Next show: New York City, Thu 19 Nov
The Lonesome Prairie Dogs were founded by Heidi Lieb and Steve Strunsky when Lieb was eager to start a new project playing upright bass after years fronting Sit n’ Spin on vocals and guitar. She saw Strunsky play a solo acoustic gig opening for a mutual friend’s band, and the pair tailored the repertoire to their new instrumentation. They added drums, and gelled as a hard-twanging garage country outfit with the addition of lead guitarist Mike Dvorkin. The LPDs were later augmented by Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith, Nuggets) on pedal steel guitar, and often feature trumpeter Jordan McLean (Antibalas) and The Lonesome Horns. The LPDs became fixtures of the NYC and Brooklyn country music scenes, and in 2005 founded the annual New Year’s Hank-O-Rama, a tribute to Hank Williams. Their influences include Hank Williams Sr. & III, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Wanda Jackson, The Stones, Dick Dale, Ennio Morricone and multitudes of others. Eventually, the LPDs were coaxed by McLean to enter Dunham Sound Studios, the famed Brooklyn recording studio owned by Tommy Brenneck (Menahan Street Band, Charles Bradley, Budos Band), who then engineered the instrumental tracks for “All This Time” and “Lonesome Nile” featuring McLean and Dala Records founder Billy Aukstik (Charles Bradley, Antibalas) on trumpets. Aukstik then later engineered the vocal tracks for “All This Time” at Dala’s Brooklyn studio, Hive Mind Recording, and the singles were readied for release.
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The Lonesome Prairie Dogs play vintage garage country and rockabilly, deeply rooted in the New York City country music scene. Follow The Lonesome Prairie Dogs on Mood.
The Lonesome Prairie Dogs originated in the hills of New Jersey and became fixtures of the Brooklyn and New York City country music scenes.
The band was founded by Heidi Lieb and Steve Strunsky, featuring lead guitarist Mike Dvorkin and pedal steel guitarist Lenny Kaye, alongside a rotating cast of horn players.
