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All right, everybody. Welcome to this week's episode of Uncle Dad Talks.
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I'm Uncle Dad, and with me as always is the ever so handsome,
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the raging Cajun himself, Mike Hampton.
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The raging Cajun in the house, yes. Yes. Indeed.
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Mike, it's exciting because this is now your second week in a row where I'm
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giving you the keys and you're taking us for a ride. How do you feel about that?
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Do you feel like you graduated?
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I feel like my driving skills are getting better.
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I'm learning. I'm learning. I'm learning how to make turns and drive the speed limit.
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What do you think? Would you agree or would you not agree? I think you got to
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go a little faster. You know what I mean?
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Okay. You got to give the need for speed, you know, but today's guest is a very
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special one and I'll let you introduce them.
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But Mike, I know that we were kind of celebrating all things NOLA this month,
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so very excited to also have this guest on as well.
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Mike, without further ado, catch them keys because I'm giving them to you now.
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Go ahead and introduce our very lovely guest.
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Yeah, well, very excited for this guest.
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Yes, in celebration of Carnival and Mardi Gras this month in New Orleans and Louisiana,
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we have the bass drummer and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award
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winning and award show performing, as well as another Grammy nomination in 2019.
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Rebirth Brass Band co-founding member, Keith Frazier.
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Keith, welcome. Hey, thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Yeah.
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So who holds on to the Grammy award? Like, is that, you know,
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cause I hear a lot of times people win a Grammy, they, they,
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they downplay it and they say, oh, it's in the bathroom on top of the,
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on top of the toilet shelf.
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Who has the Grammy and where is this? Well, actually, so the way it goes,
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if you have less than nine members, I'm not sure if the rules are still the same.
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Everyone in the band will get a Grammy. And since we had eight band members,
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we all receive a trophy so everyone has their individual
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trophies i'm not certain where they put them at my trophy
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is actually sitting right here in my living room a lot
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of times when people come in the house they ask me is that real like yeah
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like what they don't want to take a picture with it and you know
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so i say hey pick it up take a picture you know and they
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want to find out well what do you do you know because i live
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in texas now so people here don't know who the hell i am who are you like just
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a regular guy man playing the band uh-huh yeah and then they see that and they're
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like wait a minute what kind of band exactly so you have to explain to them
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what new orleans is all about brass bands and that kind of stuff they're pretty receptive to it,
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okay interesting yeah i didn't realize you didn't live in
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uh in new orleans anymore so i'm gonna get to i'm
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gonna get to more of that later but you guys
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also um rebirth just celebrated celebrated 35 years
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recently right like a 35 year
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anniversary of a band so are you
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one is that one of the long that has to be one of the longest running
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brass bands in new orleans right actually the band has been around 40 years
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i started in the band when i was 14 or 55 now so and it went about it went really
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fast doesn't seem like 40 years at all and uh we try to celebrate as much as
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we possibly can every year
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when we reached that milestone.
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Like, hey, we've been around for... Because the average lifespan of a band is five years.
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So after five years, bands normally break up. So we've been here 40 years,
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so we're kind of blessed.
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Yeah. And the other bands are the ones that have been around just as long as
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longer, not necessarily with Brad's fans. Got the Nevels.
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Irma Thomas band, a lot of different bands that have been together for a very
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long time. Yeah. Preservation Hall. You know, different. Preservation Hall. Yeah. Yeah.
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So you started, what was it? If I'm, correct me if I'm wrong,
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in 1983 with your brother, Phil, right?
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Right. So in 1983, my brother, Phil Afraez, myself, Kermit Ruffins,
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and some other guys, we went high school just messing around and went out of
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the quarters to play for some tips. And here we are 40 years later.
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Were you guys like, yeah, Kermit Ruffin's legendary trumpet player,
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which is amazing that, you know, you guys were the nucleus of starting the band.
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Were you guys like in band class together? Like, how does it come to be?
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We were all in high school marching band together. And my brother Phillip was
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asked to put a group of guys together to go play at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown New Orleans.
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And at the time, I was still in junior high school. And they went down to play
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at the Sheraton. They said, hey, we can't let you guys play because they're serving alcohol.
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So my brother said, hey, man, I have a great idea.
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Let's go on Bourbon Street and play for tips this week. We're headed back home
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anyway. Let's make a couple of dollars. And everyone in the band kind of liked
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the idea of playing for tips.
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Kermit wasn't in the band at the time. And they said, hey, man,
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we could do this over the course of the summer. Instead of working some summer
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job, we could come out here and play for tips.
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And that's pretty much how that started. That was the start,
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huh? Just playing on Bourbon. Playing on Bourbon for tips, that's it.
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Yeah, with all the tourists. and I mean I'm sure bourbon was a whole was a whole
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different scene whole different whole different scene because at the time we
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started there were a lot of jazz clubs on bourbon like the Famous Door a couple other clubs,
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on bourbon I can't remember the exact names but they were they were probably
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five or six different jazz clubs with actual actual live bands playing in those
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clubs now bourbon is mostly daiquiri shops,
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beer you know beer holes there's no real it almost feels like.
