Fetish Lane

Fetish Lane's latest CD
views the passage of 'Time'

Band hosts festival
this weekend
By CHRIS KOCHER

Press & Sun-Bulletin

In any dictionary, the word “time” has one of the
longest definitions. It's a complicated subject that
has confounded scientists and philosophers
through the ages.
On Fetish Lane's new CD, Time, band members
wrap their minds — and their music — around this
concept: How our lives seem to blur past us, how
most of us wish we were young again and how enjoying
the moment is the only way to hold on to any
time at all.
Both Ken Held and John Edick, the group's songwriters,
guitarists and lead vocalists, recently experienced
big events in their lives: Held's wife gave
birth to their second child, and Edick's daughter
graduated from high school.
“We started discovering these huge things — big
changes,” Held said. “They're different experiences
that make you dwell on some of the same ideas.”
Lyrics from the album's title track provide a good
example of the band's evocative wordsmithing:
“Put a chair by the window / Going to sit here and
wait for the breeze / And as the day turns into darkness
/ Hope to see something nobody else sees.”
It's a metaphor for our lives that seems simple but
carries a lot of profound undercurrents.
The origins of the band can be found in jam sessions
between Held and bass player Ed Gliha. In
1999, they found a kindred spirit in Edick.
“John came along and just has a natural way to
climb on top of harmonies,” Held said. “When John
arrived, it was like magic.”
Those intricate harmonies, which harken back to
1970s super groups such as Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young and The Allman Brothers, are key to Fetish
Lane's acoustic country-rock sound.
“I was a kid in the ’80s, but I didn't listen to ’80s
music,” Held said. “I was kind of an old soul.”
Held, Edick and Gliha were soon joined by Israel
Lorimer, who alternates among drums, congas and
other percussion instruments such as cow bells and
washboards.
Fetish Lane's first album, Acoustic Brew, was
released in 2001, with a live album in 2002. But Time,
well, took some time — two years, in fact. The result
is a 19-song magnum opus that runs more than
72 minutes.
“We had talked about the length of it — but we
have all these songs and all these other songs coming,”
Held said. “We said, 'This CD is for us. We're
going to do it the way we want.'”
Plus, it gives a little something for every listener.
Held said his personal favorites include Wandering
Around (a “little ditty” originally written as filler
music during concerts), Time and Bucket of Blues
(in some ways the opposite of Time: “I'd like to roll
around the room / with that rusted old tune in my
brain / It'd be better than sitting by the window /
watching the world go by”). But he's noticed
that audiences tend to latch on to Carnival, a footstomping
tale of a rogue leaving town with a bang.
Today and Saturday on a farm in Guilford, the
band will host its annual Fetish Fest. Held is the first
to admit that it's a dubious-sounding name for a family-
friendly event, but that's exactly the kind of atmosphere
they foster. No alcohol is sold, and there are
places for children to run and play while their parents
groove to the tunes.
The number of musical offerings at Fetish Fest has
grown during its four-year existence, and Held said
he hopes that a new partnership with Oxford's Night
Eagle Cafe will help draw more performers into the
mix.
“It's definitely my favorite weekend of the year,”
he said, “and those who come always come back.”

e-mail: ckocher@pressconnects.com - Binghamton, Press and Sun

Fetish Lane's latest CD
views the passage of 'Time'

