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The Shady Lanes

The best music since i'm dead! (Elvis Presley)

About Me

The story of THE SHADY LANES
(the shape of country to come)
The Shady Lanes mainly consist of 3 guys who just love racoons and auto scooters.
The Bass-Man Reno is in the music biz for ages, starting at 9 in a band with Mur-Valleys greatest prog-rock musician, Leslie O'Brian, who showed Reno every single note and haircut he is using.
Drummer Flek Murray's life has changed completely, when he almost met Burt Reynolds in a restaurant down his street. He was so shocked that he just bought himself a mustache and walked in a rehearsal of the band and told them he will be the drummer for now on.
„Yes You Are!" said Ratrock Tot Sint Jans, who's holding his Casio DG-1 guitar he once won from his old band, which was – believe it or not – Ostblock, memorized by everyone who ever heard them as the most disgraceful banjo-fiddlers ever. From the first time they played together at the 2nd annual Bud Spencer lookalike brawl on March 11th 2009, they knew what they wanted to do: watching italo-westerns all day long. But they liked their music too and after 46 annoying phone calls a local Radio DJ gave them the name „The Shady Lanes"
„The Shady Lanes is a melodic Rock-Country-Blues-Rock-LoudQuietLoud-Karl Moik-Hügelbewegungen-"my pig whistles the emperors waltz!"-Rock-Country-Trash trio, which combines low skills and heavenly songs. They just wanna rock and being romantic with their fans. I hope someday they're able to do that."
Ernesto Eichhorn, Astronaut and Founder of Schoolgirl Enterprises
The Shady Lanes just started playing concerts, when a rather corpulent but wealthy man stepped into the picture. It was Ernesto Eichhorn, a famous chilenian business man and space traveller, who offered them a lifelong recording deal on his label “Eichhorn Records”. At first everything went smooth, the first, self-titled album was recorded in Puntas Arenas within a couple of intoxicated days. Along with a series of triumphal concerts in Latin America and Europe, the record sold well, being played by various radio stations on the planet earth.
But then, just before starting to work on the new record, Ernesto Eichhorn disappeared. He also took all the money and the master tapes of the first record with him and was never been seen again. Rumours say that he sailed to a small island around Oceania and changed his name and face into Takeshi Fuzuoka.
It was hard and The Shady Lanes cried like little babies, but life must go on, and now the boys are back in the studio, working on the new record, this time without a manager or any money. There is a good possibility that the new, yet untitled album will be finished around christmas.
"I used to hate them. But now i love The Shady Lanes!!!"
Gazongas Buntspecht, Daily Planet New York
And now for our german speaking friends:
Die schattigen Wege bestehen hauptsächlich aus 3 Kerlen, die einfach lieben Racoons und Selbstscooters.
Der Bass-Mann Reno ist im Musik biz für Alter und beginnt mit 9 in einem Band mit Mur-Senken größtem Progfelsen Musiker, Leslie O'Brian, das Reno jede einzelne Anmerkung und Haarschnitt zeigte, die er benutzt.
Das Leben Schlagzeuger-Flek Murrays hat vollständig geändert, als er fast Udo Jürgens in einer Gaststätte hinunter seine Straße traf. Er war also entsetzt, daß er gerade einen Schnauzer kaufte und in eine Wiederholung des Bandes ging und ihnen ihm erklärt der Schlagzeuger für jetzt an seien Sie.
"Ja Sind Sie!" besagter Ratrock Tot Sint Jans, der das Halten seiner Casio DG-1 Guitarre er hat, gewann einmal von seinem alten Band, das - glauben Sie ihr oder nicht - Ostblock war, gemerkt von jeder, das sie als die schändlichste Banjofiedler überhaupt hörte. Von, das erste mal sie zusammen am 2. jährlichen Knospe Spencer sich gleichen Schlägerei am 11. März 1995 spielten, wußten sie, was sie tun wollten: aufpassende italo-westerns den ganzen Tag. Aber sie mochten ihre Musik auch und nach 46 ärgerliche Telefonanrufe hat ein lokaler Radio DJ ihnen den Namen "die schattigen Wege" gegeben.
"die schattigen Wege ist ein melodic Felsen-Land-Blau-Felsen-LautLeiseLaut-Franz Kafka-hillmotion-"mein schwein pfeift den Kaiserwalzer"-Felsen-Land-Abfall Trio, das kombiniert niedrige Fähigkeiten und himmlische Lieder. Sie möchten gerade schaukeln und seien romantisch mit ihren Ventilatoren. Ich hoffe, daß eines Tages sie sind, das zu tun."
Ernesto Eichhorn, Astronaut und Gründer von Schoolgirl Enterprises
Die schattigen Wege fingen gerade an, Konzerte zu spielen, als ein ziemlich korpulenter aber wohlhabender Mann in die Abbildung trat. Es war Ernesto Eichhorn, ein berühmter chilenian Geschäftsmann und Raumreisender, der ihnen ein lebenslängliches Aufnahmeabkommen auf seinem Aufkleber „Eichhorn notiert“ anbot. Zuerst alles, das erste glatt, Selbst-betitelt ging Album wurde notiert in den Puntas Arenas innerhalb ein paar berauschter Tage. Zusammen mit einer Reihe Siegeskonzerten in Lateinamerika und in Europa, verkaufte die Aufzeichnung gut und gespielt wurde durch verschiedene Radiostationen auf der Planetenerde.
Aber andererseits, kurz vor dem Beginnen, an dem neuen Rekord zu arbeiten, verschwand Ernesto Eichhorn. Er auch nahm das ganzes Geld und die Hauptbänder der ersten Aufzeichnung mit ihm und wurde nie wieder gesehen. Gerüchte sagen, dass er zu einer kleinen Insel um Ozeanien segelte und seinen Namen und Gesicht in Takeshi Fuzuoka änderte.
Es war hart und die schattigen Wege schrien wie kleine Babys, aber das Leben muss weitergehen, und jetzt sind die Jungen zurück im Studio und arbeiten an dem neuen Rekord, diesem mal ohne einen Manager oder jedem möglichem Geld. Es gibt eine gute Möglichkeit, dass das neue, dennoch unberechtigte Album um Weihnachten fertig ist.
"Ich habe sie gehasst. Aber jetzt geht mir das Messer in der Hose auf, wenn ich sie höre!"
Gazongas Buntspecht, Kronen Zeitung Klagenfurt
Click on the play button beneath to see a beautiful video called "The Lion"
Click on the play button beneath to hear the song "cadillac" and see "The SHADY LANES" live at non stop porn cinema graz

