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Jay Lane, born 5 December 1964, is an American drummer who currently plays and sings in Ratdog, ex-Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir's solo project. He was an original member of Primus, along with Les Claypool, and Todd Huth, and appears on the album, Riddles Are Abound Tonight as a member of Sausage, the reunion of the original Primus lineup. Lane has also been a member of the jazz band Charlie Hunter Trio, appearing on the self-titled album, which was released on Les Claypool's Prawn Song record label, and on Bing, Bing, Bing!, which was released on Blue Note.

Recently, Jay has been added to Les Claypool's touring band, Les Claypool and his Fancy Band. Other members include percussionist Mike Dillon, saxophonist Skerik, and instrumentalist Gabby La La.

[edit] External links

• JayLane.net - Official Site
• RatDog.Org - Fan Site (setlists, tour information, discussion forum)

Primus
Les Claypool | Larry LaLonde | Tim Alexander
Bryan Mantia | Todd Huth | Jay Lane | Bob Cock | Robbie Bean | Tim Wright
Discography
Albums/EPs: Suck on This | Frizzle Fry | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | Miscellaneous Debris | Pork Soda | Tales from the Punchbowl | Brown Album | Rhinoplasty | Antipop | Promo de Fromage | Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People | Hallucino-Genetics, Live 2004 | Blame It on The Fish (DVD) | They Can't All Be Zingers: The Best of Primus
Songs: "John the Fisherman" | "Too Many Puppies" | "Mr. Knowitall" | "Making Plans For Nigel" | "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" | "Tommy the Cat" | "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers" | "My Name Is Mud" | "DMV" | "Mr. Krinkle" | "Hamburger Train" | "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" | "Mrs. Blaileen" | "Southbound Pachyderm" | "Shake Hands With Beef" | "Over the Falls" | "Lacquer Head"
Related articles
Primus discography | Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains | Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade | Prawn Song Records Blind Illusion | Guns N' Roses | No Forcefield | Oysterhead | Possessed

Jay Lane has also currently started with a new group by the name of Band Of Brotherz. Go to www.myspace.com/thebandofbrotherz to check it out. The Band of Brotherz is comprised of four of the original members of San Francisco phenomena by the name of Alphabet Soup which was very prominent throughout the mid 90’s. These members consist of Jay Lane (Primus, Frog Brigade, Bob Weir’s Ratdog, and Charlie Hunter Trio) on drums and Zachariah Mose, Mic Blake, Chris Burger for vocals. The band was later joined by prominent Berkley/Oakland lyricist Kinpin Rowe. They have since changed their style and have gotten away from the “jam band” style to a more evolved, and composed signature style. Their sound is best described as Multi Cultural Urban hip hop. This style is created by layered sequenced digital tracks as well as live instrumentation.

There are many guests musicians that appear throughout their new album which will be released in early spring. These special guests consist of Dave Shul ( Spearhead), guitar, Gabby La La ( Les Claypool) sitar, Jeff Chimenti (Ratdog) keys, Kenny Brooks (Ratdog) sax, and Sikiru Adepoju, (Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum) master of the talking drum.

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