DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT
''RELEASE THE GREASE''
JUNE 25 2002
66:57
1/Bringin' Up the Rear/5:00
2/Release the Grease/5:59
3/Sweet 'Tater Pie
Rodgers Grant/3:00
4/Being Bad/5:25
5/Devil's Harvest
Traditional/9:45
6/Home Lingo/7:25
7/Drive Your Funky Soul/6:22
8/Fashion
Hope Clayburn/5:37
9/I Believe
Hope Clayburn/4:31
10/Mama's Boy/3:32
11/Pass It Down/2:50
12/B'gock!/7:31
Hope Clayburn /Flute, Saxophone, Vocals
John Durkin /Percussion
Eric Kalb /Drums
Benji Lefevre /Guitar (Bass)
Cyrus Madan /Keyboards
Bryan Smith /Trombone, Vocals
REVIEW
by Rovi
With all its instant funk attack and dynamic intensity, for the first few minutes of RELEASE THE GREASE LIVE you could be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a reconstituted Average White Band. If this East Coast outfit doesn't quite have the laid-back funk swing of its influences the JBs and Tower Of Power, it more than makes up for it in enthusiasm and pure energy. Tracks such as "Sweet 'Tater Pie" and "Devil's Harvest" build on a percolating funk foundation, while the soul-jazz inflections of "Homo Lingo" go straight to the heart and hips of the matter with no messing. Deep Banana Blackout specialize in the slow build in cuts such as "Fashion" and the greasy Meters-influenced "Mama's Boy, " while if the equally New Orleans influenced "Pass It Down" doesn't find patrons slipping and sliding to its second line funk they should be checking their pulses for signs of life.
BIOGRAPHY
by Erik Hage
The group Deep Banana Blackout, who started in 1995, displays a wide variety of influences: rock, funk, soul, jazz, Latin, and psychedelia. On a more general level, because of their following, busy touring schedule, and skills at improvisation, they are considered a jam band. The group's albums include Live in the Thousand Islands (1997) and Rowdy Duty (1999). The band released 2001's Feel the Peel on Flying Frog Records, the label founded by Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. In fact, Deep Banana Blackout has toured with the Allman Brothers, with several DBB members joining the legendary group for their set. In 2000, Hope Clayburn (saxophones, flute, vocals) and B. Smith (trombone, tuba, vocals) joined the collective. The rest of the band consists of: Fuzz (guitar, vocals), Rob Somerville (saxophone, vocals), Cyrus Madan (keyboards, vocals), Benj LeFevre (bass), Eric Kalb (drums), and Johnny Durkin (percussion).
''RELEASE THE GREASE''
JUNE 25 2002
66:57
1/Bringin' Up the Rear/5:00
2/Release the Grease/5:59
3/Sweet 'Tater Pie
Rodgers Grant/3:00
4/Being Bad/5:25
5/Devil's Harvest
Traditional/9:45
6/Home Lingo/7:25
7/Drive Your Funky Soul/6:22
8/Fashion
Hope Clayburn/5:37
9/I Believe
Hope Clayburn/4:31
10/Mama's Boy/3:32
11/Pass It Down/2:50
12/B'gock!/7:31
Hope Clayburn /Flute, Saxophone, Vocals
John Durkin /Percussion
Eric Kalb /Drums
Benji Lefevre /Guitar (Bass)
Cyrus Madan /Keyboards
Bryan Smith /Trombone, Vocals
REVIEW
by Rovi
With all its instant funk attack and dynamic intensity, for the first few minutes of RELEASE THE GREASE LIVE you could be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a reconstituted Average White Band. If this East Coast outfit doesn't quite have the laid-back funk swing of its influences the JBs and Tower Of Power, it more than makes up for it in enthusiasm and pure energy. Tracks such as "Sweet 'Tater Pie" and "Devil's Harvest" build on a percolating funk foundation, while the soul-jazz inflections of "Homo Lingo" go straight to the heart and hips of the matter with no messing. Deep Banana Blackout specialize in the slow build in cuts such as "Fashion" and the greasy Meters-influenced "Mama's Boy, " while if the equally New Orleans influenced "Pass It Down" doesn't find patrons slipping and sliding to its second line funk they should be checking their pulses for signs of life.
BIOGRAPHY
by Erik Hage
The group Deep Banana Blackout, who started in 1995, displays a wide variety of influences: rock, funk, soul, jazz, Latin, and psychedelia. On a more general level, because of their following, busy touring schedule, and skills at improvisation, they are considered a jam band. The group's albums include Live in the Thousand Islands (1997) and Rowdy Duty (1999). The band released 2001's Feel the Peel on Flying Frog Records, the label founded by Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks. In fact, Deep Banana Blackout has toured with the Allman Brothers, with several DBB members joining the legendary group for their set. In 2000, Hope Clayburn (saxophones, flute, vocals) and B. Smith (trombone, tuba, vocals) joined the collective. The rest of the band consists of: Fuzz (guitar, vocals), Rob Somerville (saxophone, vocals), Cyrus Madan (keyboards, vocals), Benj LeFevre (bass), Eric Kalb (drums), and Johnny Durkin (percussion).