Insurgent North Country / Alternative Americana

40-Rod Lightning


  • Tom Jones- vocals and guitar
  • Jon Lundberg- lead guitar and vocals
  • Joe Bonfiglio- drums and vocals
  • Brian Killigrew- mandolin and lap steel
  • Chuck Larsen- stand up bass and vocals

Forty rod lightning - a term for whiskey
of most villainous description.
So called because it is warranted to kill
at forty rods.

1 rod = 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet
40 rods = 220 yards or 1 furlong

Upcoming:


r o c h e s t e r
Thursday, June 26th
at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

99 Court St., Rochester, NY
10 pm
FREE


b u f f a l o
Wednesday, July 2nd
opening for
Bob Wayne & the Outlaw Carnies
at Sportsmens Tavern

326 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14207
8 pm
$10



s c o t t y p a l u z a 1 3
Saturday, June 28th

Lightning Ridge Farm, Prattsburg, NY
weekend festival
Tickets: $50.00 pre-sale, $65.00 at the gate
Available at: Aaron’s Alley (Rochester) Super Kind Imports (Fulton)
Terrapin Station (Buffalo) The Electric Company (Utica)
Go Ask Alice (Brockport)


40-Rod Lightning is an Alternative Americana band hailing from Rochester, NY.
We like to call our style Insurgent North Country

Playing covers by:

Johnny Cash, Uncle Tupelo, Willie Nelson
Beck, Hank Williams III, and more

Plus our own special take on a wider variety of music
from such artists as:

Pink Floyd, Metallica, the Beatles and Judas Priest, to name a few.

And a steadily growing catalog of original music.

For information and booking contact us here.