We perform love songs and novelty numbers in the genre called "Tin Pan Alley." The music was mostly written in New York City in the 1920's, though we sometimes play music anywhere from the late 1800's to the early 1930's. We also play a few instrumentals that were written by Brian.
- Lynn plays a fun upright acoustic bass that looks like a large banjo. The instrument is called a Heftone, and it was invented/built by Brian's father, Larry Hefferan. A friend named our band after the bass many years ago, and it stuck.
- Brian plays a mean ukulele, and we both sing and whistle. Brian also vocalizes in a style which can substitute for a trumpet solo. This style of singing was very common in the 1920's. One performer who sometimes sang in this way was Cliff Edwards, otherwise known as Ukulele Ike. Mr. Edwards was the voice of Jiminy Cricket in the Disney film "Pinocchio" late in his career.
- Our band is located in Lansing, Michigan, USA. We do travel to performances outside our area. For example, in April 2006, we sang at the New York (city) Ukefest. We look forward to returning to that event in April 2007. See our Photos to see some of those performances.
