Chant Duplantier

Chant Duplantier returns to Lakeside at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 16. Expect his smooth voice and jazzy guitar work to soar on hits from Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder to Hall and Oates and Steve Ray Vaughn.

Sadly, Duplantier will be performing without longtime friend and bassist Jerry Smith Jr., who passed away last year from COVID.

Several years ago, Chant and Jerry Smith Jr. performed “Killing Me Softly” (Franklin’s composition made famous by Roberta Flack) at Lakeside just days after the passing of Aretha Franklin.

Rest In Peace Jerry Smith Jr.