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IT'S (ALMOST) CARNIVAL TIME!
Our favorite time of year, Mardi Gras! Come see us at a number of places, including the Subterranean Ball, the Old Rock House and the Broadway Oyster Bar! Check our GIG page for dates and details!

TWEET TWEET!
You can now follow us on Twitter by searching for @gumbohead1. We hope you will!

GOT GUMBOHEAD?
Our CD, simply entitled Gumbohead, is a 13-track party in a box! It's a mix of funky originals plus some great Louisiana dance tunes. Get it in St. Louis at Webster Records or online at CDBaby.com!


Buy the CD

DOWNLOAD OUR LIVE SHOWS!
You can download some live concerts at www.archive.org. Just search for Gumbohead, and get live performances (like the Broadway Oyster Bar show on this page)!

BUY A SHIRT, HELP A MUSICIAN!
J&M Music Shop was the home of early New Orleans R&B recording. Buy a J&M t-shirt, and your money goes to help support the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation. Click here to order your shirt!

 

 

GUMBOHEAD is a St. Louis-based collective of rhythmic rapscallions and tuneful tricknologists who find great joy playing music born in and influenced by New Orleans and southwest Louisiana.

To hear the band is to experience the full spectrum of Louisiana dance music, including zydeco, funk, blues, jazz, r&b and traditional “second line” tunes, featuring songs by such artists as Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, the Meters, Chubby Carrier, Jon Cleary, the Neville Brothers, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Iguanas, Galactic, Clifton Chenier and the inimitable Professor Longhair –– as well as a number of suitably spicy originals.

Gumbohead has opened for several of these legendary performers including the Neville Brothers, Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk, the Dirty Dozen, Terrance Simien, Chubby Carrier, Jon Cleary and Buckwheat Zydeco. Recently, the band played a private fundraiser in New Orleans with John Boutte, Paul Sanchez, Papa Grows Funk, Rebirth Brass Band and The Radiators and other NOLA artists to help raise more than $24,000 for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.

Every gig is a full-blown, bead-tossing Mardi Gras throwdown, guaranteed to make you shake everything you've got! To get on our e-mail list, click on CONTACT, and we'll keep you posted.


Live at the Broadway Oyster Bar 5.30.09

Photos by Katie Clancy unless otherwise indicated. Slideshow photos above by Peter Wochniak. Web design by Amanda Black. Gumbohead logo by Mark Andresen, New Orleans. "Get You Some" art by Dr. Bob, Louisiana artisan. All materials are property of Gumbohead LLC and may not be used without permission. © 2009 Gumbohead. All rights reserved.



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