Jay Lane and Furthur’s Sunshine Becker have teamed up to form a new band, Jay’s Happy Sunshine Burger Joint. The new group will include Lane on drums, Becker on vocals and flute, Happy Sanchez (Los Mocosos) on bass, Paul Kates (John K Band, Reflections) on guitar, Paul Pesco (Daryl Hall’s MD, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez) on guitar and Perry Winston on guitar, as well as Chris Burger (Band of Brothers, Deadbeats) as singer/lyrical poet.

Jay’s Happy Sunshine Burger Joint will be playing gigs at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA on October 23, Moes Alley in Santa Cruz, CA on October 25 and the River Theatre in Guernville, CA on October 26. They will also be shooting a video and recording an album at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios. The band hopes to release the CD by Thanksgiving.