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