Throughout the day bands were coming on and off the stage and it was my job to help them with their equipment as needed.

The bands kept coming and going until these two ladies came up with an acoustic guitar and a keyboard. Unlike the others, they just took a seat under the tent we had set up and sat there very quietly. At that time I took them for a folk duo.

When the other band finished their set we helped them with their instruments and got them set up. After a few technical problems were addressed something amazing happened.

These girls started ROCKIN'. It literally blew me away. Through their first song I just stood there with my jaw open in disbelief. Unknowing it at the time this is what I had came to hear.

They played original songs that had meaning. Their music was crisp and clear, and the lyrics were pure gold.

It has been many years since I have heard songs that were so perfectly written and preformed. It was also very clear that these ladies had come to make an impression, not just do a set and leave like some of the others.

The band was called "The Shiz" consisting of Liz and Lilli. Later I found that they were just part of the band and that there are other members also.

I am still trying to imagine what the full band would sound like.

Liz jammed that guitar and screamed a harmonica while Lilli hammered the keyboard to the point that I felt sorry for it.

Then to my amazement it got better. Lilli did a voice loop that was unbelievable. I have heard voice loops before but had never believed it could or would be done live.

It was perhaps the most moving music experience I have ever had.

But don't think you missed out. These ladies are here to stay and somewhere down the line everyone will know who "The Shiz" is.