Horns o’
Plenty come to Legends Funk bands Hot Politics and Yo Mama’s
Big Fat Booty Band at ASU on Oct. 23
By Jeff Eason
Every good funk band is measured, to some degree, by the
quality of its horn section. By that measuring stick, two of the
South’s best funk bands will converge on Legends in Boone
on Thursday, October 23rd.
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty
Band return to Boone on October 23 for a funky show at
Legends.
Asheville’s Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and Greensboro’s
Hot Politics perform at Legends on the campus of Appalachian State
in a show guaranteed to make the lamest dancer hit the floor with
tapping toes and shaking hips.
The show marks the start of the indoor concert season for a couple
of bands that have performed at numerous outdoor festivals this
past summer and fall.
“Right now we’re getting ready for the Loki Festival
at Deerfields,” said Jean Paul Miller, guitarist and vocalist
for Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band. “It’s sort of
the culmination of a long summer of touring for us. We played
in Las Vegas, Tallahassee, Hilton Head and all over the Southeast
this summer.”
Miller is joined in the band by Al Al Ingram on bass and vocals,
Derrick Johnon on trombone and vocals, Greg Hollowell on saxophones
and vocals, Grady Gilbert on guitar and Dave Partin. Yo Mama’s
Big Fat Booty Band have received numerous accolades in the past
few years including being named the Home Grown Music Network’s
#1 Band of the Year, #3 album of the year in WNCW-FM’s 2007
listeners’ poll for regional albums, and named in The Onion’s
list of Worst Band Names of 2007.
The band’s 2006 album Now You Know won critical acclaim from
a variety of print and online media outlets. But its bread and
butter is the live show. The Booty Band performs a staggering
average of 250 shows per year.
“We’ve been recording a live album with an engineer
from New York City,” said Miller. “The recording has
been done at various shows in New Orleans, many of them at Tipitina’s,
a fairly historical venue.”
Miller added that the soon-to-be-released live album is tentatively
titled Greatest Hips, Vol. 2.
Hot Politics, one of the hottest new bands in Greensboro, features
Tommy Scifres on guitar and vocals, Jeff Hindson on bass, Phil
Clarke on drums, Jason Bullock on Euphonium, Adam Donahue on tenor
saxophone, and Kyle Poehling on drums and percussion. The band’s
latest album, Get Loose, features funky original grooves accentuated
by swirling horn and keyboard lines.
Tickets & Times
Tickets for the funky show at Legends featuring Hot Politics and
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band are $5 in advance for ASU students
and $8 for guests and at the door. Doors open at 9 and the music
starts at 10 p.m. Legends has a BYOB policy with a six-pack limit
with valid ID for patrons 21 and older. For more information,
call (828) 262-3030.
Get Firefox