Band hosts festival
this weekend
By CHRIS KOCHER

Press & Sun-Bulletin

In any dictionary, the word “time” has one of the
longest definitions. It's a complicated subject that
has confounded scientists and philosophers
through the ages.
On Fetish Lane's new CD, Time, band members
wrap their minds — and their music — around this
concept: How our lives seem to blur past us, how
most of us wish we were young again and how enjoying
the moment is the only way to hold on to any
time at all.
Both Ken Held and John Edick, the group's songwriters,
guitarists and lead vocalists, recently experienced
big events in their lives: Held's wife gave
birth to their second child, and Edick's daughter
graduated from high school.
“We started discovering these huge things — big
changes,” Held said. “They're different experiences
that make you dwell on some of the same ideas.”
Lyrics from the album's title track provide a good
example of the band's evocative wordsmithing:
“Put a chair by the window / Going to sit here and
wait for the breeze / And as the day turns into darkness
/ Hope to see something nobody else sees.”
It's a metaphor for our lives that seems simple but
carries a lot of profound undercurrents.
The origins of the band can be found in jam sessions
between Held and bass player Ed Gliha. In
1999, they found a kindred spirit in Edick.
“John came along and just has a natural way to
climb on top of harmonies,” Held said. “When John
arrived, it was like magic.”
Those intricate harmonies, which harken back to
1970s super groups such as Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young and The Allman Brothers, are key to Fetish
Lane's acoustic country-rock sound.
“I was a kid in the ’80s, but I didn't listen to ’80s
music,” Held said. “I was kind of an old soul.”
Held, Edick and Gliha were soon joined by Israel
Lorimer, who alternates among drums, congas and
other percussion instruments such as cow bells and
washboards.
Fetish Lane's first album, Acoustic Brew, was
released in 2001, with a live album in 2002. But Time,
well, took some time — two years, in fact. The result
is a 19-song magnum opus that runs more than
72 minutes.
“We had talked about the length of it — but we
have all these songs and all these other songs coming,”
Held said. “We said, 'This CD is for us. We're
going to do it the way we want.'”
Plus, it gives a little something for every listener.
Held said his personal favorites include Wandering
Around (a “little ditty” originally written as filler
music during concerts), Time and Bucket of Blues
(in some ways the opposite of Time: “I'd like to roll
around the room / with that rusted old tune in my
brain / It'd be better than sitting by the window /
watching the world go by”). But he's noticed
that audiences tend to latch on to Carnival, a footstomping
tale of a rogue leaving town with a bang.
Today and Saturday on a farm in Guilford, the
band will host its annual Fetish Fest. Held is the first
to admit that it's a dubious-sounding name for a family-
friendly event, but that's exactly the kind of atmosphere
they foster. No alcohol is sold, and there are
places for children to run and play while their parents
groove to the tunes.
The number of musical offerings at Fetish Fest has
grown during its four-year existence, and Held said
he hopes that a new partnership with Oxford's Night
Eagle Cafe will help draw more performers into the
mix.
“It's definitely my favorite weekend of the year,”
he said, “and those who come always come back.”

