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Lance MacLean
Band Leader
Banjo
Guitar
Vocals

Doug Cady
Co-Leader
Music Director
Piano
Trombone
Vocals


Bob Pillsbury
Clarinet
Sax
Vocals

George Hall
Clarinet
Sax
Vocals
(Retired)

Bob Modr
Cornet
Vocals

Wayne Mogel
Trombone

David Young
String Bass
Banjo

Mike Chagitny
Drums

Moose Mountain Jazz Band

Photo by Robert Byrne

Lance Maclean
Band Leader - Banjo - Guitar Vocals

(Click here to see a Youtube video of Lance playing a Spanish Medley on Banjo)

Lance has played music, of some kind, most of his life.  At an early age of 8 he played ukulele with his father who also played the uke, and the banjo.  At the age of 14 Lance  took an  interest in banjo.   He has been playing it ever since.  About 28 years ago Lance was playing banjo with a small group at Disneyland in Southern California.   He heard some of the Dixieland bands performing there, and thought it would be fun someday to play that kind of music.   He was at Disneyland for two years, and then started playing banjo with piano players at Shakey's Pizza parlor  on weekends.   From time to time Lance joined in on some Dixieland Jam Sessions  that were held once a month.  It was not until 8 years later that he was asked to join one of the best known Dixieland Bands on the circuit at that time.  They were known as the Hot Frogs Jumping Jazz Band.  He went on to tour and perform with this band for the next 10 years.  The Frogs were asked by the City of Los Angeles to perform at the 750 year sister city celebration in West Berlin, Germany.   Lance left the Hot Frogs to perform with the West Coast  Night Blooming Jazzmen.  They are still one of the top listed jazz bands in the country.  He still is a member,  even though they are on the West Coast. He works with them only when they travel, which is about 15 times a year.  Lance has also worked a season with another well known band, The Titan Hot 7 Jazz Band.   With all the bands,  Lance can be heard on 8 CD’s.   These jazz bands have taken Lance and his wife, Marilou, to almost every state in the country, including Alaska and Hawaii.  Their foreign trips and cruises have brought them to Germany, England,  Russia, Netherlands, Mexico and many parts of Canada. 

Along with working with the bands,  for the past 2 years Lance has been asked to appear as a guest Banjo soloist.  He was part of a special All-Star Band that was chosen for the Chilliwack B.C. Jazz Festival.  He also performed at the largest jazz festival in the world: The  Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.  He was playing with the Nightblooming Jazzmen, and was featured as a guest Banjo soloist.  

Other instruments you may have heard Lance play are St. Bass, Tuba, Violin, Mandolin, and Piano.  Lance sometimes plays solo piano dinner music at the Tamworth Inn during their summer season, and performs at the Wakefield Inn on special occasions.

To supplement his music Lance has his own Piano Repair and Moving business, Performance Sound Service, and still draws on his earlier  electronics training, as a Computer Repair Specialist in this area.