Lyn Avenue with Jerrod Neimann

Saturday Jan 24 at the Music Vault in Hardeeville, SC!

 

2014 Pirate Fest!

Lyn Avenue will be performing in the 9th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest this year! Oct 9-12th! Bring your family and your friends and make sure to dress in your finest pirate attire!

Lyn Avenue performs Friday Oct 10th at 6pm!

For more info on Pirate Fest click HERE!

Updates

What's been going on!

Lyn Avenue officially welcomes new bassist, Larry Jones to the band!

You can also download Lyn Avenue's latest album on iTunes now!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-other-side/id844207327

While Lyn Avenue is staying busy performing week to week, merch and CD sales are at an all time high! If you'd like to buy some official Lyn Avenue merchandise and can't make it to a show, purchases can be made online via Paypal. Just message us!

T-Shirt (S-XL) $15.00

Koozie $3.00

Sticker free w/ purchase or $1.00

"The Other Side" CD $10.00

Or order a signed photo from the band for $2.00!

Vote "Everyday Guardian Angel" for Video of the Year!

"Everyday Guardian Angel" has been nominated for Video of the Year in the GA Music Awards!

 

Produced by Eric Darling of eThree Media and directed by Tim Gill.

Please help Lyn Avenue win this category by voting and spreading the word!

Special thanks to our fans that nominated us!

TO VOTE click HERE

Voting ends June 2nd!

Local Talent: Lyn Avenue

'THE OTHER SIDE' SET TO RELEASE APRIL 5

“It’s a lot of caffeine, and sporadic naps whenever there’s time. It takes serious dedication and love for what we do.”

This is how CC Witt, lead singer for Lyn Avenue and graphic design major at Armstrong, says she balances her music career and school work.

Lyn Avenue is a local, self-proclaimed contemporary country band comprised of mostly Armstrong students. Patrick Ellington is the lead guitarist and a biology major and Randy Cuba is the drummer and a communications major. They, with Witt, have been performing together for roughly three years now. Recently, bassist Larry Jones joined the crew. Their first full-length album "The Other Side" is being released on April 5 at an all-ages show at Dub's Pub on River Street from 7-10 p.m.

“We want our audiences to consider the other side – to look at a situation from both sides and be able to put themselves in someone else’s shoes," Ellington said.  Ellington and Witt write the band's originals together and have natural musical chemistry, as they have been dating for five years. They say that Miranda Lambert, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum and Kacey Musgraves are some of the artists that inspire them.

Though Lyn Avenue began as an alternative band, incorporating elements of pop, rock and punk into their songs, their style of music and writing has evolved over the years. "When we started we were all teenagers. As we started to mature, so did the writing style and content of our songs and eventually country music just came naturally," Witt said, adding: “We learned a Johnny Cash cover song and we got such a good response that it pushed us to officially make the switch to country.”

When the band isn't playing a gig, Cuba and Witt both perform solo acts at local venues in and around Savannah, often accompanied by Ellington. “Between all of the band’s dates and all of our solo dates, one of us is always bound to be playing,” Witt said.

Cuba notes that playing with the band and playing a solo gig are two very different yet equally gratifying experiences. “The energy level the band creates and the interaction we have with the audience [as a group] is much different than when performing solo,” Cuba said. “One of the things I favor about playing solo is the freedom I have when playing a song – I can ultimately do whatever I want with that song.”

The band invites all to attend their show this Saturday night to celebrate the release of their CD and perform its songs live. The Rosies and Reckless Mercy, two other local bands, will open the show. The Ethree Media Camera Crew, most commonly known for Jamie Casino's Super Bowl commercial, will be filming the event.
If you want to know more about Lyn Avenue or to hear some of their music, check them out at lynavenue.com or on Facebook. 

By: Emmi Frankum
The Inkwell
Armstrong State University

Lyn Avenue Sets Sights High With New Album

Lyn Avenue is a band with ambition.
Fronted by songwriter and acoustic guitarist Cecilia “Cc” Witt, the Savannah born and raised, pop/country quartet is set to release their first studio album, “The Other Side.”

To kick off the album release in style, Lyn Avenue, with the help of some big-name sponsors, will have an official CD release party April 5 at Dub’s Pub on River Street.

The eight-track, all original album is a follow-up to a 2011 self-titled EP and will be available on all digital platforms and in CD format.
“Some of the songs are little bit older in our timeline of writing,” Witt said.
“Some of them are more new. The newest song we wrote was called ‘The Other Side,’ which had a little more of a corky, or folksy sound. We really like that, so that’s what we decided to call our album, and it seemed to fit.”

Witt, a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University, has been performing on her own for years.
Roughly five years ago, she met guitarist Patrick Ellington, and the duo started kicking off tunes with a mutual drummer friend.
When the trio lost their drummer, they found Randy Cuba as a replacement. Jance Renteria found the band on Facebook to round out the current lineup. Witt continues her solo act every Wednesday at Molly McGuire’s, but enjoys having a full band behind her.
“I am a whole different person (with the band),” Witt said. “When I am sitting acoustic, I am relaxed and more calm kind of background music. I just like to play. I am not trying to get in your face. With the band, it’s more loud and I can have more fun with it. I can jump around and be more of an entertainer.”

Witt and Ellington share songwriting duties for the band and pull from influences like Miranda Lambert and Sugarland. Lyn Avenue harnesses the country feel through Witt’s vocals, while the band keeps a steady rock/pop feel to the music.
Admittedly, the band hasn’t left Savannah often.
The farthest they’ve toured is the Bluffton and Hilton Head areas.
Despite a lack of road savvy, they are planning a trip to Nashville, Tenn., to put their cowboy hats in the mix.

 “The Other Side” was a DIY project for the young band. An Indiegogo project raised more than $2,000 that helped cover the cost of the album. A friend of the band, Justin Murray, produced and recorded the album. “We recorded at a home studio in Springfield,” Witt said. “It was literally a log cabin in the woods. It was really cool though, very country. (Murray) would walk around with a drum and headphones on to find just the right sound. It was kind of indie.”
Lyn Avenue will be joined, for the first time, by Reckless Mercy, a Christian folk band, and The Rosies, an acoustic duo, for their release party. Savannah Tire, Carey Hillard’s and Godfather’s Pizza are sponsoring the release party.

By: Joshua Peacock
Do Savannah

THE OTHER SIDE CD RELEASE PARTY!

Recording New Album: The Other Side

Check out a few of these videos of Lyn Avenue in the studio recording their new album called "The Other Side."