Trick Bag
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States | SELF
Music
Press
"Trick Bag is a good band..." "I like this recording and it will live in my iTunes, so I can check it out again. The band's songs are great with good pockets, nice solos, and good playing."
-George Porter, Jr. , CD Baby review - CD Baby
"Of all the ways to thaw out in a deep New England winter, New Orleans funk is the most inventive. With an avowed love of The Meters, this Lowell-based foursome does more than cover jambalaya-fueled tunes. Their influences are as diverse as snowflakes. "
-Kathleen Pierce, Lowell Sun - Lowell Sun
Discography
Hip Shot, with airplay on WUML, WBRU, WMWM, WCAP. Tracks can be heard at http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/743615. These tracks are also streaming at Facebook, and MySpace.
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Bio
Old School New Orleans, meets New School Funk...
...and burns down the House.
It's all about the groove.
It's always been about the groove. You know it, and you can believe this band knows it. Trick Bag specializes in the music of New Orleans, especially that of modern funk artists such as the Meters & Neville Brothers, pumping out grooves hatched in the roadhouses and house parties of south Louisiana. But more than a cover band, Trick Bag puts their own stamp on every groove-infested number they play. And how could they not? This band is made up of four very seasoned players, bringing decades of experience in hard working bands to this party. These guys have something to say, and say it they do, grooving hard on New Orleans styles cooked-up hot & nasty and served their way.
Trick Bag is composed of four core players: guitar, piano & hammond organ, bass, and drums. Two of the players are lead vocalists. Between them they've done stints with a good many successful bands, including the Boston Horns, Soul City, Rhythmo Loco, the Northeast Rhythm Collective, Gary and the Gang, Soul Inspiration, Phil Grenadier, Tal Shalom-Kobi, The DF3, OGMF, the Swanky Moes, The Natives, and a good many others.
In addition to the core band, more players can be added to the band for special performances, including saxophone and a percussionist.
The Trick Bag repertoire focuses on music of the Meters, Neville Brothers, other staples of the New Orleans groove, and a peppering of like-minded originals. The band's sets are built up from a mix of barrel house vocal numbers and searing instrumentals, all rolled up in a feel-good package of party energy and drum-tight, butt-shakin' grooves.
It's all about the groove...
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