Bernell DorroughGalactic with Mike Doughty
Tickets: $15 advance, $17 day of show
Where: Mississippi Nights, 914 North First Street in Laclede’s Landing
When: Saturday, February 28, Doors open at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PM
All ages welcome
Mardi Gras may have ended on Tuesday, but you can party on through Lenten with the New Orleans funk grooves of Galactic. Flavoring their music with spices of jazz, rock, and hip-hop, the sextet bases their sound in down-home style southern funk and East Coast electronics to cook up a mean musical jambalaya. Embracing the longtime New Orleans tradition of street music, the band brings the energy and intoxication behind Bourbon Street parties to their shows (minus the boobs).
A band that has long championed the retro sound of 70’s funk from artists like The Meters, James Brown and Funkadelic, Galactic jumps onto the electronic bandwagon to explore the territory of computerized beats and remixes on their newest release, “Ruckus” (Sanctuary, 2003). Produced by hip-hop and electronic DJ Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, “Ruckus” marks a change from their raw, organic grooves to shinier, more technology-conscious beats. Effects, echoes, and loops prove that Galactic is prepared to enter the future of music, incorporating the spacier elements of dance and electronic into their songs. They retain an original sound, however, as on their first two albums: powerful melodic blends of sax and guitar bite over the heavy rhythms of organ, bass and drums, while at the same time leaving room for fiery jams.
Galactic will heat rooms with the mad blare of Ben Ellman’s saxophone while Theryl DeClouet’s funky strut and throat tenor fits their groove-easy-going yet exciting.
Galactic carries a kitchen full of stinkin’ funk upriver to Mississippi Nights Saturday, so you’ll have a chance to don all of the beads you collected at the parades last weekend.