Shane! Shane! Shane! Fabulous Music!
Shane! Shane! Shane! is a jazz, blues, ballad, and swing band located in Fairhope, AL that wails with horns and full percussion and varies from 4 to 8 pieces. Shane is the founder and plays guitar and belts out great vocals.
Two other musicians involved are Dr. Joseph Mitchell on flute and Randy Hoffman trumpet and flugelhorn. The lineup varies somewhat. I recently heard them and enjoyed their music very much.
The band was formed in 2002 and quickly became popular in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. Shane! Shane! Shane! plays their own renditions of bossanovas, delta blues, pop favorites, fox trots, and standards…always with gusto and creative interpretation.
The range of influences is enormous including Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, Ray Charles, Garth Brooks, Bonnie Raitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Norah Jones to name a few.
The band has played at music concerts, festivals, and venues on the West Coast, in Atlanta, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Shane has appeared on tv in different venues such as a Country Western variety show, National telethons, and a regional cable talk show pilot, though the band Shane! Shane! Shane! hasn’t appeared in that media yet.
The web site shane.shane.shane.com will be up and running in the near future. Until then, you can get a demo CD by sending your request to shanex3@bellsouth.net.
Shane was born in Connecticutt and raised in New England, lived in Atlanta, and has resided in the Alabama Gulf Coast for a number of years. Shane will be teaching a workshop at the Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival in August. (See post about the festival under jazz)