e-mail: ckocher@pressconnects.com - Binghamton, Press and Sun

10/29/05

Music Beat: Fetish Lane on the right track to success

Fetish Lane, a popular local band, will play a Halloween party from 6:30 to midnight Saturday at the Major’s Inn in Gilbertsville. The band and the audience will be in costume with a theme of "The Movies."
But who (or perhaps what) IS Fetish Lane?
Six years ago, local musicians Israel Lorimer, Ken Held, John Edick and Ed Gliha got together to play some music.
Drummer/percussionist Lorimer said, "We did some covers of music, like old Eagles songs, and we started playing out in John Edick’s restaurant that used to be the Welcome Inn at Sidney. We soon developed our own musical style and Ed, John and Ken, our guitarists and bassist, began to write original songs for the band to play."
I asked, "What was your goal when you started your band?"
Lorimer said, "We didn’t have the goal of starting a band, but people liked what we did so we kept going."
And that’s how the band Fetish Lane was born.
Gliha and Lorimer learned guitar, mandolin and banjo as high school students under the guidance of Bainbridge-Guilford Central School music teacher Rick Bunting.
"Rick was an inspiration to us," Lorimer said. "He gave us our introduction to folk music, and it was neat. We like the `positivity’ of folk music instead of the negative feelings that are part of some other kinds of music."
"How often does your band perform in public?" I asked.
Lorimer said, "We play 30 to 40 gigs a year. We played 20 performances last summer, most of them in venues where music is important. We’ve worked in the Boodles Opera House in Chester, at the Night Eagle in Oxford, and we’ve done the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in Norwich. We’ve played at the Autumn Café in Oneonta and we performed at First Night in Oneonta last year."
I said, "It sounds as though you have a busy life as musicians. Do you have full-time jobs in addition to your work with the band? Do you have ties to local groups?"
Lorimer said, "We’re all members of our local community. I teach technology at B-G, Ken teaches technology at Unatego, John’s a chef (and a good one) at Colgate College and Eddie is a product engineer at Mead(Westvaco) in Sidney.
"Three of us are married, including Ken, who has two little children, so we’re all busy even when the band isn’t rehearsing or performing," he added
They found time to complete their first CD in 2001 and they’ve released two more CDs since that time.
"We sell CDs at every one of our performances, and we sell T-shirts, hats and other merchandise, too," Lorimer said.
I said, "Your band is successful. You take in money and you spend it. Do you have a contract or agreement that specifies your business relationship among band members?"
"Yes," Lorimer said. "John has owned a couple of businesses, and said we should set up a business. We went to a local lawyer who formed an LLC (limited liability company) for us. We all share the work of keeping our band together. I print T-shirts and handle all the merchandise. Ken handles our website. John and his wife handle finances, including the receipts and the money we take in. Ed sets up gigs and does our booking."
"Who owns the songs?" I asked.
Lorimer answered, "I’m not sure. I think we all get credit if we perform them. We can record shows and sell that CD later. We send a copy of the CD to ourselves and leave it unopened so the postmarked package can prove when we wrote the song. All other songs are protected because they’re registered with the Copyright Office. Ken has gone to conferences to learn about copyright."
I asked band member Ken Held about copyright ownership of their original songs.
He said, "Right now the songs are copyrighted as a collection under the band name of Fetish Lane. Keep in mind that Fetish Lane is an LLC. Our operating agreement outlines the songwriting royalties. A certain (higher) percentage of any royalties goes to the principle songwriter. But the other band members also get a percentage, as well. If the songwriter were to leave the band, he/she would retain the rights to the songs he/she has written."
I asked, "Are your songs being played on the radio? Are you a member of ASCAP or BMI so you’ll have a chance to be paid performance royalties if your songs are played on the air?"
Held said, "We’re getting played on the radio in different parts of the country and we’re going to join BMI as soon as we form a publishing company."
I asked, "What are you doing to promote your band?"
Held said, "We attend conferences like NERFA, the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference, www.nefolk.org, to hear discussions about songwriting, artist promotion, independent production and distribution of CDs. We’ll be showcasing at their next conference. We don’t have the promotion machine that we need. We don’t know what will happen now that downloading is so important."
Lorimer added, "We have ads in Relix and Performing Songwriter. We’ve had some coverage in the local press a - The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY

