Bonerama - Bringing It Home CD
$14.00
When Bonerama struts onstage with its four-trombone frontline, you can guess it's not quite like any rock 'n' roll band you've seen. When they tear into some vintage New Orleans funk, there's no questioning from which city these guys hail. And when those 'bones start ripping into Hendrix and Led Zeppelin licks, all stylistic bets are off. Bonerama carries the brass-band concept to places unknown. Hailed by Rolling Stone's David Fricke as "The ultimate in brass balls," Bonerama snagged the coveted "Best Rock Band" honor from the 2007 Big Easy Awards.
Since live performance is what Bonerama is all about, it's no coincidence that their third album, Bringing It Home, is also their third consecutive live disc. It also testifies to the amount of tightening-up the band's done in recent years. Joining another stack of Bonerama originals are covers ranging from the Meters and George Porter Jr. to the Beatles (two from the White Album, no less) to Thelonious Monk. And when they take on Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean" - with trombones doing the familiar backing vocals along with the big guitar riff - you can practically hear the audience's jaws dropping.
Even in a city that doesn't play by the rules, Bonerama is something different. They're not a traditional brass band, but they've got brass to spare--even with no trumpets or saxes in sight. Bonerama features a dizzying display of trombone talent; four trombones, to be exact. Band leaders Mark Mullins and Craig Klein (of Harry Connick's band) shelve any jazz subtlety for Bonerama, opting instead for heavy funk, rock 'n' roll, and pure horn muscle. Mullins and Klein are joined by fellow boners Steve Suter and Rick Trolsen, imaginative and dynamic sousaphone player Matt Perrine and edgy experimental guitarist Bert Cotton. The band also features a rotating cast of New Orleans' finest drummers, including Russell Batiste, Stanton Moore, Eric Bolivar, and Terence Higgins.
1 Intro 00:18 mp3
2 Bayou Betty 04:13 mp3
3 By Athenish 04:50 mp3
4 Ocean 04:43 mp3
5 And I Know 04:16 mp3
6 Mr. Go 06:36 mp3
7 Sprung Monkey 05:01 mp3
8 Gekko Love 07:53 mp3
9 Yer Blues 04:49
10 Epistrophy 06:54
11 Equale 05:41
12 Helter Skelter 05:45
13 Louie's Perch 06:12
14 Cabbage Alley 04:59
Released July 2007
Since live performance is what Bonerama is all about, it's no coincidence that their third album, Bringing It Home, is also their third consecutive live disc. It also testifies to the amount of tightening-up the band's done in recent years. Joining another stack of Bonerama originals are covers ranging from the Meters and George Porter Jr. to the Beatles (two from the White Album, no less) to Thelonious Monk. And when they take on Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean" - with trombones doing the familiar backing vocals along with the big guitar riff - you can practically hear the audience's jaws dropping.
Even in a city that doesn't play by the rules, Bonerama is something different. They're not a traditional brass band, but they've got brass to spare--even with no trumpets or saxes in sight. Bonerama features a dizzying display of trombone talent; four trombones, to be exact. Band leaders Mark Mullins and Craig Klein (of Harry Connick's band) shelve any jazz subtlety for Bonerama, opting instead for heavy funk, rock 'n' roll, and pure horn muscle. Mullins and Klein are joined by fellow boners Steve Suter and Rick Trolsen, imaginative and dynamic sousaphone player Matt Perrine and edgy experimental guitarist Bert Cotton. The band also features a rotating cast of New Orleans' finest drummers, including Russell Batiste, Stanton Moore, Eric Bolivar, and Terence Higgins.
1 Intro 00:18 mp3
2 Bayou Betty 04:13 mp3
3 By Athenish 04:50 mp3
4 Ocean 04:43 mp3
5 And I Know 04:16 mp3
6 Mr. Go 06:36 mp3
7 Sprung Monkey 05:01 mp3
8 Gekko Love 07:53 mp3
9 Yer Blues 04:49
10 Epistrophy 06:54
11 Equale 05:41
12 Helter Skelter 05:45
13 Louie's Perch 06:12
14 Cabbage Alley 04:59
Released July 2007
