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RHYTHMTOWN-JIVE: [4] GUYS NAMED MO - acoustic side-project |
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RHYTHMTOWN-JIVE: [4] GUYS NAMED MO - acoustic side-project |
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[4] GUYS NAMED MO (or 3, 5, 6...) is an acoustic side-project of Rhythmtown-Jive. This combo features a wide variety of American roots R&B, including boogie woogie, blues, cajun, roots rock and New Orleans jazz. This scalable unit is perfect for events or venues with smaller stages, smaller budgets, more acoustically-challenged venues, or just those needing a more subtle yet live musical ambience. These guys are notorious mood-setters on acoustic piano, string bass, clarinet, tenor sax and traditional trap drums.
These band members have performed and recorded with some of the finest names in the business, including are in demand and recognized as journeymen in their field, having worked Bo Diddley, Big Joe Turner, Frankie Ford, The Nightcrawlers (in New Orleans), the Storyville Stompers (in New Orleans) Johnnie Johnson, Earl King, Robert Ward, Long John Hunter and New Orleans rock & roll sax innovator Lee Allen, Dr. John, La Vern Baker, Queen Ida, Rockin' Sydney, Al Rapone, Ernie K-Doe, Gary U. S. Bonds, Herb Hardesty, Otis Clay, Allen Toussaint, Richard Berry, Leo Nocentelli, Syl Johnson, Big Jay McNeely, Jesse Colin Young, Boz Scaggs, Amos Garrett, Don & Dewey, the Temptations, Elvin Bishop, the Coasters, T-Bone Walker, Roy Rogers, Joe "Louis" Walker, The Coasters, Little Anthony, Mary Wells, and The Drifters.
The band goes even deeper into the retro grooves of roots dance music and funky jazz. In addition to their original numbers, the members of the group draw from a well of obscure and unusual post-world war II saturday night rave-ups and moody relief numbers that offer something different for the dance-inclined public: Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five, Big Joe Turner, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, Big Jay McNeely, Clyde McPhatter, Freddie King, Lee Allen, Clifton Chenier, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Reed, Louis Armstrong, Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns, Roy Brown, Thurston Harris, Ray Charles, the Meters, Smiley Lewis, Paul Gayten, King Curtis, Sonny Thompson, James "Wee" Willie Wayne, Ella Mae Morse, Lil Millet, Will Bradley, Ray McKinley & Bill Doggett.