10/29/05

Music Beat: Fetish Lane on the right track to success

Fetish Lane, a popular local band, will play a Halloween party from 6:30 to midnight Saturday at the Major’s Inn in Gilbertsville. The band and the audience will be in costume with a theme of "The Movies."
But who (or perhaps what) IS Fetish Lane?
Six years ago, local musicians Israel Lorimer, Ken Held, John Edick and Ed Gliha got together to play some music.
Drummer/percussionist Lorimer said, "We did some covers of music, like old Eagles songs, and we started playing out in John Edick’s restaurant that used to be the Welcome Inn at Sidney. We soon developed our own musical style and Ed, John and Ken, our guitarists and bassist, began to write original songs for the band to play."
I asked, "What was your goal when you started your band?"
Lorimer said, "We didn’t have the goal of starting a band, but people liked what we did so we kept going."
And that’s how the band Fetish Lane was born.
Gliha and Lorimer learned guitar, mandolin and banjo as high school students under the guidance of Bainbridge-Guilford Central School music teacher Rick Bunting.
"Rick was an inspiration to us," Lorimer said. "He gave us our introduction to folk music, and it was neat. We like the `positivity’ of folk music instead of the negative feelings that are part of some other kinds of music."
"How often does your band perform in public?" I asked.
Lorimer said, "We play 30 to 40 gigs a year. We played 20 performances last summer, most of them in venues where music is important. We’ve worked in the Boodles Opera House in Chester, at the Night Eagle in Oxford, and we’ve done the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in Norwich. We’ve played at the Autumn Café in Oneonta and we performed at First Night in Oneonta last year."
I said, "It sounds as though you have a busy life as musicians. Do you have full-time jobs in addition to your work with the band? Do you have ties to local groups?"
Lorimer said, "We’re all members of our local community. I teach technology at B-G, Ken teaches technology at Unatego, John’s a chef (and a good one) at Colgate College and Eddie is a product engineer at Mead(Westvaco) in Sidney.
"Three of us are married, including Ken, who has two little children, so we’re all busy even when the band isn’t rehearsing or performing," he added
They found time to complete their first CD in 2001 and they’ve released two more CDs since that time.
"We sell CDs at every one of our performances, and we sell T-shirts, hats and other merchandise, too," Lorimer said.
I said, "Your band is successful. You take in money and you spend it. Do you have a contract or agreement that specifies your business relationship among band members?"
"Yes," Lorimer said. "John has owned a couple of businesses, and said we should set up a business. We went to a local lawyer who formed an LLC (limited liability company) for us. We all share the work of keeping our band together. I print T-shirts and handle all the merchandise. Ken handles our website. John and his wife handle finances, including the receipts and the money we take in. Ed sets up gigs and does our booking."
"Who owns the songs?" I asked.
Lorimer answered, "I’m not sure. I think we all get credit if we perform them. We can record shows and sell that CD later. We send a copy of the CD to ourselves and leave it unopened so the postmarked package can prove when we wrote the song. All other songs are protected because they’re registered with the Copyright Office. Ken has gone to conferences to learn about copyright."
I asked band member Ken Held about copyright ownership of their original songs.
He said, "Right now the songs are copyrighted as a collection under the band name of Fetish Lane. Keep in mind that Fetish Lane is an LLC. Our operating agreement outlines the songwriting royalties. A certain (higher) percentage of any royalties goes to the principle songwriter. But the other band members also get a percentage, as well. If the songwriter were to leave the band, he/she would retain the rights to the songs he/she has written."
I asked, "Are your songs being played on the radio? Are you a member of ASCAP or BMI so you’ll have a chance to be paid performance royalties if your songs are played on the air?"
Held said, "We’re getting played on the radio in different parts of the country and we’re going to join BMI as soon as we form a publishing company."
I asked, "What are you doing to promote your band?"
Held said, "We attend conferences like NERFA, the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference, www.nefolk.org, to hear discussions about songwriting, artist promotion, independent production and distribution of CDs. We’ll be showcasing at their next conference. We don’t have the promotion machine that we need. We don’t know what will happen now that downloading is so important."
Lorimer added, "We have ads in Relix and Performing Songwriter. We’ve had some coverage in the local press a - The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY

June 8, 2005


Fetish Lane Releases CD at Bodles

Upstate NY folk-rockers, Fetish Lane, return with their second independent studio release, Time. A folk/rock album that reaches into an overwhelming supply of lyrical journeys, infectious melodies, and powerful vocal harmonies. The band released the CD on June 18 and is now touring the northeast. Bodles Opera House in Chester will be a special stop for the band since guitarist/songwriter Ken Held is a 1989 Warwick High School graduate.

The vocally driven band is known for their powerful three-part harmonies and energetic live shows. They had been working on the nineteen song theme album for two years. Midway through the recording process, the band became aware of the recurring concept of time weaving itself in and out of the music. Held stated, “It was a subconscious theme that made our eyes open wide and our hair stand upright!” Shortly after the discovery, the band decided to call the album, Time, and label it as a theme or concept album.

Lyrically, Time paints some vivid pictures for the mind, and musically wanders through addictive grooves and melodies. It is an emotional roller coaster complete with feel-good-foot-tappers, tasty lyrical treats, and a few doses of absolute hope and beauty. As a listener you will find yourself rewinding to catch those introspective verses, bouncing uncontrollably in your living room, and singing for hours in the car trying to reach those high harmonies. According to several fans who have been given a sneak preview, it was “entirely worth the wait and their songwriting keeps getting better!”

