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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 17, 2011.
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Limited-edition "Hope One Mile" magnet and a personal thank you email from Brian.
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Autographed, limited-edition numbered copy of the "Hope One Mile" CD.
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GB Leighton poster, t-shirt and signed "Hope One Mile" CD.
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Fun in the sun and BBQ at Lake McCarron with Brian. Water sports during the day, with an evening acoustic performance by Brian, plus a signed copy of "Hope One Mile" and a beach towel.
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Private pre-show party with Brian and access to the show, plus a signed copy of "Hope One Mile" (club shows only).
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Access to the private CD release show at Flash, a ticket to the public CD release show at First Avenue, an official "Hope One Mile" tour jacket, and a signed, numbered copy of "Hope One Mile."
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Go to a Twins game and get beverages and hot dogs with Brian (two tickets). Also receive two official "Hope One Mile" tour jackets, and two signed, numbered copies of "Hope One Mile."
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A five-star hotel stay in the Twin Cities, two VIP access passes to the private CD release show at Flash, and two tickets to the public CD release show at First Avenue, plus brunch with the band and two signed "Hope One Mile" CDs.
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Autographed, custom GB Leighton guitar, an official "Hope One Mile" tour jacket, and a signed copy of the CD.
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A date with Brian, where you have dinner at a restaurant of your choice, followed by going out to see some live music. Also includes an official "Hope One Mile" tour jacket, and a signed copy of the CD.
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Golf outing with Brian (bring two friends!) and lunch in the Twin Cities area, plus three "Hope One Mile" tour jackets and three signed copies of the CD.
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Cameo appearance in a GB Leighton music video plus a VIP pass to the private CD release show at Flash, a ticket to the public CD release show at First Avenue, as well as a "Hope One Mile" tour jacket and a signed copy of the CD.
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Private GB Leighton band performance (US and Canada only) plus a "Hope One Mile" tour jacket and two signed copies of the CD.
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Your name listed as the Executive Producer on the "Hope One Mile" CD, as well as one private solo acoustic performance by Brian and four tickets to every show you want to attend in 2011. Also includes a "Hope One Mile" tour jacket with Executive Producer on the front and a signed copy of the CD.
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"This is the only thing I ever wanted to do," says Brian Leighton. And 15 years, 3,000 shows and a dozen discs later he's still doing it - better than ever before. The leader and namesake of GB Leighton, who calls himself "a working class kid from a Twin Cities suburb who loves to put on a good show" is arguably the region's most popular rocker. His six-piece band performs some 200 shows a year across the upper midwest at such varied venues as nightclubs, county fairs and church festivals.
Often compared to his boyhood idol Bruce Springsteen, Brian has created his own style of heartfelt lyrics and house-rocking rhythms that have made each show an event. Always in the audience are loyal fans - dancing, cheering and singing along - as well as new fans discovering the magic of GB Leighton for the first time.
Brian's generosity is legendary. He and the band have performed countless benefit concerts over the years for medical research, needy patients and national guard members heading off to war. Long before becoming a cancer survivor himself, Brian was headlining the annual Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund benefit.
Whether partying with fans on his annual winter tour to Mexico or singing with the crowd on the dance floor at GB Leighton's Pickle Park, Brian is, by his own definition, "a man of the people." And as with other homegrown institutions - like the state fair and the megamall - people keep coming back for more.
