Daniel Knobler (guitar) Zack Rosen (electric fretless bass) Matt Porter (organ/wurlitzer) Mike Mitchell (drums)
Matt Chiasson (tenor sax) Jon Saraga (trumpet) Danny Rivera (baritone sax and horn arrangements)
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Black Sara - Live @ Kenny's Castaways
filmed by Digital Concert Tour
Influences
The City of New Orleans, Lettuce, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, John Scofield, Maceo Parker, The Meters, Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band, Jaco Pastorius, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament Funkadelic, Herbie Hancock, Stax Records, Soulive, Robert Walter, Brian Seeger, Billy Preston... FUNK & SOUL MUSIC.
Sounds Like
CAPTAIN COCONUT: Shoop!
Captain Coconut is steamy horn-driven funk that makes you want to move. They have a contagious, inviting, upbeat presence; they are what live music is supposed to be: a funky good time.
Fresh funk with old-school sensibilities, Captain Coconut's second self-produced record offers tight, crisp, cosmopolitan grooves, remarkable musicianship, and 11 original tracks of feel-good music - good for your body, good for your soul.
Everybody's Business
1. 166 & 9th*
2. Double Vision*
3. Stone Don't Beat (featuring Jon Seale)
4. Atop an Underground
5. Direct Drive
6. Love Me Or Not (featuring Eva Imber)
7. Everybody's Business*
8. Rib Shack
9. Oscar
10. Bubble Wrap
11. Ampersand (live)
News
- Brand new website launched, designed by Thomas Bishop. Head over to CoconutFunk.net and check out our new bios, news, media, press and upcoming gigs and download the live bonus track "Ampersand" from Everybody's Business.
- Digital Cafe Tour's Live 2.0 filmed Captain Coconut live at Kenny's Castaways on Sunday, July 20th and we brought the funk for the cameras.
- CMJ 2008! Alongside our friends The Northern, Earth Eater, Nyle, and the Alright Ma's, we brought the funk to a showcase sponsored by the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU on Friday, October 24th during CMJ.
- Captain Coconut was Bambu's Band of the Month (of June)! At the Bowery Poetry Club on Saturday, June 28th, Captain Coconut went into battle and emerged victorious, as judged by a round of applause.
- We won the Going.com NYC Band Showcase at the Canal Room! After an online vote, Captain Coconut won over the judges and was awarded $1000 and a meeting with Cordless Recordings.
- Captain Coconut in New Orleans - Jazzfest '07! On Saturday, April 28th the whole band convened in the Crescent City to play a night at Rotolo's Restaurant during the first weekend of JazzFest '07. We opened up for our buddy Marc Stone with 2 hours of sizzling hot funk. We had a great time in New Orleans, saw some fantastic music and made lots of new friends. Long live NOLA!
