Love Lane Gang Playing All Sides of Town

 
 
Love Lane Gang Shoot 02+

Photo by Sheelman Photography

The Love Lane Gang is a locals band that knocks the socks off tourists and locals alike. They play music that spans generations as well as embodies them. With an age range among the members of over thirty years, they bring a wide variety of experience and musical tastes to bear. They’ve brought back skiffle and updated it for the present.

The emphasis is on ragtime and swing: classics from the 1930s and 1940s, done in a refreshing new style that incorporates the Hot Club approach with island flourishes. Dust Bowl ballads, old school country from Hank Williams and Dolly Parton, rockabilly and surf music classics and little-known gems, tunes from Sixties stars like The Beatles, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones, and carefully chosen songs from current artists like Andrew Bird, Mason Jennings, and The White Stripes all fit in alongside original songs that sound like they could have come from any of those eras.
Offbeat instrumentation, including mandolin, ukulele, accordion, fiddle, washboard, and a kazoo horn section, added to familiar guitar, bass, and harmonica, creates a broad musical palette which they use to color their performances.
But you needn’t pay too much mind to all that serious musical analysis – they’re just plain fun!
Their regular gigs are at McConnell’s Irish Pub And Grill on Fridays at 8 PM, and Saluté On The Beach on Sundays at 5:30 PM. They will also be playing up The Keys this week. On Saturday May 3 they will be at oo-tray Restaurant in Islamorada, MM 81, for a post-Kentucky Derby party, 6:45 – 10:30. Last but not least, they will play a sound check at The Green Parrot Monday 5/5 at 5:30 – yes, it’s Cinco de Mayo. ¡Olé!
Scheduled Appearances:
McConnell’s Irish Pub And Grill
900 Duval St.
Friday 5/2 8 PM – midnight
Blue Heaven
729 Thomas St.
Saturday 5/3 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
oo-tray Restaurant
80900 Overseas Highway (MM 81) Islamorada
Saturday 5/3 6:45 – 10:30
Saluté On The Beach
1000 Atlantic Blvd.
Sunday 5/4 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Green Parrot
601 Southard St.
Monday 5/5 5:30 – 7 PM sound check
McConnell’s Irish Pub And Grill
900 Duval St.
Friday 5/9 8 PM – midnight
Saluté On The Beach
1000 Atlantic Blvd.
Sunday 5/11 5:30 – 8:30 PM