#Music: The Heavy Pets, the perfect jam band, returns to Green Parrot

#Music: The Heavy Pets, the perfect jam band, returns to Green Parrot - A group of people posing for the camera - Jamie Newitt

The Heavy Pets return to The Green Parrot with shows at 10 p.m. on Friday, October 3rd and 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 4.

The Heavy Pets are an American rock and roll band whose contagious vibe blends rhythm and blues, jazz-funk and reggae fusion with homegrown rock. They are known for powerhouse performances spiked with hot electric licks and multi-climactic instrumental solos, as well as for their masterful acoustic acumen.

In 2007, the group became an instant Sirius radio sensation with the release of their acclaimed double-disc debut album, Whale, driven by hit tracks “Operation of Flight” and “Sleep.” Major festival darlings, The Heavy Pets are regulars at Bonnaroo, moe.down, Langerado, New Orleans Backbeat Jazzfest, and their namesake PetZoo, a two-day, multi-band festival that draws hordes of Pets devotees to Bucks County, Pa., to feast on the headliners’ live alchemy.

The South Florida jam band sports a new label and they’ve just released a polished new album with the help of a heavyweight producer. But these five guys — guitarists Mike Garulli and Jeff Lloyd, keyboardist Jim Wuest, bassist Justin Carney and drummer Jamie Newitt — are sticking to what has worked for them for the past few years: endless touring, hitting every major city in the Northeast, South and Midwest as well as a host of summer festivals.

“The Pets just might be a perfect jamband,” says Dennis Cook, of Jambase.com. “The greatest jam band to come out of Florida since, well, ever.”