Artist description Shovel Magazine in Boston calls "Friday Night Chicken Waltz" the Local Record of the Year. Steve Morse of The Boston Globe has called it "Salvation Army Band music on Acid." Steve Ciabattoni of CMJ says, "The Buck Dewey Big Band’s free-wheeling amalgam of jazz, blues, funk, rap and other genres keeps the group a few steps ahead of those trying to label the band with a “neo swing” tag.

Music Style Mishmash of Blues, Jazz, R&B, Funk, Rock, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Pop & general weirdness

Musical Influences Tom Waits, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Curtis Mayfield, Beastie Boys, Jungle Brothers, John Zorn, the Beatles, Fishbone, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, Jimmy Rodgers, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, Prince, Todd Rundgren, Slint, GVSB, James Carter, Masada, Jazz Passengers, Rick Berlin, Isley Brothers, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Led Zeppelin.

Similar Artists According to CMJ Weekly: Fishbone, Jazz Passengers, Mighty Blue Kings

Artist History Two years of living, playing shows in New England; these days featured on ESPN's X-Games and X related shows...dig it!

Group Members Chris Barrett, Jimmy Fox, Daigo Fujiwara, Matt Myers, Rob O'dwyer

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, keys, percussion, flute, trombone

Albums Friday Night Chicken Waltz

Press Reviews Boston Globe, CMJ Weekly, Boston Phoenix, Improper Bostonian, Instant Magazine, Northeast Performer, etc.

Additional Info See our video from the ESPN Winter X-Games at www.fruitpunch.com

Location Boston, MA - USA

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