Brent "Flounder" Lane

I started playing piano and keyboards at a real young age. I loved the sound of Stevie Wonder’s "I just called to say I love you" with the cool synthesizer sounds and the vocoder (robot voice). I would listen to that song over and over – then anything that had a cool animated synthesizer sound like Genesis.  Later in life during high school, I joined the school band to carry on a family tradition. I learned how to play the trumpet, like my Dad and Papa did. My Papa had a band long ago called "Matt Pasquale and his Orchestra". After a year, I became a fairly descent horn player playing in the Kirtland High Jazz band, Concert Band, Marching band and the pep bands as well as the Lakeland Community College Jazz Impact.

In 2000 I formed a small jazz band called "The Green Road Trio" then "The Green Road Five" later. It was a nice smooth jazz group that played at the House of Swing on every Wednesday for three years. It was a great time with some of Cleveland’s best musicians. After this band stopped playing, I got a call from Steve, a good friend that plays guitar, saying he wanted me to join him in a seven piece Motown band.

Motor City Gold was a fantastic Motown group. We played many places, had great times and made lots of friends. The fun ended when I decided I needed a musical change of pace. My drummer Mario from "The Green Road Five" band called and said his new band he was playing with nee ded a keyboard player. The band was "Ted Riser and the Marshall band". This band has a huge reputation and a great following. I played with Ted for a year and had a blast!

So in January, I get this call from Kevin Morgan, a long time barn band jam friend. He tells me that his band "Stone Pony" may need another keyboard player. I remember seeing his other band "Stagepass" when I was younger and had always wanted to be in that band. I already knew most of the guys in the rhythm section and Kelly. It felt like a natural fit. In mid-January of 2008, I was given a rehearsal CD to learn three songs for an audition. These guys picked some of the toughest piano songs Springsteen has.

I played them to the best of my ability and was hired that night! The rest is history!

I also fly small airplanes and am a part time aviation photographer for the Port of Cleveland at Burke Lakefront Airport.

To the band: "I f_ _ _ d’ up – I trusted you….."