Music Events Feb 27- March 6

Photo by Shellman Photogrpahy
Love Lane Gang             Photo by Sheelman Photography

Love Lane Gang:

The Love Lane Gang is a homegrown band that charms and thrills both locals and visitors with their rollicking raucous ruckus. With an age range among the members of over thirty years, they bring a wide variety of experience and musical tastes to bear and appeal to music lovers of all ages. They’ve brought back skiffle and updated it for the present. It’s impossible to keep from smiling amidst their mirthful musical mayhem!

The emphasis is on ragtime, swing, and jug band music from the 1930s and 1940s, done in a refreshing new style that melds Hot Club gypsy jazz with contemporary modes. Also, Dust Bowl ballads, old school country from Hank Williams and Dolly Parton, rockabilly and surf music classics and rarer gems, Mersey Beat 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, fiddle, accordion, ukulele, 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! 

They will be playing regular gigs at McConnell’s Irish Pub Fridays at 8:30 PM, Saluté On The Beach Sundays at 5:00 PM, and Sunset Pier Wednesdays at 5:00 PM.

Photo Credit: Ralph dePalma
Southernmost Magnolia      Photo Credit: Ralph dePalma

 

Southernmost Magnolia

Southernmost Magnolia, the Key West version of the renowned New England band Magnolia, plays a unique blend of Cajun, country, and bluegrass music. Led by singer and guitarist Maggie Moniz, with local fixtures Steve Gibson on mandolin and Cindy Jefferson on bass,and world-famous Chuck Sherman on pedal steel, they play good time music sure to get your head boppin’, your toes tappin’, and your feet movin’. They will be making sure everyone can let the good times roll at B.O.’s Fish Wagon every Thursday 6 – 9 PM.  

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

B.O.’s Fish Wagon
Caroline and William Streets
Thursday 
February 27 6 – 9 PM

B.O.’s Fish Wagon
Caroline and William Streets
Thursday 
March 5 6 – 9 PM

B.O.’s Fish Wagon
Caroline and William Streets
Thursday 
March 12 6 – 9 PM

Patrick and the Swayzees
Patrick and the Swayzees

Open Mic with Patrick and the Swayzees

The local rockabilly and surf band Patrick And The Swayzees is hosting an open mike at 6404 Front Street, Stock Island, on Saturday Feb. 28. The open mic starts at 7:00, sign-up starts at 6:00, and continues until everyone who wants to takes a turn. The band will play soon after. Local vendors and craftsmen will be offering their goods, making the whole event an off-road street fair. The event is kid-friendly and free, though donations are encouraged. Go to the Coast website at www.coastprojects.com for more information.

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