Old Man Lee and the Voice of New Jersey Dissent

The Harleys and chainsaws, rebels and outlaws, three-legged gundogs and craggy western edges, well-traveled, but rooted in Jersey, all find insistent harmony in Old Man Lee, the rock act taking terrain fast and hard and playing at Bille’s Old Tavern on Friday night in Hamilton.

“We aim for music either overlooked or missed by the mainstream, music that has character, which has spoken to us in one way or another,” says Larry, bassist and lead vocalist.

Whether it’s Johnny Cash, Gaslight Anthem, or the Interrupters, metal, country, or punk. a rebel-outlaw vibe dominates the sound of the band named after the ghost of a west Jersey scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project.

“All of it has the goal of getting people moving, shaking – and thinking,”…