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When I go to new Orleans and I, you know, I'll walk down bourbon,
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I don't go to bourbon, but I'll walk down there.
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And it almost feels like I'm in Tijuana now when I'm there, it just,
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you know, like to get the people blowing the whistles with the,
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with the drink and the little syringe and they're trying to shove it in your
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mouth and you know, yeah, just different scene.
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But so, so are you and your brother, are you, you and Phil, are you guys like best friends?
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Like you guys always hanging out back then at this point or was the
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band kind of what brought you guys close well because
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my brother philip was a couple years older than myself he was
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in high school i was in junior high school and when he actually put everything
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together i was just on the sideline kind of watching i thought those guys are
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crazy like you're gonna do what and i was actually like he said we're gonna
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play in the french quarter would you like to be the grand marshal there's a
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video actually i have a video of myself dancing in front of the band i'm all all dancing,
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having a good time. I'm collecting the tips, passing the hat.
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And it just so happened, the guy who was playing the bass drum that summer,
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he had to work one of those summer jobs.
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So they had to go play in this housing project in New Orleans to see,
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hey man, get the drum. I'm like, what? He said, you get the drum,
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you're going to play the bass drum. And here I am 40 years later.
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Yeah, yeah. Just threw you right in there. Just threw me in there.
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I tried playing the harmonica when I was a kid and my dad got me and it was
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just horrible. is horrible.
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I'm glad there's no video of me playing anything. It's all an instrument to play, though.
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Harmonica, yeah, it's all to do. We need to bring that back.
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That's how we'll start opening the show. I'll do a harmonica duo. Good idea. There you go.
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Did Rebirth need a harmonicist? Is that a harmonicist? We don't need a harmonica or harmonicist.
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Neither do we need a guitar player. young. Okay. Right.
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Man, man, I, uh, so I'm, so I'm reading about the band, you know,
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doing some research on you guys.
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And one of the things I love, you know, you mentioned Kermit was,
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was the different people that have come through the band.
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And one of them is what your former,
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Your former trombone, no, trombone player, Glenn, Glenn David Andrews, right?
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Am I saying that, his name right? Yeah. Right.
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Or no, was it, he is now, he's cousins with Glenn, who is now your trumpet player.
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Right. Glenn David Andrews and Clint, Glenn Hall are actually cousins.
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Got to keep track of all the Glenns. There are a lot of Glenns in New Orleans
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and a lot of family people who've come in and out of the band.
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So it's kind of hard to keep track.
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Apu Su and when they played it, all that kind of stuff.
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Yeah, it's hard for me to keep track, even with my notes. And they're also cousins,
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is this right, with Trombone Shorty, who also was in Rebirth at some point.
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Right, Trombone Shorty, he wasn't actually in the band, but one of the shows
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that he played at was this, my brother just hired him to play a show that's out of San Francisco.
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He was kind of discovered by the Rosebud agency because he was actually playing on stage with us.
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We needed somebody to play trombone he said hey man i'll call trombone shorty like
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you want to make a gig like yeah why not he came up with a gig
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yeah that's one of the beautiful things about
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about new orleans jazz right is that people can just kind of hop
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in and hop out and jam with you guys yeah exactly
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and then i read that your brother
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phil at one point was stepfather to soldier
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slim is that true too right my brother phil
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was step was was soldier slim
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stepfather yeah exactly rest in peace rest
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in peace soldier slim and uh i you
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know i know towards the the later part of his career he
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was signed with no limit and man i was such a no limit
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soldier when i was a teenager okay i
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like i would tear the the the source ads out
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of the source magazine and like pin them up on my walls and did you ever have
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any like connections with with master p being such like a big part of new orleans
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music like like i know it's a different genre we had a connection with him because
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Master P's family was living in a housing project called the Magnolia Housing Project.
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And they would get us to complete parties on the weekend. And we knew one of
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his brothers really well. One of his brothers who unfortunately was shot and killed.
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We knew him really well. He would hire us all the time to complete parties in the housing project.
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And we didn't know if Master P was his brother. He's like, yeah,
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you know, Percy Miller's my brother. We was like, what? He was like, yeah. Was that Kevin?
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No, Master P has a brother named Randall. I think he was a little older than
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Master P and he would hire us all the time,
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That's to play parties. Yeah. Kind of strange.
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That's cool. That's that's yeah. That's there's so many different connections
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with, with, with bands and family. And, and I, and I love that.
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Are you are so like, and you also had another guy in your band who I also love his stuff.
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And it's Shamar Allen who was, was he, and he was part of rebirth or was it kind of a similar thing?
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No, Shamar was in the band. He was actually in the band for like four or five years.
