Pete + The Stray Dogs EPK

Hi-Res Photos

 

Video Links

Music Video: Walk Right
Music Video: Going to the Garden
Album Preview Video: No Sign of Love or Farewell

Biography

Short Bio (Under 100 Words)

Pete Lanctot (he/his) and Ginger Dolden (she/hers) lead the band Pete and the Stray Dogs. The Stray Dogs play Pete Lanctot's original songs and experimental takes on the Americana, Folk, and Country songs that they are inspired by. Lanctot’s narrative songwriting has been likened to artists such as Townes Van Zandt, and Hank Williams, and has been described as “a backwoods Nick Cave,” as he explores the complications of mortality through the lives of his characters.

Full Bio (1000 Words) 

“It seems New York is experiencing another country/folk revival...one of the most authentic voices in this happening scene belongs to Pete Lanctot” - The Vinyl District.

Songwriter Pete Lanctot leads his band of Stray Dogs with experimental violinist Ginger Dolden. Pete and the Stray Dogs takes form as an acoustic duo, as an electric five piece, and everything in between. Lanctot’s narrative songwriting has been likened to artists such as The Carter Family, Townes Van Zandt and “a backwoods Nick Cave,” and is rooted in blues, folk, country, and experimental music, exploring the complications of mortality through pinhole views into the lives of characters that range from real to mythological.

No Sign of Love or Farewell, the band’s 2016 debut full length album was hailed by New York Music Daily as “A series of richly lyrical character studies among the down-and-out” and by Audiofuzz as “Songs that seem to have percolated out the swamps of Louisiana or from the deep hills and valleys of Virginia and Kentucky.” Throughout the album the band weaves together country waltzes, Bo Diddley beats, dance hall two steps, nocturnal swamp rock, and old school gospel throughout the record, creating a musical tapestry rooted in the American musical tradition. No Sign of Love or Farewell, is a follow up to the band’s 2015 EP, Caledonia, both recorded in Nashville, TN and produced by Chris Donohue (Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Daniel Lanois, Gillian Welch).

Pete and the Stray Dogs came together in 2012 and regularly tours throughout the United States and Europe.

Quotes

"...songs that seem to have percolated out the swamps of Louisiana or from the deep hills and valleys of Virginia and Kentucky." - Audiofuzz

"Lanctot and Nicholls draw-out the backdrop for the saddest cowboys descent into the heart of a blood-orange horizon." - Songwriting Magazine

"Roscoe Holcomb, The Carter Family, and of course the troubadours – Townes, Gram, John Prine, Guy Clark. The list goes on and on...and Brooklyn singer­ songwriter Pete Lanctot fits right into that list." - 50thrirdand3rd

"It seems New York is experiencing another country/folk revival, perhaps not as revolutionary as the East Village boom during the ’60s, but noteworthy nonetheless. One of the most authentic voices in this happening scene belongs to Pete Lanctot." - The Vinyl District

"[Pete Lanctot is]...preaching the gospel of Americana from the stage and from the lectern." - Brooklyn Paper

"Pete Lanctot personifies pretty much everything good about New York’s most happening music scene..." - New York Music Daily

"No Sign of Love or Farewell is a series of richly lyrical character studies among the down-and-out." - New York Music Daily

"Lanctot is definitely a great songwriter. I can’t wait to hear more of his music." - Audiofuzz

 

Stage Plots

Links

MUsic

For music downloads, please contact Ginger Dolden: ginger@bantam-studios.com
Please feel free to use the Soundcloud, Bandcamp, and Spotify links above to stream.

Show History

Contact + Management

PRESS/MEDIA: KIM FOWLER, TWO DOG MEDIA

615-228-7177
twodogmedia.com

BOOKING: GINGER DOLDEN, BANTAM STUDIOS

booking@bantam-studios.com

Follow Pete Lanctot

Cart (0)