Artist description Creole style rock-n-roll! A spicy blend of Zydeco, New Orleans Rhythm-n-Blues, Oldies & Classic Rock with a swamp water twist.

Music Style Zydeco & New Orleans R&B

Musical Influences Louisiana! - Zydeco, New Orleans R&B

Similar Artists Chubby Carrier, Buckwheat Zyedeco, Professor Longhair

Artist History The Gumbo Boogie Band was first cooked up in the summer of 1995. The group started with a primarily acoustic, jug band flavored sound. From the very beginning however, the band was strongly influenced by the music of south Louisiana. During the summer of 1996 the group released its first CD, No Electric Guitars. It received some very respectable attention. In the spring of 1997 personnel changes brought Howlin' Bob Fieberts into the mix. The Gumbo Boogie Band had found the hot sauce it had been looking for. With the addition of Bob's versatile electric guitar styling the group began to evolve. They added a generous helping of bass guitar, let the drums get a taste louder and made the hard drive of Zydeco style accordion a more noticeable flavor. Soon the group began to refer to its sound as Creole style rock-n-roll, aptly describing a spicy blend of New Orleans Rhythm-n-Blues, Zydeco, Oldies & Classic Rock with a swamp water twist and the band's original material. They serve up this tasty musical stew with a good time, street party, tent revival presentation that leaves audiences hungry for more. The band is known for its appeal to a wide cross section of age groups and musical tastes, and has been a hit with audiences at music festivals, corporate events, food festivals, fund raisers, restaurants, art fairs, nightclubs and honky tonks. The Gumbo Boogie Band has just released its second CD, Show Your Love

Group Members Steve "Bigg Wigg" Page - Vocals, Bass Guitar and Bass Fiddle Ryan LaRoy Langley - Piano, Accordion, Trumpet and Vocals Chaz Trippy - Drums, Rubboard and Percussion Howlin' Bob Fieberts - Vocals and Guitars

Instruments Accordion, Piano, Bass, Drums, Guitar, Rubboard, Trumpet

Albums Show Your Love

Press Reviews The Gumbo Boogie Band cooks up a tasty mix of New Orleans-style dance music. Tampa Tribune These guys put on a great show! They're one of my favorite bands to have at our festivals. President - Florida Festivals, Inc. The Gumbo Boogie Band is fun, fun, fun! City Festivals Office - Ft. Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Department

Location Sarasota, FL - USA

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