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He branched off and started doing his own solo thing
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and we've had a lot of different people come to the band
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in 40 years yeah i mean i
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would imagine that amount of time you would have a lot of
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different people right um yeah i
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i we we talked to eric who is now playing
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trumpet right with you guys and we had
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him on the show last week and i was
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hyping up how much i love to hit the sean on Peyton that
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Shamar did that song for the Saints so good
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so good yes yeah so are you are
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you like are you bummed out or does it when it
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when guys like that leave the band and they're successful are you like hey
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we want you here in Rebirth like we don't want you going out like we want you
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no not not at all I'm always advocating and promoting that guys you know do
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your own thing you know try try your hand at it for yourself if I could help
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you for your career I'll do as much as I possibly we can because it's a good
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look for the band like oh yeah i was one time i was playing a revert
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they're like what like yeah so it's not a bad thing i think it's actually a good thing,
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because he went on to play with um with the willie nelson band right right some more did it did a.
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Two-year thing with willie nelson that's some other people so that's cool you
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know a lot of guys have left our band they've done some really big things so,
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now they always tell me like yeah i was playing a reaver at one time like what i get it.
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So do you like you kind of being like, you know, one of the OGs of the band,
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do you help coach them like, like how to do things or do you just kind of let people figure it out?
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I kind of lead by example. But if they ask me, I'll tell them like,
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hey, listen, man, if you're trying to make a million dollars,
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you better try to make five, try to make five.
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Because it's going to take you four millions to make that one,
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to get down to that one million.
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I was telling them it's a lot of work. You know, I'm gonna make it look easy.
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Yeah, I was giving, you know, tidbits here and there, giving them advice.
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I'm like, look, don't drive in a car with me for three hours.
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Don't ask me any questions.
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You know because experience is our greatest teacher
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and i may actually know something that you don't know so
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and we'll just kick it around and they always come back
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and say hey man you know what what are you talking about like yeah that's what
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i was talking about okay no advice no advice like the advice from the guy who's
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actually been through it for 40 years all right so do you so you're in texas
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do you do you play with the band still much or are you just kind of more on
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the back and behind the scenes now?
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Playing with the band all the time. I'm not there every Tuesday night.
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You know, there's a new place that we're playing called Rabbit Hole because
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we're no longer playing at Maple Leaf. We played at Maple Leaf for almost 30 years.
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And after COVID kicked in, they decided that they wanted to do something different.
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We're like, okay, no problem.
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And so we just moved our business over to another location. But I'm not there every Tuesday.
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I might make one Tuesday out of a month, but when a band is on the road, I'm there. Mm-hmm.
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Yeah, there's a real... fun quote from Obama that, you know,
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he said at the end of his presidency when he was speaking in New Orleans that
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he may finally get to catch Rebirth at the Maple Leaf on a Tuesday. Yeah.
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What an honor that is. He's just going to have to come to the rabbit hole,
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you know, as he is. But yeah, I was honored for him to say that.
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When he said it, everyone was calling like, hey man, President Obama mentioned
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you guys' name. I'm like, well, he should.
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We're the Rebirth. Why Why wouldn't he? Yeah.
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But he never reached out to you? You never got to meet him or anything?
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Well, actually, we ended up playing at the White House. So we actually met him,
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him and his wife, Michelle.
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And I always tell the story, and people are like, what? I said,
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we met, meeting President Obama was great, but meeting Michelle Obama was better.
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Michelle Obama was so beautiful, she hurt your eyes. Yeah.
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She was so, not only was she beautiful, you know, outwardly,
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her personality, the way she is.
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She said, before I leave out the room, we're playing for the jazz thing that
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they do at the White House. She said, I'm going to shake everyone's hand. It was like, Ms.
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Sabama, we need deliciousness. And I'm not leaving until I shook everyone's
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hand. She shook everybody's hand. She had a brief conversation with her.
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She was so nice. It was unbelievable.
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Wow. That's cool. It's really amazing when you're in the presence of someone
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who has that kind of persona about them.
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Especially someone in such a place, you know.
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Such a high up. That high up. Yeah, yeah, for real. I was surprised they even
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invited us to that. Like, you want to invite Rebirth to the White House?
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Yeah. I'm like, wow. Oh, my goodness.
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So it was an honor for us to actually play the white house for
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sitting president like okay so that's one of the
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biggest things we've ever done in our career was played for president
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at the white house like how high can you
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get yeah that's i mean so are you nervous for a gig like that or is it just
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like are you just business as usual at this point for the most part it was business
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as usual until the president walked into the room we walked in the room you
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like whoa you know because you never think you'll meet a president the president
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of the united states like really Really?
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Yeah. And when they walked in, you try to make sure that you dot your I's and
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cross your T's and be correct.
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Yeah. Yeah. And do you guys get to do a tour of the White House and all that
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stuff while you're there?
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No, we didn't tour the White House, but we had a chance. The room that we were in, it's a funny story.
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I forget exactly what rock artist it was, but there's some food out for them, right?
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And we walk in there, we eat the food, and the guy comes and says,
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hey, don't worry about it, man. It's the White House. There's plenty more where
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they came from. Oh, yeah.
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I mean, all the big names in rock and roll, jazz, they were there. Elgin Rule.
