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DIRECT From Funky NEW ORLEANS...
(playin 'til 2:45AM+)...
*HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND*
Featuring:
CHRIS MULE
(Guitar, Vocals)
A-RON WILKINSON
(Mandolin, Vocals)
SAM PRICE
(Bass, Vocals)
GARLAND PAUL
(Drums, Vocals)
TREVOR BROOKS
(Hammond B3 Organ, Piano)
plus:
*ONE WAY STATION*
and:
*DJ K-OS*
HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND
New Orleans Funk Driven dancefloor filling grooves - a Gumbo of New Orleans Funk and Soul!
Direct from NEW ORLEANS - to the venue that was their birth place as a band (as they formed here as refugees after Katrina) - The Boom Boom Room!
$15 - www.boomboomtickets.com
MORE about *HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND*...
Great music begins with great songs, and great songs are what the Honey Island Swamp Band is all about. The band came together after Aaron Wilkinson (acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Chris Mule (electric guitar, vocals) were marooned in San Francisco after the levee breaches following Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and had a chance encounter with fellow New Orleans evacuees Sam Price (bass, vocals) and Garland Paul (drums, vocals) at San Francisco's Boom Boom Room. They'd all worked together in New Orleans bands for years, but with no prospects of getting home any time soon, they figured they'd better cook up something new, and quick!
A few days later they had put together a song list, landed a recurring weekly gig at the Boom Boom Room courtesy of club owner Alex Andreas, and settled in to share a little taste of Southern culture with their new West coast neighbors. Their 7-song eponymous debut was recorded in 2006 at famed studio The Plant in Sausalito, CA, after sound engineer Robert Gatley saw HISB live at one of the weekly gigs and offered the band an opportunity to record at the studio. The tunes and talent were just pouring out of these guys, Gatley says. I'd been missing that funky bayou sound and Honey Island had the club jumping. I couldn't wait to get them on tape. The resulting EP was received so well that all the musicians decided to continue the band upon moving back to New Orleans in early 2007.
Honey Island Swamp Band's music has been described as "Bayou Americana", with timeless songs from Wilkinson & Mulé, highlighted by Mulé's searing guitar, Wilkinson's sure-handed mandolin, and 4-part vocal harmonies, all anchored by the powerful groove of Price & Paul's Louisiana stomp rhythm section. The addition of Trevor Brooks on Hammond B-3 organ to the HISB family in 2010 has rounded out the band’s sound, which draws from a variety of influences in the world of roots music, including artists such as Lowell George & Little Feat, The Band, Taj Mahal, Gram Parsons, Jerry Garcia, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Reed, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, and New Orleans’ own Earl King and Dr. John.
In April 2009, the band released its first full-length album – Wishing Well – and on the strength of such songs as "Natural Born Fool", "Till the Money's Gone", and the album's title track, Wishing Well was awarded 2009's “Best Blues Album” by OffBeat Magazine, which also named HISB as 2009’s “Best Emerging Artist” and 2010’s “Best Roots Rock Artist”. Most recently HISB won the award for “Best Roots Rock Artist” of 2011 at the Big Easy Awards, New Orleans' most prestigious arts & entertainment honors.
The newest offering from HISB – 2010’s Good To You – was named to several "Top Ten CDs of 2010" lists, and has quickly become a staple on the Crescent City's legendary radio station WWOZ, as well as on Sirius/XM satellite radio’s Bluesville and traditional stations from coast-to-coast. Featuring the southern strut of songs such as “Be Good”, "300 Pounds" and the album’s first single “Chocolate Cake”, Good To You illuminates the mix of country-inflected rock and New Orleans funky blues that makes Honey Island Swamp Band's music so familiar and unique at the same time.
For more information on the Honey Island Swamp Band, including video, audio and the latest news, check out their official website: http://www.honeyislandswampband.com
$15 - www.boomboomtickets.com
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