Hot Tamale Brass Band
Encyclopedia
Hot Tamale Brass Band is a brass band
that plays traditional New Orleans jazz
, dixieland
, jazz funeral
and funky second line music. The band is based in the Boston area. The band has nine full time members, sometimes performing as small as a quintet, other times performing with as many as 42 members for a Disney
http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/frog_pond_ice_skating/p908.php special event.
, moved from New Orleans Louisiana
to Boston Massachusetts. The band took up Sunday residency for the next three years at the Plough and Stars
in Cambridge, MA to build a local fan base and develop new material.
Mardi Gras
Parade
in New Orleans, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
, the Cambridge
River Festival,, the Somerville
Theater, First Night Boston, the Berklee Performance Center. and they participated in a well received "party crash" of the radical HONK!
festival parade in 2008. They are probably best known for performing over 800 concerts for the Boston Red Sox
at Fenway Park
for every home game since the year 2000. The band is occasionally asked to dress up in black suit and tie to perform at a New Orleans style jazz funeral
. The band needs no amplification so, the mobility of the group has allowed them to perform while being propelled by scullers
up the Charles river
or on the back of a fire truck in downtown Boston playing dixieland music.
The band has made appearances on Sesame Street
, Nickelodeon
, the 2005 remake of Fever Pitch
by the Farrelly Brothers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332047/soundtrack and have been recently filmed for Ken Burns'
Baseball-10th Inning documentary.
Live at the Screaming Torso(2009)
Live at the Ballpark (2010)
Brass band
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...
that plays traditional New Orleans jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, dixieland
Dixieland
Dixieland music, sometimes referred to as Hot jazz, Early Jazz or New Orleans jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s.Well-known jazz standard songs from the...
, jazz funeral
Jazz funeral
Jazz funeral is a common name for a funeral tradition with music which developed in New Orleans, Louisiana.The term "jazz funeral" was long in use by observers from elsewhere, but was generally disdained as inappropriate by most New Orleans musicians and practitioners of the tradition...
and funky second line music. The band is based in the Boston area. The band has nine full time members, sometimes performing as small as a quintet, other times performing with as many as 42 members for a Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/frog_pond_ice_skating/p908.php special event.
History
The Hot Tamale Brass Band was formed in 1992 after the their leader, Mickey BonesMickey Bones
Mickey Bones is an American drummer and singer-songwriter. He has played with the Tarbox Ramblers, Bo Diddley, Morphine, The Breeders, Queen Ida, Michael Hurley, Catie Curtis, Bob Franke, Jimmy Ryan, Rick Danko, Bryan Lee, Van "Piano Man" Walls, Jill Sobule, Jim Kweskin, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic,...
, moved from New Orleans Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
to Boston Massachusetts. The band took up Sunday residency for the next three years at the Plough and Stars
The Plough and Stars
The Plough and Stars is a bar located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1969, and named after the play by Sean O’Casey, the bar has a rich literary history and is today a popular music venue...
in Cambridge, MA to build a local fan base and develop new material.
Performances
The Hot Tamale Brass Band have performed in many venues such as: the Krewe of BacchusKrewe of Bacchus
The Krewe of Bacchus is an organization that parades during the New Orleans Mardi Gras, on the Sunday evening before Mardi Gras. Bacchus was founded in 1968 by Owen Brennan, Jr. as one of the first modern "superkrewes," defined by their size, spectacular floats, and celebrity riders...
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras
The terms "Mardi Gras" , "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday...
Parade
Parade
A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind...
in New Orleans, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...
, the Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
River Festival,, the Somerville
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...
Theater, First Night Boston, the Berklee Performance Center. and they participated in a well received "party crash" of the radical HONK!
HONK!
HONK! is a series of music festivals held in various cities across North America. These festivals showcase ambulatory, acoustic bands playing music in public spaces.-Description:...
festival parade in 2008. They are probably best known for performing over 800 concerts for the Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
at Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
for every home game since the year 2000. The band is occasionally asked to dress up in black suit and tie to perform at a New Orleans style jazz funeral
Jazz funeral
Jazz funeral is a common name for a funeral tradition with music which developed in New Orleans, Louisiana.The term "jazz funeral" was long in use by observers from elsewhere, but was generally disdained as inappropriate by most New Orleans musicians and practitioners of the tradition...
. The band needs no amplification so, the mobility of the group has allowed them to perform while being propelled by scullers
Sculling
Sculling generally refers to a method of using oars to propel watercraft in which the oar or oars touch the water on both the port and starboard sides of the craft, or over the stern...
up the Charles river
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
or on the back of a fire truck in downtown Boston playing dixieland music.
The band has made appearances on Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
, Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
, the 2005 remake of Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is the title of a 1992 autobiographical book by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: Fever Pitch was released in 1997, and Fever Pitch in 2005...
by the Farrelly Brothers
Farrelly brothers
Peter John Farrelly and Robert Leo "Bobby" Farrelly, Jr. , professionally known as the Farrelly Brothers are screenwriters and directors of ten comedy films, including There's Something About Mary; Dumb and Dumber; Kingpin; Hall Pass; Me, Myself & Irene; Shallow Hal; Stuck on You; Osmosis Jones;...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332047/soundtrack and have been recently filmed for Ken Burns'
Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs...
Baseball-10th Inning documentary.
Discography
Live at the Shrunken Head (1999)Live at the Screaming Torso(2009)
Live at the Ballpark (2010)