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Anybody to think of was at that particular jazz function.
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I was like, Aretha Franklin was there. She performed right before we went on.
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I was like, wow, man, this is really a great honor right here.
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Yeah. Wow. I mean, you guys are part of that honor.
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I mean, you know, like, I mean, you know, for Obama to mention you,
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I mean, you know, already.
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And Tuesdays usually suck, right? Like, Tuesdays are usually,
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like, it's, you already went through Monday. Mondays suck. Wednesdays,
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not even. Then you go to Tuesday.
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Tuesdays is just whatever day. It's, like, not even Wednesday.
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It's not even hump day yet.
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So you guys made Tuesday, like, a day, right?
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We made Tuesday a day. And the way we got that particular gig at the Maple Leaf,
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one of our former manager's agent, he said, hey, man, the guy who was playing
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before us was not James Black, was another great New Orleans musician. He had passed away.
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They said they're looking for someone on Tuesday. So he said,
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would you guys consider doing a gig? I'm like, yeah, why not? So we went in there.
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And I mean, you could throw a brick in there and I'd hit anything.
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It was empty. We probably made $20, not $20 per person, $20.
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And so the fellow looked at me and said, hey, man, you know what?
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What I think we should do is let's just stay with it. We have nothing else to do on Tuesdays.
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And 30 years later, it was probably one of our biggest standing gigs in the
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city of New Orleans to just play Tuesday nights.
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Just a packed house every tuesday every tuesday okay and so yeah i guess you
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know covid changed a lot of things and so that's kind of what prompted you guys
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to end up going to rabbit hole,
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yeah so covid kind of changed that and the guy the new guy
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came in he wanted to he wanted to change the deal you know
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we understood everyone's losing money he's like we're losing money you're like
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well we can't lose money too we've been losing money too so he said i need a
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cheaper band that wasn't us so like well it's not us so we kind of moved on
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yeah and so the rabbit hole is that like a is that more of a newer establishment
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like do you know much about the history i don't,
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It's a newer establishment. The guy who runs the place, he's been working with
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brand spams around the city of New Orleans for years.
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He saw opportunity like, hey, man, I know you guys in Maple Leaf.
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Why don't you come over here?
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He made us a really good offer that nobody was making at the time because all
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venues was losing money.
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It was kind of a no brain. He's like, let's just see what happens.
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Try it for a year. After one year, it got better. And right now it's really picking up.
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I mean, the way it's set up, it's not just about re-brand on tools.
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There's like a marketplace where they sell clothing and different types of goods.
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Here's a DJ before we play.
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Here's an outside patio that's really nice. It's really cool.
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So I'm like, yeah, I think that's the way to go.
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And I've seen you guys a couple of times there, and it gets funky and swinging and rocking.
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Like it gets packed and it gets hot and sweaty. and yeah they have this huge
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outdoor area out back where you can go and just kind of,
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they'll have little nooks and spots where you can chill and it's a real fun
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real fun spot it's fun spot so it's something new and you know i'm always looking
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forward to playing it because it's just a new vibe and kind of gives you some
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creativity based on the newness of the place,
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yeah ain't no party like a rebirth party right is that
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is that kind of like a rebirth party is that you
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guys playing on Tuesdays is that at the Maple Leaf at a packed house is that
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kind of where the origin of that song comes from for you guys pretty much you
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know because those Tuesdays were legendary I mean a lot of things that happened
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outside of just playing we actually recorded an album at the Maple Leaf,
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All kinds of stuff happened from A to Z. Some things you can't talk about.
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Some things you can't talk about. You're like, wow, did that really happen? Like, yeah.
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It's just legendary. Man.
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What about the... Okay, so let me ask you now a couple other songs.
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One of my favorite songs that y'all play is AP Turo.
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AP Turo, yeah. What's the story behind that song?
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Well, actually, that wasn't one of our songs. We kind of borrowed that song
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from the Newbird Brass Band, and a band that my younger brother,
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Kerwin James, who's now deceased, they were playing a song. We heard it.
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And we always said, man, amateur's imitates but professional still.
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We heard it like, that's a great song.
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It was an actual song that my brother, Kerwin James, and Trommel Shorty worked together on.
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And he said, hey, man, we got this good song. We listened to it a couple of times.
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And after we listened to it a few times, we said, you know what?
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That's a really good song. Let's
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try that. And we kind of put our twist on it. And it kind of took off.
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And people would always say, man, it played me too rude. and people don't even
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know that hey that's not our song they're like what like no not at all.
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Yeah i didn't know i didn't even know speaking of songs
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and uncle dad had to school me on this one i didn't even realize casanova wasn't
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your son right that's another one people think casanova is our song and so i
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have to tell people listen no that's gerald overt and a group called overt you're
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like what i said we borrowed that and it just so happened we were playing this
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one spot on Thursday night,
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and the guys came up with these lyrics that are very provocative,
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and,
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we started playing it, and it kind of stuck.
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We played it so much, people were like, put that reverb cast in there,
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we're like, it's not our song.
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We don't want to take it. And we did it so well that the guys from LaVert,
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they was like, y'all did it so well, man.
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We just have to give y'all credit for doing a great job with it.
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I'm like, wow, cool. That's your song now.
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Exactly. Like, it's your song now. I'm like, okay.
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But yeah, it's a scary song. Right, Uncle Dad, you like that song, yeah.
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Yeah, so I'm a huge R&B guy, and I love Levert.
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Levert, in my opinion, was one of the greatest R&B bands ever. Yeah, definitely.
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And that song, when I had heard that song, because the first time I got to see
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you guys live was probably a couple of years ago with Mike, and that song came on.
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And in my mind, I'm like, whoa, this is awesome. This is a take on Levert.
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And he goes, what? What do you mean, Levert? I was like, yeah, this is Levert.
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That's Levert, yeah. definitely yeah yeah so well you guys that's that version
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in my opinion it's it's even though i love the original i mean who doesn't right
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but the your version is just a lot of fun you know it's kind of the epitome
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of new orleans yeah it's kind of fun take your drawers off have a good time.
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Yeah i i that happens there yeah exactly especially doing monogram a lot of
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drawers yeah what about uh speaking of that like so do what you wanna i feel
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like is kind of like a an adopted phrase of new orleans at this point right
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like how does that song come to be,
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well do what you want to kermit came up with this song a piece of song he's
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like hey man let's try this right here my brother philip chimed in with the
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bass line part and this guy by the name of reginald stewart they were playing
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at this family that we would always go over to the house and kind to practice.
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And he got into an argument.
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I was saxophone player at the time. So he came up with this horn part.
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And it kind of stuck. And as we continued to put it together,
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everything just kind of came together. It's like a gumbo.
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Everyone started throwing bits and pieces into the pot.
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10 years later, it was a full-blown song.
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And it just kind of took off. This guy, the radio guy, who was working at an R&B station,
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he would play it at the end of the night or the beginning
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of of the night and he would put the do what you want up
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against other r&b songs and hip-hop songs and we
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would win the contest every week he like this week it's gonna
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be uh reverse do what you want against the latest hip-hop song
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and we would win every week and it kind of blew up
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and people like man do what you want do what you want and it
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kind of kind of tipped in hip-hop clubs in new
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orleans and people just always request that
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song and just grew a life of his own
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yeah well that that riff that it starts off
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with like to me that's just it it's like the epitome of new orleans like that
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that sound you know yeah you know and and also that's kind of what you do when
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you're in new orleans is right what you want yeah do what you want and then
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i'm going to get more to this in a little bit but they even use that phrase
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in the in the show treme which.
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I love that show, and I know you guys were a part of it. But also,
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we've been talking about Phil, and I got to meet him at a show that you guys
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were doing in Oakland. Yeah.
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So he had a stroke and couldn't play with the band.
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So how difficult was that for you, being his brother, and you guys created this?
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It was extremely difficult. Because actually, Phil was kind of like the heart
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of the band. When people think of Rebirth, they think of my brother Phil.
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I would tell people, like, they're not thinking about me. They don't even see
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me half the time. So I'm like, what? Shorty's not here. F it,
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move on. Let's go, whatever.
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But he's actually on one of the Jazz Fest posters because he pretty much started the band.
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And he picked all the guys in the beginning who he wanted to be in the band.
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And when he had a stroke, he was like, man, what's going to happen?
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I'm like, I don't know. Are we going to carry on or what?
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He was like, hey, man, I'm not here. Just carry on. Do what you got to do.
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But you know he'll come out every now and then support the band,
431
00:26:17,773 --> 00:26:22,093
give us two cents on what's going on but he kind of stand on the side like no
432
00:26:22,093 --> 00:26:24,753
actually it's a different band it's a new day,
433
00:26:25,233 --> 00:26:27,953
I'm gonna stick with other guys there that was a
434
00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:30,893
big blow for us but we kind of carried on and there we
435
00:26:30,893 --> 00:26:33,813
are yeah and does he help like pick or
436
00:26:33,813 --> 00:26:36,773
find the next guy to play because he played the tuba
437
00:26:36,773 --> 00:26:40,013
he actually picks all the guys he picks
438
00:26:40,013 --> 00:26:42,893
them all you know yeah every i'll tell
439
00:26:42,893 --> 00:26:45,773
people like it's not me i'm like there's nothing wrong with his ear so he
440
00:26:45,773 --> 00:26:48,553
could hear like i think this guy would be a good guy to put in
441
00:26:48,553 --> 00:26:51,293
a band i'm like okay you think so and i just kind
442
00:26:51,293 --> 00:26:53,993
of stand on the side like that's the guy you want because the guy
443
00:26:53,993 --> 00:26:57,233
it is and so we just do it that way yeah i
444
00:26:57,233 --> 00:27:00,293
mean that's great that he still has such a you know a prominent role
445
00:27:00,293 --> 00:27:03,553
you know going through going through a stroke because some people right you
446
00:27:03,553 --> 00:27:06,053
know they go through a stroke and that's it like they're not they're not doing
447
00:27:06,053 --> 00:27:10,353
anything yeah you know he had the stroke then he had COVID and I'm like man
448
00:27:10,353 --> 00:27:14,193
you walking through this stuff like it ain't nothing you know if I have a stroke
449
00:27:14,193 --> 00:27:17,773
and I have COVID that's going to be it for me like I ain't doing nothing we're
450
00:27:17,773 --> 00:27:18,833
trying to get ourselves together.
