Eric "ET" Mobley Lead Vocals / Fender Rhodes / Guitar
Mindy Nilson Lead Vocals / Percussion
Burnin' Marlon Burno Lead/Backing Vocals / Guitar
"Mr" Marcus Weeden Bass Guitar and Vocals
Disko D K Mueller Drums and Drum Programming
Influences
Funk Fanatics and Musical History Buffs : The Godfather of Funk and Soul ... The legendary, the never to be forgotten, Mr. James Brown ; master of ceremonies and Funk Innovator George Clinton ; of course we got Rick James, Prince, Parlaiment, Funkadelic, Parlet, Dr. Funkenstein, Grandmaster Flash, The Brand New Heavies, Bar-Kays, the original Kool and The Gang, Slave with Steve Arrington, Dag, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sly and The Family Stone, Larry Graham and Graham Central Station, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Booker T, John Lee Hooker, Issac Hayes, The Temptations, Maxwell, The Commodores, Average White Band, Earth Wind and Fire, Chic, or anything that Nile Rogers puts his hands on, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Curtis Mayfield, The Isley Brothers, Chaka Khan, Roy Ayers, Ohio Players, Kurtis Blow, The Clash, Carl Carlton, Michael Jackson before he started molesting children, Malo, Daft Punk, Armand Van Heldon, the legendary Johnny "Guitar" Watson, The Mothers, The Funky 4, Donny Hathaway; we could go on forever. If you are into funk music, and want to know how music of today got there, investigate some of these bands, and you will discover the true innovators of hip-hop, house, punk, funk and everything in between. Funk isn't a lifestyle, trend, or something that you show off to your friends; funk is a state of mind!
Sounds Like
If Sly Stone and Dave Mathews had a test tube baby raised by Aretha Franklin; Calumet would be the result.
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Calumet is a multi-racial, multi-gender family of dedicated musicians with various musical backgrounds, performing together for one reason: "Millennium Funk!" Driven by many innovators of yester-year. If we could sum it all up in one statement; Altern-Funk Hybrid! Old School musicianship meets the alternative mainstream of today.
Founded in 2001 by Eric "ET" Mobley with the help of a few local valley session players, Calumet has transformed a retro-session project into the hottest live ensemble featuring local valley musicians with years of experience beneath their belts.
Part rhythm and blues, part vintage funk/punk attitude, and all the polishing of today's dance oriented syncopations, Calumet breathes life into the stagnant mainstream of indie-rock and teeny-bopper marketed artists.
Calumet strives to break the "pop" culture mold by mixing modern radio hits with the soul of motown and attitude of their peers from the seventies.
Pure, raw, and LIVE; Calumet delivers pure music to the masses with no fillers, additives, or computer-aided musical aids. Funk N Roll.
Fellas, I know you're gonna feel this! Soul legend LEROY HUTSON joined us on our radio show Midnight Soulstice last night. For one hour, we talked about his experiences as the lead singer of The Impressions, how he wrote "The Ghetto" with Donny Hathaway, why his amazing albums on Curtom Records never made it into the Top Ten and about his future plans. This is a very rare occasion to hear the man speak and listen to much of his amazing music. Tune in today and listen to the download of the entire show right here:
