RICK 'PEPPER' HOLMES ON DRUMS AND VOCALS.
MAURICE BARAK WILCHER KEYBOARDS.
BROOKE ASHMAN ON GUITAR.
JOSE CHINO FIGUEROA ON PERCUSSION.
Influences
TSOP MFSB Funkadelic The Bar-Kays Brothers Johnson Gap Band The Average White Band Bootsy's Rubber Band Brides of Funkenstein Brick James Brown Bobby Byrd Booker T & The MG's Cameo Jimmy Castor Bunch Chic George Clinton Bootsy Collins The Commodores Con Funk Shun The Dazz Band Defunkt Earth, Wind & Fire Fatback Band Marvin Gaye Graham Central Station Grand Funk Railroad The Greyboy Allstars Herbie Hancock
Isaac Hayes
Eddie Hazel Jimi Hendrix The Isley Brothers Rick James
The JB's Quincy Jones Chaka Khan Kool & the Gang
Stylistics Lakeside L.T.D. Mandrill Curtis Mayfield Midnight Star The Ohio Players The O'Jays Jeffrey Osborne Maceo Parker Wilson Pickett
Pleasure Billy Preston
Prince Rufus
Slave
Sly & the Family Stone The S.O.S. Band Soulive The Spinners
Stanley Clarke The Temptations The Time
Tower of Power
War
Johnny Guitar Watson
Fred Wesley
Stevie Wonder
Bernie Worrell
Victor Wooten
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Sounds Like
TSOP MFSB Funkadelic The Bar-Kays Brothers Johnson Gap Band The Average White Band Bootsy's Rubber Band Brides of Funkenstein Brick James Brown Bobby Byrd Booker T & The MG's Cameo Jimmy Castor Bunch Chic George Clinton Bootsy Collins The Commodores Con Funk Shun The Dazz Band Defunkt Earth, Wind & Fire Fatback Band Marvin Gaye Graham Central Station Grand Funk Railroad The Greyboy Allstars Herbie Hancock Isaac Hayes Eddie Hazel Jimi Hendrix The Isley Brothers Rick James The JB's Quincy Jones Chaka Khan Kool & the Gang Stylistics Lakeside L.T.D. Mandrill Curtis Mayfield Midnight Star The Ohio Players The O'Jays Jeffrey Osborne Maceo Parker Wilson Pickett Pleasure Billy Preston Prince Rufus Slave Sly & the Family Stone The S.O.S. Band Soulive The Spinners Stanley Clarke The Temptations The Time Tower of Power War Johnny Guitar Watson Fred Wesley Stevie Wonder Bernie Worrell Victor Wooten Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
The Brainchild of Mr. Rick "Pepper" Holmes, Groove Circus is a Philadelphia Funk "Super-Group". The band constantly evolves as players come and go keeping it fresh and funky. Pepper has always gathered up funk's most wanted players, handpicking each member for their uniquely funky musical 'Circus-Worthy" talents. To see a show in action conjures up the vision of Funkadelic in their hayday. A freakshow, funk Circus....