“We have to apologize to our fans for taking so long to make this CD,” Lorimer added. “But like Johnny says, turning coal into diamonds takes pressure, it takes time!” The album’s haunting title track was written by guitarist, John Edick.

According to bass player, Ed Gliha, the band wanted to keep the listener interested by giving each song it’s own personality. In order to enhance a few of the tracks, the band asked fiddle player, Darrin Trass to join them. Soaring fiddle parts now accompany the vocals on several tracks which may leave you thinking the songs were actually written around the fiddle parts to begin with. The band’s recording engineer and session drummer, Rick Romano, also makes several appearances to spice it up as well.

Fetish Lane has performed at festivals, cafes, colleges, and clubs located primarily in the northeast. Recently they have teamed up with Ken Millett and the Night Eagle Café for several events in the area. The band has shared venues and stages with other bands including Fairport Convention, The McKrells, The Marshall Tucker Band, Melvin Seals and The Jerry Garcia Band, The Kennedy's, The Hickory Project, Sloan Wainwright and Gandolf Murphy.

Fetish Lane hails from the Norwich/Oneonta area in central new York. Members include John Edick on guitar, Ken Held on guitar, and Ed Gliha on bass. Drummer, Israel Lorimer alternates between drums, congas, and other assorted percussion instruments ranging from cow bells to washboards. Held and Edick are the primary song writers in the band with an occasional tune from Gliha.

On Saturday night the band will take the stage in Chester. Fans can expect a night of feel-good music with a potent supply of melody, harmony, and energy.

For more information on the band, tour dates, or CD store locations, visit their website at, www.fetishlane.net.


- Times Herald, Middletown

June 8, 2005


Fetish Lane Releases CD at Bodles

Upstate NY folk-rockers, Fetish Lane, return with their second independent studio release, Time. A folk/rock album that reaches into an overwhelming supply of lyrical journeys, infectious melodies, and powerful vocal harmonies. The band released the CD on June 18 and is now touring the northeast. Bodles Opera House in Chester will be a special stop for the band since guitarist/songwriter Ken Held is a 1989 Warwick High School graduate.

The vocally driven band is known for their powerful three-part harmonies and energetic live shows. They had been working on the nineteen song theme album for two years. Midway through the recording process, the band became aware of the recurring concept of time weaving itself in and out of the music. Held stated, “It was a subconscious theme that made our eyes open wide and our hair stand upright!” Shortly after the discovery, the band decided to call the album, Time, and label it as a theme or concept album.

Lyrically, Time paints some vivid pictures for the mind, and musically wanders through addictive grooves and melodies. It is an emotional roller coaster complete with feel-good-foot-tappers, tasty lyrical treats, and a few doses of absolute hope and beauty. As a listener you will find yourself rewinding to catch those introspective verses, bouncing uncontrollably in your living room, and singing for hours in the car trying to reach those high harmonies. According to several fans who have been given a sneak preview, it was “entirely worth the wait and their songwriting keeps getting better!”

“We have to apologize to our fans for taking so long to make this CD,” Lorimer added. “But like Johnny says, turning coal into diamonds takes pressure, it takes time!” The album’s haunting title track was written by guitarist, John Edick.

According to bass player, Ed Gliha, the band wanted to keep the listener interested by giving each song it’s own personality. In order to enhance a few of the tracks, the band asked fiddle player, Darrin Trass to join them. Soaring fiddle parts now accompany the vocals on several tracks which may leave you thinking the songs were actually written around the fiddle parts to begin with. The band’s recording engineer and session drummer, Rick Romano, also makes several appearances to spice it up as well.

Fetish Lane has performed at festivals, cafes, colleges, and clubs located primarily in the northeast. Recently they have teamed up with Ken Millett and the Night Eagle Café for several events in the area. The band has shared venues and stages with other bands including Fairport Convention, The McKrells, The Marshall Tucker Band, Melvin Seals and The Jerry Garcia Band, The Kennedy's, The Hickory Project, Sloan Wainwright and Gandolf Murphy.

Fetish Lane hails from the Norwich/Oneonta area in central new York. Members include John Edick on guitar, Ken Held on guitar, and Ed Gliha on bass. Drummer, Israel Lorimer alternates between drums, congas, and other assorted percussion instruments ranging from cow bells to washboards. Held and Edick are the primary song writers in the band with an occasional tune from Gliha.

On Saturday night the band will take the stage in Chester. Fans can expect a night of feel-good music with a potent supply of melody, harmony, and energy.

For more information on the band, tour dates, or CD store locations, visit their website at, www.fetishlane.net.


- Times Herald, Middletown

10 Press & Sun-Bulletin Thursday, October 11, 2007
By Dave Edick
e-mail: dedick@pressconnects.com
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Fetish Lane, “Beautiful Mule”

Fetish Lane’s ‘Mule’
carries load of good tunes


Pack up your worries; Fetish Lane’s fresh mount, “Beautiful Mule,” will carry them away. The quartet-plus, from environs just north of Greater Binghamton, comes calling with its fourth album, one that kicks up the group’s string section. Perfect for an autumn backdrop, the multihued “Mule” travels the country in Fetish Lane’s signature roots-folk/blues-rock air. What makes this a thoroughbred is its strength in songwriting — 14 cuts and not one filler — and execution.

Leading the way as composers are Ken Held, guitar; Ed Gliha, bass, and John Edick, guitar. (Ethics department note: The latter has no family ties influencing this piece.) Providing wide-ranging percussion is Israel Lorimer, while local bluesman Pinecone Fletcher cameos with vibrant keyboard and vocals. Adding inspired fiddle, banjo and mandolin are Darin Trass and Brian O’Connell. It’s a mix that has “Mule” toting heaps of down-home humor and sentiment amid highly sophisticated musicianship over an hour’s sojourn. Also key — from the wry, soulsearching ballad of “Madman’s Blues” to the gospel wit of “Fremont Blues” to the 1920s-pop of “Maggie” — the group’s rich, multi-part harmonies always seal the deal.
Two tracks, “Bury Me” and “Can You Tell Me,” succinctly highlight Fetish Lane’s melodic and lyrical power, poignantly exploring the hereafter and toxic relationships, respectively. Fletcher’s lush keyboard work helps build “Tell Me.”

But if you hear only one cut, make it “Settle Down,” which is reminiscent of Mason Profit’s crooning country rock and rises on Trass’ shimmering fiddle. Lyrically, the ode to the power of holding hands is both oblique and pointed: “I live across the street from this great big world spinning round/Where everyone is movin’ so fast/There is no right of way/Slow down.” The disc gets righteously countrified for the social activism of “Ole’ Brown Jug,” cuts through Marshall Tucker turf in “Circles” and swings up to Detroit for some funky “Motown
Eddy.” Things get devoutly wry on the aforementioned “Fremont Blues,” lamenting: “My back is getting tired of carrying the load/Well, my gin is all drunk up/And I’m out of Old Gold/I got the devil on Line 1/And God waits on hold.” Caustic, charming, spiritually energizing, Fetish Lane’s “Mule” significantly lifts their career arc. With inimitable style and grace, this “Mule” is packin’ some serious horsepower.

RATING: 3 ½ Stars (out of four)

- Press and Sun, Binghamton, NY

10 Press & Sun-Bulletin Thursday, October 11, 2007
By Dave Edick
e-mail: dedick@pressconnects.com
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Fetish Lane, “Beautiful Mule”

Fetish Lane’s ‘Mule’
carries load of good tunes


Pack up your worries; Fetish Lane’s fresh mount, “Beautiful Mule,” will carry them away. The quartet-plus, from environs just north of Greater Binghamton, comes calling with its fourth album, one that kicks up the group’s string section. Perfect for an autumn backdrop, the multihued “Mule” travels the country in Fetish Lane’s signature roots-folk/blues-rock air. What makes this a thoroughbred is its strength in songwriting — 14 cuts and not one filler — and execution.

