Tag Archives: Spam Allstars
Kirk Joseph’s Back Yard Groove (w/ Dr. John) is on DHR!
Did you know that Kirk Joseph’s innovative “Sousafunk” project, the Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove “Sousafunk Ave” LP is proudly presented in our mix at DHR?
For those unaware, Kirk Joseph, son of trombonist Waldren “Frog” Joseph, is a master sousaphone player (that’s the one that looks like a tuba), one of the founding members of the legendary New Orleans-born Dirty Dozen Brass Band, band leader of Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove and the 504 Brass Band, and a pioneer of Sousafunk. [...]
Dirty Phunk To Shake Yo Booty! Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk @ Saint Rocke, Hermosa Bch Mar 26. (DHR Easy Reader Archives)
Dumpstaphunk plays Saint Rocke Saturday night.
Dumpstaphunk will be dropping by Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach this Saturday night. They come straight outta’ New Orleans with a brand of funk highly acclaimed to get your booty shaking itself onto the Richter scale.
Giving a whole new meaning to the peculiar expression “Dead on the heavy funk” (James Brown), Dumpsta is pushing the envelope of the genre itself.
In an interview with Dennis Cook for JamBase.com, Ivan Neville of Dumpstaphunk [...]
DHR Song of the Day 2/9/11: The Mantras – “Five Roads”
Here’s one for all you dirty hippies who love to dance and swirl and bob and twirl like super novas caught in cyclones to the tribal spells cast by jam bands. Get down with “Five Roads” from North Carolina’s The Mantras, off their Dharland album.
…and try not to throw up from spinning in circles.
May also enjoy Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, Spam Allstars, Weigh Station, Sci Fi, Eymarel, Chronicles of the Landsquid, ZuhG., Fish Out [...]
If You Like Bands Like These…
If you like bands like Tea Leaf Green, String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, Widespread Panic, and Umphrey’s McGee…
Then we think you’ll like The Electric Habit, The Mantras, Spam Allstars, Sci Fi, Chronicles of the Landsquid, Weigh Station, The Nucleus, Eymarel, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, Fish Out Of Water, Jambalaya Brass Band, New Soul Underground (guitarist for Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Split Lip Rayfield, Midnight Lamp, Faking David, Jon Eric, SmoothOp, ZuhG., oso, [...]
Meet the Spam Allstars
Man, it took awhile to track these guys down, but way worth the persistence. Coming to us from Florida, Spam Allstars are a fusion jam band boasting an afro-latin-jazz-funk sound. They’re so jammin’ and lively, evoking the good spirits of this world, that they make you forget death is even a part of life. Definitely an outdoor festival caliber band. Check ‘em out.
~Dirty Jeff