451
00:27:19,766 --> 00:27:23,926
Yeah. Well, I mean, good, good for him that he's, he's, uh, he's still part
452
00:27:23,926 --> 00:27:26,366
of it, man. And, uh, yeah, I got to meet him. Super nice guy.
453
00:27:26,706 --> 00:27:33,126
And, uh, yeah. So, okay. So, so, so, you know, you mentioned jazz fest poster.
454
00:27:33,186 --> 00:27:34,566
So you guys play at jazz fest.
455
00:27:35,046 --> 00:27:38,546
You're kind of like regular mainstays there now, right? It's kind of like,
456
00:27:38,566 --> 00:27:40,526
you know, we play every year.
457
00:27:40,546 --> 00:27:45,446
This year we played April 28th at the Congo square stage, probably at three
458
00:27:45,446 --> 00:27:47,446
o'clock, three or four o'clock, something like that.
459
00:27:47,446 --> 00:27:50,366
So we play every year you know and you play
460
00:27:50,366 --> 00:27:53,126
in that when you guys play i'll be there for that yeah
461
00:27:53,126 --> 00:27:55,966
definitely and so what's that
462
00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:59,446
like you know you're playing you know jazz fest is one of the biggest music festivals
463
00:27:59,446 --> 00:28:02,506
in in the u.s you know and
464
00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:05,786
what's it like playing it on such a high level event with
465
00:28:05,786 --> 00:28:08,786
such you know such a crowd you know in in new
466
00:28:08,786 --> 00:28:12,026
orleans like what's that feeling like for you uh when we
467
00:28:12,026 --> 00:28:15,226
play jazz fest it's a lot of energy like you know
468
00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:17,986
when we're playing people already already know what it's about you know it's
469
00:28:17,986 --> 00:28:20,666
we play you dance you have a good time there's no
470
00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:23,886
pretense anything like that like we're trying to fool somebody or
471
00:28:23,886 --> 00:28:26,506
something like that like no man y'all already know what
472
00:28:26,506 --> 00:28:30,086
it's gonna be a for hour and a half or whatever the time frame is it's about
473
00:28:30,086 --> 00:28:34,586
having a good time everyone's partying and we might try some new songs but for
474
00:28:34,586 --> 00:28:38,106
the most part people come there like casting over feel like phoning it up do
475
00:28:38,106 --> 00:28:41,406
what you want yeah that's what they want to at some point we give it to them
476
00:28:41,406 --> 00:28:44,946
but it's a lot of fun hey what what's it like Like,
477
00:28:44,946 --> 00:28:47,526
you know, when you guys, I know a lot of, sometimes when you're on stage,
478
00:28:47,666 --> 00:28:50,566
there's just, there's a lot of, correct me if I'm wrong, right?
479
00:28:50,626 --> 00:28:53,386
Is there a lot of improv going on in between the gyms?
480
00:28:53,406 --> 00:28:57,546
Because you guys, pretty much once you start, you don't really stop until the
481
00:28:57,546 --> 00:29:00,246
end of the show. Like you just keep, like one song leads into the next.
482
00:29:01,146 --> 00:29:05,086
There's a lot of improv. A lot of times there's a lot of mistakes that we improvise on top of.
483
00:29:05,666 --> 00:29:10,066
There's no set. And that's what, it's easy, but it's also hard because when
484
00:29:10,066 --> 00:29:13,226
it's time to record, because we're improv-ing so much, we may have forgotten
485
00:29:13,226 --> 00:29:16,006
what we did a month ago. At that point, it's something brand new.
486
00:29:16,426 --> 00:29:21,146
And so people are like, can we capture that on CD? We don't really know.
487
00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:24,526
We're going to see what happens when we get in the studio. It all depends on
488
00:29:24,526 --> 00:29:27,226
what the spirit is like when you're in the recording studio.
489
00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:29,086
So there's a lot of improv all the time.
490
00:29:30,406 --> 00:29:35,566
There's no set part. The beauty of Rebirth is do what you want.
491
00:29:36,246 --> 00:29:39,006
It's always there when you're having a good time. Try to play the right notes,
492
00:29:39,046 --> 00:29:41,726
but for the most part, it's going to be improvised.
493
00:29:42,566 --> 00:29:47,546
It's fun to watch and Uncle Dad I don't know if you remember this but like sometimes
494
00:29:47,546 --> 00:29:52,186
you can if you pay attention to the to you guys actually playing you can see
495
00:29:52,186 --> 00:29:54,486
where someone might have messed up or someone's doing something,
496
00:29:55,451 --> 00:30:00,211
a little off and you guys are laughing at each other and you guys are having
497
00:30:00,211 --> 00:30:01,891
a, seem like you're having a blast up there.