Leading the way as composers are Ken Held, guitar; Ed Gliha, bass, and John Edick, guitar. (Ethics department note: The latter has no family ties influencing this piece.) Providing wide-ranging percussion is Israel Lorimer, while local bluesman Pinecone Fletcher cameos with vibrant keyboard and vocals. Adding inspired fiddle, banjo and mandolin are Darin Trass and Brian O’Connell. It’s a mix that has “Mule” toting heaps of down-home humor and sentiment amid highly sophisticated musicianship over an hour’s sojourn. Also key — from the wry, soulsearching ballad of “Madman’s Blues” to the gospel wit of “Fremont Blues” to the 1920s-pop of “Maggie” — the group’s rich, multi-part harmonies always seal the deal.
Two tracks, “Bury Me” and “Can You Tell Me,” succinctly highlight Fetish Lane’s melodic and lyrical power, poignantly exploring the hereafter and toxic relationships, respectively. Fletcher’s lush keyboard work helps build “Tell Me.”

But if you hear only one cut, make it “Settle Down,” which is reminiscent of Mason Profit’s crooning country rock and rises on Trass’ shimmering fiddle. Lyrically, the ode to the power of holding hands is both oblique and pointed: “I live across the street from this great big world spinning round/Where everyone is movin’ so fast/There is no right of way/Slow down.” The disc gets righteously countrified for the social activism of “Ole’ Brown Jug,” cuts through Marshall Tucker turf in “Circles” and swings up to Detroit for some funky “Motown
Eddy.” Things get devoutly wry on the aforementioned “Fremont Blues,” lamenting: “My back is getting tired of carrying the load/Well, my gin is all drunk up/And I’m out of Old Gold/I got the devil on Line 1/And God waits on hold.” Caustic, charming, spiritually energizing, Fetish Lane’s “Mule” significantly lifts their career arc. With inimitable style and grace, this “Mule” is packin’ some serious horsepower.

RATING: 3 ½ Stars (out of four)

- Press and Sun, Binghamton, NY

"Vocals, vocals, vocals... finally, real music is back!"
-Tim Hatcher, Activities Director at Hartwick College

"I've watched them develop and blossom into something totally different than everything else that's going on. Having seen hundreds of groups and performers in the music industry, I think they truly have something to offer!" ..."I heard them do some songs that totally knocked me out!" ..."they have a future in this part of the music world."
-Ken Millett, Night Eagle Cafe owner & Colorscape organizer

"A driving percussion section with finger licking guitar picking! The biggest sound that ever came out of such a small room!"
-Dan Loiola - WJFF Radio - (After live radio performance.)

"...(Fetish Lane) has entertained audiences old and young with their evocative lyrics, peppy melodies and intricately constructed harmonies!"
-Jude Seymour, The Evening Sun

"Fetish Lane is feel good music... boasting harmonies reminiscent of CSNY, and feel-good percussion..." "This band makes me happy!" "...a bass player that is bound to make you move!"
-Music Outlook Magazine

"The premiere vocal band in New York State!"
-Herb Ryan (Club Owner) - Various

"Vocals, vocals, vocals... finally, real music is back!"
-Tim Hatcher, Activities Director at Hartwick College

"I've watched them develop and blossom into something totally different than everything else that's going on. Having seen hundreds of groups and performers in the music industry, I think they truly have something to offer!" ..."I heard them do some songs that totally knocked me out!" ..."they have a future in this part of the music world."
-Ken Millett, Night Eagle Cafe owner & Colorscape organizer

"A driving percussion section with finger licking guitar picking! The biggest sound that ever came out of such a small room!"
-Dan Loiola - WJFF Radio - (After live radio performance.)

"...(Fetish Lane) has entertained audiences old and young with their evocative lyrics, peppy melodies and intricately constructed harmonies!"
-Jude Seymour, The Evening Sun

"Fetish Lane is feel good music... boasting harmonies reminiscent of CSNY, and feel-good percussion..." "This band makes me happy!" "...a bass player that is bound to make you move!"
-Music Outlook Magazine

"The premiere vocal band in New York State!"
-Herb Ryan (Club Owner) - Various