large Broadway and film resume and a list of acting awards, first gained national recognition as John-Boy in the hit TV series \u201cThe Waltons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/QzBjwOmnmXQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The National Tour of \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d will have a run at the Academy of Music now through July 24. Ticket prices start at $25.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) is hosting Kirsten Maxwell and Belle-Skinner on July 22 and on July 23.<\/p>\n

According to Judy Collins, \u201cKirsten Maxwell is an amazing writer and powerful, evocative singer whose performances are a sheer joy. She shines in her own lyrical compositions and in her singular choices of other artists, especially those of Joni Mitchell. Hearing Kirsten sing is uplifting-her future as a performer will be an inspiration in an already marvelous present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belle-Skinner is a dark nostalgic singer-songwriter based in upstate New York and Brooklyn. With a hauntingly beautiful, lilting soprano and innate sense of melody, she crafts tales of songbirds, sirens and desert nomads — nuanced and layered stories which bridge the gap between past and present.<\/p>\n

On July 21, it will be time for the \u201cThursday Night Jazz Jam\u201d featuring the Dave Reiter Trio playing intriguing jazz from 8-10 p.m.<\/p>\n

The show also includes \u201cGuest Singer Night.\u201d This week\u2019s feature is Lucas Beltran & His Orchestra. Beltran is a young and talented jazz singer in the mold of a young Frank Sinatra.<\/p>\n

There is a $10 cover charge at the door for the \u201cThursday Night Jazz Jam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSunday Blues Brunch & Jam\u201d is a favorite of Jamey\u2019s regulars because Reilly and his band the Philly Blues Kings (www.phillyblueskings.com<\/a>) are the performers each week.<\/p>\n

The Philly Blues King are a veteran outfit comprised of David Reiter on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Bill Marconi on drums and vocals and Reilly on bass guitar. They have performed together for 15 years and are the house band for Jamey\u2019s House of Music. They are well known for tight, jazz inflected classic blues.<\/p>\n

Reiter performs on a seven-string guitar and Reilly plays a fretless five string bass and that sets the group above the ordinary. The three veteran musicians have each spent decades playing the blues professionally and have backed many well-known national artists.<\/p>\n

Video link for Philly Blues Kings \u2014\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/bAnBVLc7Wsg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music on 12 will start at noon. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSpecial Promotion\u201d for July 24 is \u201cWear Your Jammies (Anything Goes!)\u201d and receive a complimentary non-alcoholic beverage and dessert of your choice.<\/p>\n

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) is presenting Peter Rowan’s Free Mexican Airforce featuring Los Texmaniacs on July 23.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is presenting Crys Matthews and Emma\u2019s Revolution as part of its \u201cRooftop Series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts (9 South Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr,<\/a> brynmawrtwilightconcerts.com<\/a>) will present John Gorka on July 23.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Rose Tree Summer Festival (Rose Tree Park, Route 252, Media, www.delcopa.gov\/departments\/parks<\/a>)\u00a0will host the Eric Mintel Quartet on July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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