498
00:30:02,511 --> 00:30:06,811
We're having a, we're having a party. It's a 90 minutes.
499
00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:09,351
I always say, man, if you're not having a good time, if people see that you're
500
00:30:09,351 --> 00:30:12,311
not having a good time, then I don't have a good time. So have a good time.
501
00:30:12,391 --> 00:30:13,651
There's no right way or wrong way.
502
00:30:13,771 --> 00:30:17,911
There's no music police that's going to arrest you at the end of the night. So have a good time.
503
00:30:18,591 --> 00:30:24,191
Yeah. We, uncle dad and I saw you guys, um, play it at tip to patinas.
504
00:30:24,471 --> 00:30:30,091
One time, And is that one of your favorite places to play? I would assume you love playing there.
505
00:30:30,691 --> 00:30:35,171
Tipitina's, Holland Wolf, House of Blues, almost any place that people will come and watch us.
506
00:30:35,511 --> 00:30:40,351
And if it's in somebody's bathroom, you know, I tell everybody,
507
00:30:40,491 --> 00:30:42,551
Rebirth is from the cradle to the grave and everything in between.
508
00:30:43,551 --> 00:30:47,431
If there's a room big enough for us to fit in, we're there. You'll do it.
509
00:30:47,491 --> 00:30:50,271
I want to go to that show, the bathroom show. Yeah.
510
00:30:52,131 --> 00:30:55,851
You've got to have great acoustics in the bathroom, right? Yeah.
511
00:30:55,991 --> 00:30:59,591
The smaller room is actually acoustics can get really good because everybody's
512
00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:02,231
so close to each other. You probably even have to mic it up.
513
00:31:02,251 --> 00:31:03,171
So it sounds really good.
514
00:31:03,651 --> 00:31:06,411
Yeah yeah so so you know those are all
515
00:31:06,411 --> 00:31:09,411
you know iconic new orleans venues you
516
00:31:09,411 --> 00:31:13,191
know especially for people from out of town so what what what
517
00:31:13,191 --> 00:31:16,651
made you you know i was always wondering like could you see yourself living
518
00:31:16,651 --> 00:31:20,291
in anywhere besides new orleans because you're you're like so much of what new
519
00:31:20,291 --> 00:31:24,431
orleans is and what what made you move to texas was it like a katrina thing
520
00:31:24,431 --> 00:31:25,851
where you moved away and just stayed
521
00:31:25,851 --> 00:31:29,851
or how that i ended up in texas after katrina you know i got here And,
522
00:31:29,851 --> 00:31:32,271
you know, at my age, I was like, you know what?
523
00:31:32,411 --> 00:31:34,051
I think I'm done with all the red tape
524
00:31:34,051 --> 00:31:37,071
and all the whatever's going on in Louisiana. It was just New Orleans.
525
00:31:37,231 --> 00:31:40,131
But, you know, Louisiana is backwards.
526
00:31:40,451 --> 00:31:42,711
You know, like, you know what? I can't take it anymore. I just need to get to
527
00:31:42,711 --> 00:31:43,991
the airport to make the gig.
528
00:31:44,291 --> 00:31:47,231
I still love it. But there's a lot of stuff that go on. You're like,
529
00:31:47,351 --> 00:31:50,051
man, if we could just fix this, if we could just fix the drainage system.
530
00:31:50,211 --> 00:31:51,291
How about the school system?
531
00:31:51,711 --> 00:31:53,791
And you look at it, you're like, I don't think it's ever going to get fixed.
532
00:31:53,951 --> 00:31:54,791
You have to make a decision.
533
00:31:54,911 --> 00:31:59,011
Like, okay, what should I do? At the time, my daughter was five years old when
534
00:31:59,011 --> 00:32:01,831
Katrina hit, and I had to decide, like, am I going to put her back in that system
535
00:32:01,831 --> 00:32:04,391
or let her stay here and be properly educated?
536
00:32:04,831 --> 00:32:08,011
And I chose to stay here and let her be properly educated. I just need to get
537
00:32:08,011 --> 00:32:09,531
to airporting. Here I am.
538
00:32:10,251 --> 00:32:13,151
Yeah. I mean, and your neighbors. It's not like you moved to far away.
539
00:32:13,571 --> 00:32:15,771
You're still really close. You're not in Sacramento. I can drive.
540
00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:17,711
No, I'm not in Sacramento.
541
00:32:19,571 --> 00:32:23,591
No. The greatest thing is my wife is, though. Yeah.
542
00:32:25,691 --> 00:32:29,691
Yeah, so you can go there and catch a King's Pels game, right?
543
00:32:30,011 --> 00:32:34,131
Right, go catch a King's Pels game, or I could just go hang out by my mother-in-law
544
00:32:34,131 --> 00:32:36,831
or something like that. But yeah, I'm not a Sacramento.
