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  • Live Band Sampler Mix – Night Train, Chambersburg, PA VFW – February 23, 1991

    Live Band Sampler Mix – Night Train, Chambersburg, PA VFW – February 23, 1991

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    Night Train was a variety dance band that played social clubs and events in the South Central PA area around 1990. Band personnel consisted of Garry Shively (lead vocal, keyboard, sax), Dale Hoke (second vocal, keyboard, brass), Alan Barges (bass), Dave Porter (drums), and Sue Phenicie (vocals). Live Band Sampler Mix – Night TrainChambersburg, PA…

  • Lenny Kay – The Man, The Legend

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    Slideshow tribute to Lenny Kay, lounge band drummer who called the Harrisburg, PA area his home for more than 50 years, and the many musicians he played with over the years. Lenny Kay has been around forever…or so it seems. Lenny started his musical career in ninth grade, working with a 12-piece big band that…

  • Secret Love – Nitecappers – c. 1965

    Secret Love – Nitecappers – c. 1965

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    Here’s a gem from the Nitecappers at the Harrisburg Moose around 1965. An upbeat showy arrangement of Secret Love features nice licks by Joe Marnickas on sax, Cap Cleary on trombone, Danny Grant on B3, and Lenny Kay on drums. Cappy, you bastard! Secret Love

  • Danny Grant Experience – Carriage House 11/15/1975

    Danny Grant Experience – Carriage House 11/15/1975

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    Lenny Kay playing with the Danny Grant Experience at the Carriage House on 11/15/1975.  Captured from aging reel-to-reel tapes and surely the only copy of this live performance known to exist. The great jazz guitarist Bill Fisher plays with the group. The More I See YouA great tune featuring Danny Grant on vocals and of…

  • 210 Trio – Live at the 210 Club

    210 Trio – Live at the 210 Club

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    One of the many musical groups Lenny Kay played with over the years was the 210 Trio that played live at the 210 Club in Harrisburg, PA in the early 1970’s. Featured here is Ray Myers on vocals and brass, Lenny Kay on drums, and the incomparable Danny Grant on organ. Danny Grant Jam Girl…

  • Honky Tonk – Lenny Kay Revue – 1999

    Honky Tonk – Lenny Kay Revue – 1999

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    Lenny Kay Revue playing Honky Tonk in 1999. Personnel was Lenny Kay on drums, Lenny Younger on Sax, Bob Mentzer on keyboard and bass. Honky Tonk

  • Honky Tonk – Nitecappers

    Honky Tonk – Nitecappers

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    Lenny Kay with the Nitecappers playing Honky Tonk back around 1960…awesome! Honky Tonk

  • Nitecappers – Pottsville Radio

    Nitecappers – Pottsville Radio

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    Waaaay back “in the day”, Lenny Kay played with the Nitecappers.  Date of this recording is estimated at 1960 as heard on Pottsville Radio in northern PA. What I call “Ba-Dip-Ba-Dah” is such a cool riff with smooth horn players! And of course, the immortal Night Train. Ba-Dip-Ba-Dah riff Night Train