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FULLY-LOADED BLITZES COLORADO FOR ITS ‘WINTER STORM TOUR OF FUNK’
March 15 – 19, 2006
FULLY-LOADED is the latest All-star outfit from San Francisco's BOOM BOOM ROOM PRESENTS (BBRP). This band is made up of some of the brightest talents on the music scene today:
The PLAYEZ:
COCHEMEA GASTELUM - Sax (20th Congress, Fantastic Four)
WILL BERNARD - Guitar (Frequinox, JT Kirk, Motherbug)
CHRIS STILLWELL - bass (Greyboy Allstars)
ERIC LEVY - keys (Garage Mahaj)
CHUCK PRADA - percussion - (Black-Eyed Peas, Breakestra)
ADAM DEITCH - Drums (John Scofield, Lettuce)
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"Out of Great Intentions Comes Great Music"
The ‘FULLY-LOADED’ Band was formed in October 2005 when these musicians decided to get together and play a benefit festival to support their fellow musicians in New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina.
This group of musicians was so well-received that they immediately sold out several weekends of shows at the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco.
Powered by a general need to stretch their musical talents by like-minded artists, the band now embarks on its first tour in Colorado.
“FULLY-LOADED is a Greasy Soul Funk all star band which features what are considered some of the hottest musicians on the Jam-Jazz-Funk scene today.”
This band was brought together by Cochemea Gastelum and Boom Boom Room (S.F.) for its first manifestation as a group in October 2005 for Boom Boom Room Presents Katrina Benefit Festival (“Frequinox Music Festival”).
It is an evolved creation drawing its members and origin from the band ‘MOTHERLODE’ which had originally began in the mid nineties as part of a D.J. night at the original Casbah in San Diego. What started out as an underground hang for local hipsters and vinyl junkies, quickly became a collective of young (some too young to drink), punk rock/funk musicians playing solos to 60's and 70's funk and boogaloo records. Soon after, Motherlode was formed as the house band, playing live versions of rare, classic soul and funk. Soon, they were packing the club and gaining recognition quickly. The members, at one time or another, included: Robert Walter, Zak Najor, Cochemea "Cheme" Gastelum, Chris Stillwell, Printz Board and Brian Jordan.
AND now… ‘FULLY LOADED’ is an evolution of MOTHERLODE which has quickly surfaced and made a huge splash with an ever escalating ‘buzz’ surrounding their recent shows in SF. They are necessarily the band to see if you are a fan of solid groove music and electric Funk Rhythms that don’t stop comin’ at ya!
Without hesitation in dropping into its eclectic mix of fiery tunes by legendary forefathers of Funk and Soul-Jazz such as Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith and David Fathead Newman, ‘FULLY LOADED’ absolutely took the crowd by its ears and propelled these elated revelers into an awe induced trance that brought the entire audience of over 600 revelers to its feet in a dance frenzy that lasted the entire show!
To say that this band “nailed it” is a massive understatement of accolades. Blending Soul-Jazz, Funk and Afro-Beat with Rock and Fused with an endless onslaught of perfectly placed solos which the band trades effortlessly from one outstanding body-moving groove to the next, FULLY LOADED has already earned top marks with the S.F. music community and has launched itself into the realm of the modern greats of these genre-blending bands such as GALACTIC, GREYBOY ALLSTARS and OZOMATLI.
This sensational group of musicians which hail under the name ‘FULLY LOADED’ dazzles its crowds with a blend of songs, musical styles and sounds uniquely their own. Linked to such bands as GREYBOY ALLSTARS, ROBERT WALTERS 20th CONGRESS, BLACK-EYED PEAS, TJ KIRK, JOHN SCOFIELD, GARAJ MAHAL and ANDERS OSBORNE, the individual members of 'FULLY LOADED' are at the top of their game. Collectively this band of musicians is a wonder to see and should you be so lucky to do so, it is adamantly advised that you catch this band now: As they are on a fast –track upwards towards stardom. “This is an Old-school Funky-Ass All-Pro Groovin’ Unit, 'FULLY LOADED', throwin' it down in the pocket so tight: you can’t even begin to fathom what energy they emit from the stage with their music…but you certainly dare not miss it.
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THE GIGZ:
The tour dates in COLORADO are as follows:
March 15 - Club 8150 - Vail, CO www.club8150.com
March 16 - Sherpa's - Breckenridge, CO www.sherpaandyetis.com/
March 17 - Quixote's - Denver, CO* www.quixotes.com/ *Feat. Reggie Watts and DJ Apollo
March 18 - Dulcinea's 100th Monkey - Denver, CO* www.quixotes.com/*Feat. Reggie Watts
March 19th - the D-note - Arvada, CO - www.dnote.us
All tickets are available through www.boomboomtickets.com and the individual venues.
$10 - www.boomboomtickets.com
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