j. bell & the Lazy Susan Band + 3 other acts Quadruple Album Release Show at the Amsterdam

j. bell & the Lazy Susan Band celebrates the release of their new Album “Unreliable Witness” along with new releases from Sam DuBois, Jonathan Earl Band & Sarah VanValkenburg and Stand Up Comedy from MC Brian McDaniel!

j. bell was born, raised and honed his musical and songwriting chops on the muddy banks of the Mississippi River. Always drawn to music, he has played nearly every instrument over the course of his life, but was never drawn to anything like he was drawn to the guitar. He can’t quite remember when he started playing in bands, he has lots of memories of gathering in neighborhood garages and making noise with countless groups of kids. Eventually he started writing songs when he discovered Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Willie Nelson. Later he found the same draw in bands like the Counting Crows, Soul Asylum, Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, and the Jayhawks.

Always torn between wanting to perform quietly with an acoustic guitar and a flute and wanting to jump off of flaming Marshal stacks while screaming, his writing style hops from genre to genre. It’s been called “twang rock”, “alt country”, “roots rock”, “Americana” and just about everything else you’d imagine. j. bell and the LSB simply think of it as straight up rock & roll.