We all sing.
Mike Roeder, guitar. Mickey Williams, bass. Donny Silverman, saxophone. Michael Hale, percussion/toasting/MC. Original bassist Nate Rowe is liable to show up when not on the road with Redd Volkaert, and others.
The SuperHeavy Drum Krewe may include any or all :
Michael Hale, drums/percussion..
Steve Samuel, drums..
Scott French, drums..
Cecilio Ruiz, drums, percussion
Phil Bass, percussion..
Rodney Craig, drums
Influences
The Second Line, Fess, Meters, The Night Tripper, Allen Toussaint, Hawkettes, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Hank Williams, Bob Marley, Buster Holmes, Lee Dorsey, Fats Domino, Sidney Bechet, Baby Dodds,
Sometime in the late 80s, a group of old friends, all professional musicians, who had played with people as diverse as Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Natalie Cole, Killer Bees, I Tex, David Garza, Patrice Pike, Kirk Whalum, etc got together to play the funkiest, deepest second line grooves heard outside the Crescent City.
The chemistry was instant....and the pot started cookin'. Simmering for several years as the musicians played their regular gigs, taking time out a few times a year to "Bustamoovalate". Into the 90s, word was out on The Bustamoovalators, everybody'd heard OF 'em...But very few'd actually heard it.
A couple of more visible spots, and the Bustamoovalators started gathering momentum, and after simmering on the back burner all these years, the Bustamoovalators are serving up hearty helpings of good vibin', funky music that make the good times roll regardless.
