Local Band Assisting West Hartford Food Pantry

They call themselves “The Hardest Working Band in West Hartford,” and for this performance, Lonesome Eddie & the Bird Dogs will be working hard on behalf of the West Hartford Food Pantry.

On July 23, Lonesome Eddie & the Bird Dogs will perform from 7-10 p.m. at the Prospect Café, at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Park Road in West Hartford. The band is urging all patrons to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the West Hartford Food Pantry.

“The West Hartford Food Bank is extremely low on donations at this time of year. You folks were wonderful in your efforts last year to help build up the stock and we want to try to outdo last year’s donations,” said band member Ed Carr.

Carr said that the band and Prospect Café owner Nick Faenza will transport all the donations to the Food Pantry at Town Hall. “All you gotta do is bring the donations to the show.”

Carr said that monetary donations to the West Hartford Food Pantry would also be accepted.

Lonesome Eddie & the Bird Dogs has an active following in the West Hartford area, and their fan stickers are often spotted on cars around town.

Many of the band members in this group of six guys have known each other for years. Each has a different career by day, but for the past four years, they have spent countless evenings and weekends honing a playlist of rock, blues, country, and even punk, popular with all ages, and great for just listening as well as dancing.

The band includes members “Lonesome” Eddie Carr, Kevin Connors, Ed Connors, Clayton Kopp, Marty Cannon, and Bob Loper. The core group first performed together in June 2007 at a house party, attempting an acoustic act that was enjoyed by the few guests who could actually hear them.

They soon added a drummer and amplifiers. Since then, they have been performing at parties, fundraisers, local restaurants and bars, as well as in the courtyard of .

For more information, visit Lonesome Eddie & the Bird Dogs’ website.