David Ferreira - Steel Drum, Baritone Sax, Didge, Djembe, Vocals
Paul Hanson - Percussion, scrubboard
Gabe Costanzo - Trumpet, Vocals
Courtney Balles - Alto sax, Flute, Vocals
Rick Whitney - Bass, Djembe, Pointy Shaker Thing, Vocals
Bob Olson- Guitar, Vocals
Pete Mugnolo- Drum Set, various percussion and Vocals
Paul Mastriani- Stick Percussion
Influences
in no particular but all important order: Samba, Reggae, Calypso, Mento, Ska, Afro-Beat, High-Life, Middle Eastern, Baio, Soukous, Salsa, Funk, Soul, Celtic, Merengue, Zydeco, Balkan.... George Clinton, James Brown, David Byrne, Boban Markovic, Jorge Alabe, Fela Kuti, Jeffrey Broussard, Toots and the Maytals, Airto Moreira, Gregory Issacs, Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Maceo Parker, Ile Aye, Jimi Hendrix. So many too little space.....
Sounds Like
A smorgasbord of world influences wrapped in a giant percussive rock and roll burrito
BOOKING THE BUDDHAHOOD
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Buddhahood shows are consistently such off-the-hook fun, you just kinda take it for granted. The horn- and drum-driven polyrhythmic glee winds higher and tighter as the dance floor takes on a sort of joyous frustration; the people aren't just dancing out there, they're trying to fly. And with little or no border between band and crowd, everyone in the place was in The Buddhahood.
It was like that last Thursday night. Dr. Bob and I strolled into the joint and got sucked into the zydeco riptide. Bob picked up a shaker and I brandished a mallet and took to beating an African drum loudly. If I'd have smiled any wider my skull would have fallen out of my mouth. Frank De Blasé
September 12, 2007
City Newspaper, Rochester, NY
Through the Veil from Tony's Tribute Concert.
-Artvoice, Buffalo, NY 2008-
To attain the level of perfect enlightenment known in Buddhism as Buddhahood—a “union of wisdom and emptiness”—one must generally extract oneself from ordinary life to some degree, usually through abstinence from certain practices. In some doctrines these include a multitude of activities, but in others, not so much is proscribed. Suffice it to say that this Friday (Dec. 5), reaching the Buddhahood will require more indulgence than sacrifice when this ten-piece world groove group comes to town, and—in their words—will “rock your body, feed your soul.” Their style is called “worldternative,” and combines afro-beat, blues, calypso, funk, samba, rock, and reggae with eight vocalists, multi-percussionists, a full horn section, steel drums, bass, and guitar. You may not achieve Nirvana (the state of being, not the erstwhile rock band) at this show, but it’s pretty much a guaranteed, dance-till-you drop good time.
(unknown writer)
New Slackers CD! New MP3! The Slackers' CD, "Lost & Found: Redos, Remixes, and Rarities 1998-2007" is gonna be out in mid-october on special potato records. See blog and sample mp3s at www.myspace.com/theslackers Available as of Oct 15 via www.interpunk.com, www.phonocaster.com, soon to be available in japan on Disk Union
New Downloads! The Slackers 2009 booze cruise available on www.whatevski.org 25 songs for $5 bucks! Favorites! Rarities! Special Versions! Soon to come, the Slackers at Slackfest 2009!
Oct 8 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place Oct 9/10 - Toronto, Ont - Lees Palace - 2 nights! Oct 11 - Montreal, Que - Club Soda
Oct 15 - Berlin - So36 Oct 16 - Jena - Kassablanca Oct 17 - Stuttgart - Universum Oct 18 - Schaffhausen - Kammgarn Oct 19 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz Oct 20 - Valencia - Black Note Oct 21 - Madrid - Caracol Oct 22 - Rome - Forte Prenestino Oct 23 - Athens - AN club Oct 24 - Istanbul - Jolly Roger Balans Oct 25 - Milano - Magnolia Club Oct 26 - Slovenia - Bala Hala Oct 27 - Zagreb - Kset Oct 28 - Graz - PPC oct 29 - Vienna- Arena Oct 30 - Wiener Neustadt - Treibwerk Oct 31 - Regensburg - Alte Malzerei
Dec 3 - San Antonio - White Rabbit Dec 4/5 - Austin - Flamingo Dec 6 - Houston - Meridian Dec 8 - New Orleans - one eyed jacks Dec 9 - Tallahasee - Engine Room Dec 10 - Tampa - Crowbar Dec 11 - Mia
I'm proud to give you "Heavy In The Beats Vol. 1 - A Different Drum", the first installment in my FREE mixtape series dedicated to drums and percussion. "Volume 1" focuses on the avant garde side of the instrument, and features pieces from Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood), myself, and others!
(YOU HAVE TO COPY AND PASTE THE LINK on myspace for some reason)
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