In 1974 I moved to Lexington Street in Lynn with my mother and two brothers.
I quickly found out we were only three of the more than 20 kids our age growing up in the neighborhood.
Soon the street was known for having a crowd at all times and sports/games being played 24-7.
There are many memorable hang out spots in the neighborhood the most memorable is the Garage.
The Garage is where Ry and I took our first guitar lessons in our early 20’s and banged on acoustics until 2 am on the weekends.
Before we could gather any real steam we both pretty much hung up our guitars and started families.
It wasn’t until 2003 and we were into our 30’s that we could dig up a drummer to add to our noise and our Buddy Brian came through for us and we formed Ogre and the Irons.
Every Wednesday night we met at the Garage to work on originals and a few covers but in 2006 Brian headed to Florida with his family.
We continued jamming every week with like minded musicians working with a lot of good people along the way and started gigging in small venues with a mix of originals and covers.
Cutting our teeth as a trio at the local shoebox came to an end in 2008 when we met Len.
We instantly clicked and within a month were playing to 100 people in a 48 capacity bar.
Not missing a beat despite our Spinal Tap like run of drummers Lexington Street has been playing out a few times a month ever since with a heavy emphasis on Rock Covers .
Looking to make a good thing better we decided to recruit some female vocals and met Mary White and then Sharon Chaitin-Pollak shortly after met our keyboard player Paul who rounded out our sound and gave us many more musical options.
Due to a career decision we found ourselves saying goodbye to Sharon and about the same time welcomed Jimmy Whalen a local veteran drummer into the band.
In the early months of 2011 we met our current female vocalist Magi and were instantly impressed with her beautiful voice and stage presence.
Although the kids of Lexington St. have gotten older and moved on, the spirit and energy from our youth is something that will remain in all of us.
Our goal is to bring that excitement to every show we play and give everyone a taste of how much fun it was to grow up on Lexington Street .
Joe Savia
I quickly found out we were only three of the more than 20 kids our age growing up in the neighborhood.
Soon the street was known for having a crowd at all times and sports/games being played 24-7.
There are many memorable hang out spots in the neighborhood the most memorable is the Garage.
The Garage is where Ry and I took our first guitar lessons in our early 20’s and banged on acoustics until 2 am on the weekends.
Before we could gather any real steam we both pretty much hung up our guitars and started families.
It wasn’t until 2003 and we were into our 30’s that we could dig up a drummer to add to our noise and our Buddy Brian came through for us and we formed Ogre and the Irons.
Every Wednesday night we met at the Garage to work on originals and a few covers but in 2006 Brian headed to Florida with his family.
We continued jamming every week with like minded musicians working with a lot of good people along the way and started gigging in small venues with a mix of originals and covers.
Cutting our teeth as a trio at the local shoebox came to an end in 2008 when we met Len.
We instantly clicked and within a month were playing to 100 people in a 48 capacity bar.
Not missing a beat despite our Spinal Tap like run of drummers Lexington Street has been playing out a few times a month ever since with a heavy emphasis on Rock Covers .
Looking to make a good thing better we decided to recruit some female vocals and met Mary White and then Sharon Chaitin-Pollak shortly after met our keyboard player Paul who rounded out our sound and gave us many more musical options.
Due to a career decision we found ourselves saying goodbye to Sharon and about the same time welcomed Jimmy Whalen a local veteran drummer into the band.
In the early months of 2011 we met our current female vocalist Magi and were instantly impressed with her beautiful voice and stage presence.
Although the kids of Lexington St. have gotten older and moved on, the spirit and energy from our youth is something that will remain in all of us.
Our goal is to bring that excitement to every show we play and give everyone a taste of how much fun it was to grow up on Lexington Street .
Joe Savia
We would like to thank all our friends and especially -
Brian Hazard,Dan Blaisdell,Paul Lindsey,Kenny Smith,Patty Conway,Jana Conway,Nichole Coyne,Mike Louizos,Vern Dinnall,Mike Tarasuik,Jerry mcIntyre,Maria Sakellson,Mary White,Sharon Chaitin -Pollak ,Vicki Boisselle,Michelle Savia,Lisa Paglierani,Wesley Beattie and last but definitely not least Joan "Mom" Savia.
Lexington Street Band History