For 29 years now, the Austin Lounge Lizards has been successfully mixing satire and parody with folk, country and bluegrass music.

The darlings of activist groups, the band’s song trademarks are highly literate, sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics, love, religion and the culture in general. For example, among the songs on their latest CD, ‘The Drugs I Need,’ are the title song and four others commissioned by Consumers Union and other advocacy groups. Their recording of Irving Berlin’s ‘C-U-B-A’ was featured in Michael Moore’s most recent movie, ‘Sicko.’

The Austin Lounge Lizards grew out of the songwriting relationship between Hank Card and Conrad Deisler, who met when they were history majors at Princeton University and started writing songs together in 1976. The band also features founding member Tom Pittman on banjo and dobro, Darcie Deaville on the fiddle and mandolin and bass player Juliann Banks. The group counts among its influences Frank Zappa, George Jones, Spike Jones, Flatt & Scruggs, Tom Lehrer, and Steve Goodman.

Learn more about their satirical folk performances at www.austinlizards.com

$26 adults; $13 student reserved; $5 RUSH

Friday Harbor, WA 98250