LEE DEWYZE - FROM DUTCH BOY TO IDOL WINNER

Oh I hope you do!

Glad you figured that out!

I think it would be very nice to meet Lee!

I think it would be pretty cool too. *crosses fingers*

Lee's cd got a big boost on Itunes. It is number 8 on overall top 200 cd.

He did a nice job on idol.

Shannon

That's wonderful!! Maybe I should finally get his CD. I loved the song and his voice was awesome last night.

Great for Lee!!! These Idol appearances really are wonderful promo spots!!

Lee has some tour dates set!


See the dates after the JUMP…



April 30 Elkins, WV Davis and Elkins College
June 4 Temecula, CA Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival #
June 19 Columbus, OH The Basement *
June 20 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House *
June 22 Minneapolis, MN Varsity *
June 23 Madison, WI Union Terrace at UW
June 24 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom *
June 25 Rockford, IL Davis Park *
June 27 Akron, OH Musica *
June 28 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar *
June 29 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre *
June 30 Stamford, CT Alive At Five
July 1 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall *
July 21 Des Moines, IA Simons Estes Amphitheatre *

# = with Third Eye Blind and Candlebox

Thanks for the Tour Dates, Canear! Woo Hoo! June 23 - MADISON!! The Union Terrace is right on the lake, right in the heart of the UW-Madison! Tons of people hang out there! That's great for LEE!!!

Lee debuted a new song called "Hummingbird" at his Madison WI gig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bc67544tg

I'm happy that he has gigs. It's a nice enough song. I'm afraid sometimes all these WGWG and their folksy songs just run together. Nice kid and I hope he has success.

Just heard that Lee DeWyze has gotten engaged. Another one bites the dust

Yes he did! And to a lovely model/actress! Congrats to them! It was in today's Chicago Tribune!

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We heard the rumors, now People Magazine has made it official. Season 9 Idol winner, Lee DeWyze and Jonna Walsh are engaged:

“I’m excited,” says DeWyze, who popped the question July 16 over champagne on a private yacht under a fireworks-filled sky at Disney World in Orlando. The couple are planning to wed in the fall of 2012.

“Jonna is a Disney freak,” he says. “They were playing love songs on the boat and I got down on my knee and asked her. I had a speech prepared but it all went out the window so I just asked her. She started crying and I said, ‘Is that a yes?’”

“We hung out and we went to a Lakers game on our first date. She’s a Lakers fan and I’m a Chicago Bulls fan and we just clicked out of the gate.” As for Walsh supporting another team, “We’re seeing a counselor about that,” he joked.

“We do all kinds of stuff together,” the singer says of life in Southern California with his fiancée. “We go to plays and exhibits and Jonna is really into the planning for the wedding.”

In a true example of “Sweet Serendipity”, Lee met Jonna when she starred as his love interest in his music video for his single…”Sweet Serendipity”. Aw. They’ve been together 8 months. “When you know, you know,” Lee says of their relatively short engagement. “We both feel that way. We don’t need to be together 20 years before we figure it out.”

Here's the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcEG72N5No8

Such a sweet love story!! They look great together!

I still love that song and video and he sounds great on it. Such a fun song to sing along with. So surprised it didn't do better.

It has to be difficult and RCA is not faring well lately.

I feel for all the frustrated artists there right now.....

Frustration or not they all are better off than when they started, it beats selling paint at the paint store and just dreaming on a good break.

Oh indeed - I meant I feel for them because RCA is in a bit of upheaval right now and a lot of artists probably do not know exactly where they stand. I honestly will be surprised if Lee gets another album out with RCA.

Firecracker wrote:

Oh indeed - I meant I feel for them because RCA is in a bit of upheaval right now and a lot of artists probably do not know exactly where they stand. I honestly will be surprised if Lee gets another album out with RCA.

That is exactly what it is. Nobody really knows where they stand with all the changes that have gone on. I blame SONY for all this because Sony housed RCA, Jive and so on. Sony was downsizing big time and put the idea of putting Jive with Epic and then that fell through and then RCA got put into so now we have RCA and Jive together for RCA records. I feel for all the artist on the labels that are flailing cause they don't know if they will have a contract anymore. Also I feel bad for the artist that are on the label and are making their cd but have had to wait on getting it started,(recording wise), cause of all the freaking changes and not knowing when they could start.

Praying for Lee that he can make his second cd.

Shannon

Even though the odds of him releasing another album on RCA aren't too strong I really hope that he's able to get it out there and remain with them. It'd be a shame if ended up being one of their many victims due to all the recent shakeups.

Bringing over a post from AWoP:

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Apparently Lee is re-signed to his old pre-Idol label, and according to someone who's been following him since AI, this was the plan all along. The label released him to let him audition for AI to get more exposure and gain more fans, and then as soon as RCA dropped him, they re-signed him. It's a huge win for the little indie label, but I don't see how this benefits Lee. He'd make far more money and reach far more people on RCA than whatever tiny indie label he was on before Idol, but this was his and that label's plan, so whatevs. I don't feel bad for him. It's what he wanted.

Maybe he didn't have much of a choice.

I'm sure he knew he was going to be dropped from RCA when both his singles and his album sold so poorly. Plus with RCA taking on new artists from JIVE etc. Poor kid. Just got married - or maybe still just engaged can't remember for sure. I wish him well. Seems to be a super nice guy.

YouTube Video of Lee’s Facebook chat tonight as a thank you to his fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQT_-Kk4PTY&feature=player_detailpage

35 minutes long. via: TheRedbeanieblog