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Member Since: 3/3/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/theshadylanes
Band Members: Ratrock Tot Sint Jans (vocals, guitar)
Reno (bass)
Flek Murray (drums)



Influences: “We like”:Neil Young, Gram Parsons, Vermeer Van Delft, Wilco, The Felice Brothers, Guided By Voices, Bob Dylan, Pixies, The New Pornographers, Heinz Prüller, Ryan Adams, Più Forte Ragazzi!, Nick Drake, Louis de Funes, The Raconteurs, Charles Chaplin, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bright Eyes, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jack Kerouac, David Bowie, Ben Kweller, Frank Zappa, The Shins, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra feat. Herbie Karajan, The Be Sharps, The Kinks, Mike Nesmith, Grateful Dead (also the band)
Sounds Like: Italo-Western and Barfights
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We're still in the charts, dude ! Heeehaaw!!

My dear friend,as i sit here in my Carnegie Hall sized cellar appartement, listening to sad Leonard cohen songs, some good news arrived:'Caroline' is number five (5!) now in the charts of indie radi...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:48:00 PST

Caroline made it into the TOP 10 @ soundportal CHARTS !!

Hi Folks,rather unbeliveable and surprising, but our single "Caroline" is Number 8 currently on the Charts of the radio station Soundportal here in Graz.No, we're not joking: take a look for yourself,...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:42:00 PST

"CAROLINE" on Radio Soundportal !! -yippie-!

Hello,We are quite happy at the moment, cause "CAROLINE" - our latest single -made it into the Radio Soundportal Charts. You can vote for it here:http://www.soundportal.at/?site=music/chartsmitvotens.. .
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:06:00 PST

!! Ernesto you f?§’&?!!! WE’RE GONNA FIND YOU !!

Hi friends and relatives,you may have already heard it: Our beloved manager and the man with the money and hitmen behind us, Ernesto Eichhorn, has suddenly left the country. Not just that, he also som...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PST

CAROLINE - our new song - free download

Hi party people and animals,eventually it is done: our new song is online.She is called "Caroline" and she is a beautiful middle-tempo Rock Song always reminds me of a fat bald man. It's a waltz-blues...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:16:00 PST

Pick me up on your way down (NEWS )

Hello Ma, i'm only sleepingLast or maybe even this week we went to a TV-Studio to take pictures of a Studer 24-track tape recording machine. She claims that once she was worth 100.000 dollar. We hope ...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:54:00 PST

songs in the pee of life

dear lovers and geeks,summer has hit the town, and we ask our selfes, why we always choose the coldest time in the year to get into the studio for recording. Yeah, you can trust your eyes: The Shady L...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PST

Check out our CD Reviews

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Posted by The Shady Lanes on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:30:00 PST

about the NEW VIDEO

Dear Friends,some of you might have already noticed that we have put a new video on display. If not, you can see it as you click on our profile, and scroll down a bit till you see a weird guy with a c...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

Giant Monster Rodent VS the shady lanes

Hello friends,long time since the last blog, so i thought maybe i am gonna write some lines to just inform you about the recent activities and developments. Well i hope you already have discovered ou...
Posted by The Shady Lanes on Fri, 16 May 2008 02:29:00 PST