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Karaoke where you can sing with the band

Originally published: May 16, 2011 9:23 AM
Updated: May 16, 2011 9:28 AM
By IAN J. STARK. Special to Newsday

Photo credit: Bruce Gilbert | Tom Christie sings along at Kodiak's Restaurant and Bar in Farmingdale with Brian Smith's live karaoke band. (April 28, 2011)

It's the stuff a serious karaoke singer fantasizes about: a packed house, an open stage, the perfect song -- only instead of belting out the lyrics over a prerecorded soundtrack, you're the front man of a real live band.

"I wasn't planning on doing this!" insists Trisha Kusinitz, of Plainview, mere moments after delivering a spirited cover of "Me and Bobby McGee" on a recent...