Little Georgie Rossi, The George-o-lettes (Gayle Sampson, Angela Washington, and Jackie Clarke), The Hungarian Horns (Jeff Stockham, Don Williams, Frank Grosso), The Mighty Men (Mick Walker, Big Daddy Paul Laronde, and Mark Tiffault), The Man from Trinidad (Irving Daniel) Various loomers varying in degree of annoyance (anybody else that crawled up his butt and nested there for the duration of this project...)
Influences
Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Beethoven, Chopin, James Carroll Booker, Champion Jack Dupree, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen era, Leon Russell, James Brown, Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson, Pete Johnson , Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Freddy Slack, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee, Allen Toussaint, Mac Rebbennack, Mardi Gras Indians (The Wild Magnolias and The Golden Eagles, in particular), Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton's Delaney and Bonnie up to and through his Derrick and the Dominoes period, Ernie K-Doe (The emperor of the Universe), Wardell Querzeque, Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, George Martin, Mutt Lange, Rick Rubin, Jimmy Miller, Brian Epstein, Peter Grant, Malcom McClaren, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams Sr, George Jones, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lester Young, Miles, Billy Strayhorn (LUSH LIFE, chillun'...NOT luscious....it's always a good idea not to make the greats spin in their respective graves....unless you're a clueless stumblebum idiot and don't know any better... then it's perfectly allright!), Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarret, Jon Lord, Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, Richard "Groove Holmes, AC/DC, David Bowie, Madonna, U2, Ben Folds, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin, Al Jolson, The Carter Family, Johnny Cash....we'll continue to add to this list, but enough for now. Do your homework. It takes a lifetime.
Sounds Like
Georgie's own personal take on "gumbo" as if the ingredients were picked out of a garbage can over the course of a lifetime. As a good friend once put it: "An Inspired Dumpster Dive".
PISSING ALL OVER TRADITION FOR OVER 17 YEARS AND COUNTING
Little Georgie and his little 11 member big band (AKA THE SHUFFLING HUNGARIANS: an homage to the late great Professor Longhair) made quite an international stink for a few years in the mid to late '90's...not bad for a little label that basically started out selling recordings out of the trunk of a car, and holding a steady Wednesday night gig at a Barbeque joint.
Little Georgie and the Hungarians ended up gracing festival stages world wide, spreading their “Resurrection/Re-invention/and Redemption through the vehicle of wretched Bacchanalian Excess” philosophy as they went…. it was a great ride, for the band as well as the fans.
Widely reviewed, praised and damned alike, in 1998 Georgie put the band and label on temporary hiatus. He left the environs of Central New York to embark on an Odysseus-like voyage to the center of his personal muse to study at the feet of it's masters…New Orleans, Louisiana (“The City That Care Forgot”, or as Georgie puts it, “The Vortex of Lost Souls”)
Accepting an offer to co-produce the 25th anniversary recording for the legendary Mardi Gras Indian Tribe, THE WILD MAGNOLIAS (“Life is A Carnival”, Code Blue / Blue Note Records), Georgie not only was able rub musical elbows with many of his personal childhood heroes (Big Chief Bo Dollis, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Allen Toussaint, Mac Rebennack/ a.k.a Dr. John, Wardell Querzeque, Cyril Neville, Robbie Robertson), he also got tremendous exposure to the incredible session musicians that worked on that recording (Russell Batiste, Mark Brooks, Brian Querzeque, June Yamagishi, “Mean” Willie Green, Nick Daniels, “Bunchy” Johnson, “Geetchie” Johnson, Michael Ward, Davell Crawford, Dave Ellington….too many to name) and realized that his journey was going to take a lot longer than the allotted time for producing the recording….and decide to stay in “The Big Sleazy”.
(Insert the sucking sound of “Satan’s Vacuum Cleaner” here).
The band’s hiatus became permanent.
Many have wondered what happened to Little Georgie over the past ten years….and many rumors have circulated, from heroin addiction to dancing with a succubus to a descent into madness to Death itself….all will be revealed in subsequent blog posts.
We can tell you this much now, however…. The stone has been rolled away…Little Georgie and the traveling side show known as The Shuffling Hungarians are getting ready to assume their rightful title of “The Greatest Band You’ve Never Seen or Heard”.
The Resurrection Will Be Televised…. if you know anything about this guy, and this band, trust us…. you really want to be there.
NOTES ON THIS SITE’S ARCHITECTURE:
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Just dropping by to say Hi and see what you’re up to and how you are doing.
As always, wishing you well. Stay positive, productive & purpose driven.
Peace
Michael
Thanks for adding us. Love the sound too! Please check out our page for performance and music updates. The new recordings are up too, so take a listen!
Hey, thanks for the friend request. We are looking for new management clients for 2010. Email us if you interested. We are taking on graphic design projects (MySpace layouts, album artwork, t-shirt deigns), anything you or your bands needs we can do.
3 song recording special going on now at various studios we book at. Looking to record and want the BEST recordings email us!
My Friend Left This World a few months ago. Mottley. My Song "You" For All Rededicated when I new/realized he probably & I couldn't save any longer. Not my descision. No more suffering.
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