Latest News

October 18, 2009 -- The band has been recording and editing some fresh new tracks for their latest CD that is scheduled to be released sometime in the next couple of months!!!  Click HERE for a sample.

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July 24, 2009 -- LRB rocked out at Rustix in Humboldt, IA to a packed house of more than 300.  It was a blast!!!!

Music & Sound Bites

"Man of Steel"

On a trip to the Middle East, Jon Porter photographed a poem written on a white board in a motor pool where armor plating was being added to military vehicles as protection against roadside bombs. The poem was written by a civilian army mechanic named Matthew Lightfoot who now lives in Texas.  He wrote it as a going-away gift to his buddies when he returned home in 2005. Jon sent the picture to Randy Berka who had just gone through the tragic loss of his sister to cancer and asked Randy to channel his emotions into writing a song about the poem.  The result was a sullen ballad called “Man of Steel” which the band reworked into a hard-driving rock number and recorded at Junior’s Motel Studio in Otho, IA on November 10, 2007 (Veterans Day weekend).  It is the first studio work by the band in 37 years and the first original tune they have ever recorded under the name Lazy River Band.  The band has agreed to donate all proceeds from “Man of Steel” to a charitable cause, the Armed Forces Foundation. According to songwriter Randy Berka, "The song is a tribute to our servicemen and women so they know that we see them as heroes."

Download the digital track for just a buck!!! Available at Apple iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, and Napster.  All proceeds are donated to the Armed Forces Foundation! Watch the video on YouTube here.

Photos below are from the recording of "Man of Steel" on November 9-10, 2007.

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Clips from the Archives...

King & Queen of the World/For Love Gone -- A medley of two songs that were recorded at a studio in Omaha in December of 1971.  They are both cover tunes originally penned by the Rugbys, a band that LRB saw live at the Star Ballroom in Dakota City, IA. These efforts feature Jon Porter on keys and John Callahan on vocals.  [Click HERE to listen or Right-Click to Save mp3 file].

Are You Ready -- Made popular in the early '70s by Grand Funk Railroad, this is live track that was recorded at the Eagles Club in Fort Dodge, IA in July 2004.  Performing that night were just four of the original members of Lazy River (Berka, Callahan, Flanagan and Strutzenberg).  [Click HERE to listen or Right-Click to Save mp3 file].

Toad -- No LRB show would be complete without an impressive drum solo by Ardie.  This version of the Cream song "Toad" was recorded live at the Eagles Club in Fort Dodge on July 3, 2004. You gotta hear this!!! [Click HERE to listen or Right-Click to Save mp3 file].