Left Lane Cruiser is a United States

United States

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 blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 band originating from Fort Wayne, IN. The band has stated that their main influence comes from the North Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

 Hill country blues

Country blues

Country blues is a general term that refers to all the acoustic, mainly guitar-driven forms of the blues. It often incorporated elements of rural gospel, ragtime, hillbilly, and dixieland jazz...

 musicians, most of whom were or are currently signed to Fat Possum Records

Fat Possum Records

Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists . Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster...

. Left Lane Cruiser is composed of Fredrick "Joe" Evans IV on slide guitar

Slide guitar

Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

 and vocals with Brenn Beck on drums, harmonica

Harmonica

The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

, back up vocals and various percussive gear.

In July 2007, Left Lane Cruiser was signed to Alive Records

Alive Records

Alive Naturalsound Records – also known simply as Alive Records – started in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, by Patrick Boissel, is an independent record label specializing in garage rock, punk blues, garage punk, psychedelic rock, power pop and blues-rock music. It grew out of Boissel's...

. Their first nationally released album, Bring Yo' Ass to the Table, was released on January 8, 2008.

In September 2008 Left Lane Cruiser embarked on their first European Tour. The first few shows were cancelled due to issues with passports upon initially arriving in the UK, forcing the two members to return to the United States for several days. Problems with passport were then resolved and Left Lane Cruiser resumed the tour.

Their third album, All You Can Eat, was released on Alive Records, September 15, 2009.

The band released its fourth album on March 1, 2011, on Alive Records, some of which was recorded with the John Wesley Myers, the keyboard player for the Black Diamond Heavies, also signed to Alive Records.

Studio albums

CD Cover	Year	Title	Label	Notes
	2006	Gettin' Down On It	Hillgrass Bluebilly Records	Re-released 2009
	2008	Bring Yo' Ass To The Table Bring Yo' Ass To The Table Bring Yo' Ass To The Table is the second full-length album by Indiana rock band Left Lane Cruiser, their first under the Alive Records. Label....	Alive Records Alive Records Alive Naturalsound Records – also known simply as Alive Records – started in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, by Patrick Boissel, is an independent record label specializing in garage rock, punk blues, garage punk, psychedelic rock, power pop and blues-rock music. It grew out of Boissel's...	January 8, 2008
	2009	All You Can Eat All You Can Eat (Left Lane Cruiser album) All You Can Eat is the third full-length album, released on September 15, 2009, by Indiana rock band Left Lane Cruiser.Live in London review of "All You Can Eat": This is a band that oozes its natural live ability, they don’t seem to roll through a set list but get moving on how the atmosphere...	Alive Records Alive Records Alive Naturalsound Records – also known simply as Alive Records – started in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, by Patrick Boissel, is an independent record label specializing in garage rock, punk blues, garage punk, psychedelic rock, power pop and blues-rock music. It grew out of Boissel's...	September 15, 2009
	2011	Junkyard Speed Ball Junkyard Speed Ball (Left Lane Cruiser album) Junkyard Speed Ball is the fourth full-length album, released on March 1, 2011, by Indiana rock band Left Lane Cruiser."Junkyard Speedballs, which summons the spirits of Charlie Patton, the dead members of Lynyrd Skynyd and Fred "Sonic" Smith, demonstrates that there’s still plenty of life left in...	Alive Records Alive Records Alive Naturalsound Records – also known simply as Alive Records – started in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, by Patrick Boissel, is an independent record label specializing in garage rock, punk blues, garage punk, psychedelic rock, power pop and blues-rock music. It grew out of Boissel's...	March 1, 2011