545
00:32:37,531 --> 00:32:40,451
But you know what? I like Sacramento, though. There's something about it that
546
00:32:40,451 --> 00:32:41,631
I like. I don't know what it is.
547
00:32:42,531 --> 00:32:47,191
Yeah, me neither. Yeah, I lived there for many years, and I don't know what
548
00:32:47,191 --> 00:32:49,171
it is either. But there's something I like about it.
549
00:32:49,861 --> 00:32:55,081
Yeah, I'll go anytime if I get a chance to. Yeah, I mean, you can find something
550
00:32:55,081 --> 00:33:00,201
good about most places, right? Most places, yeah. You can find something good.
551
00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:02,781
Have you guys ever played in Stockton, California?
552
00:33:03,841 --> 00:33:09,181
We've never played in Stockton, California. I'm always wondering, what's in Stockton?
553
00:33:09,881 --> 00:33:13,601
I'm like, what's in Stockton? Uncle Dan will tell you. That's right.
554
00:33:13,681 --> 00:33:15,201
That's my neighborhood. Let me tell you.
555
00:33:15,901 --> 00:33:19,281
You're from Stockton. Yeah, yeah. I'll just tell you, man.
556
00:33:19,281 --> 00:33:23,621
It's a different beast out there well i
557
00:33:23,621 --> 00:33:26,381
plan to you know hopefully get down there one day check it
558
00:33:26,381 --> 00:33:29,381
out i'll pass through then as i pass through i'm like man
559
00:33:29,381 --> 00:33:36,941
what the hell is going on hey i ask myself that all the time i mean is there
560
00:33:36,941 --> 00:33:40,881
a major venue that people go to like it's been you right here i mean there's
561
00:33:40,881 --> 00:33:44,721
the stockton arena but like if you wanted to say like a like a legend oh i guess
562
00:33:44,721 --> 00:33:48,181
the bob hope theater yeah i would say that okay yeah okay Okay,
563
00:33:48,181 --> 00:33:49,081
that's a legendary theater,
564
00:33:49,201 --> 00:33:52,141
I would say, that's been around since, you know. Is Bob Hope from Stockton?
565
00:33:52,681 --> 00:33:56,181
No. I don't even know why he's from Stockton. Unless you know why,
566
00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:59,701
Mike. I think he took a shit there once. What? I guess you got that idea.
567
00:34:00,641 --> 00:34:04,881
That would do it, huh? That's all you need in Stockton to get something named after you.
568
00:34:06,281 --> 00:34:10,261
Keith, you got to come do that, and then what will happen is we'll get you a Keith Frazier theater.
569
00:34:11,681 --> 00:34:15,881
Is there like a festival in Stockton that they do like music-wise or.
570
00:34:18,361 --> 00:34:23,301
There's the asparagus they moved it though they moved the asparagus festival out of there,
571
00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:30,021
the asparagus festival not anymore they had an asparagus festival that was their
572
00:34:30,021 --> 00:34:34,641
one thing and I went one time and it was terrifying and Stockton's terrifying,
573
00:34:35,461 --> 00:34:36,241
Stockton's terrifying?
574
00:34:36,501 --> 00:34:38,761
What do you mean? Do you mean in terms of crime or what?
575
00:34:39,141 --> 00:34:46,261
I would say crime people say that like it can't be worse than New Orleans We're the capital of crime.
576
00:34:47,041 --> 00:34:51,281
Sometimes, man. Sometimes it can be pretty bad. It can be worse than New Orleans? I would say so.
577
00:34:51,781 --> 00:34:54,741
I think the only reason it's not worse than New Orleans is because there's less
578
00:34:54,741 --> 00:34:58,201
criminals to do crime in Stockton because it's a smaller city.
579
00:34:59,241 --> 00:35:03,281
Okay. Well, I'm going to have to, because, you know, I like to travel.
580
00:35:03,361 --> 00:35:04,361
I'm always curious about places.
581
00:35:04,681 --> 00:35:08,781
I'm going to have to stop through just to check it out. What's going on here?
582
00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:13,481
They do have a big Comic-Con that I do there. I sell stuff out there.
583
00:35:14,161 --> 00:35:19,321
Twice a year and they get a good turnout, but I hear from at least one or two
584
00:35:19,321 --> 00:35:22,781
vendors or artists or guests that get their car broken into.
585
00:35:23,790 --> 00:35:29,550
Overnight while they're staying there. Yeah. Okay. So cheers to Stockton.
586
00:35:30,330 --> 00:35:35,490
Well, hold on. If you go to Stockton one day, you've got to do me a favor. You've got to go down.
587
00:35:35,890 --> 00:35:39,490
If you like Mexican food, and who doesn't, you've got to go to Arroyo's.
588
00:35:40,770 --> 00:35:45,110
Arroyo's. It's a really good Mexican restaurant. That place has been there since
589
00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:48,830
my dad was a child, and I've been going there since my, you know,
590
00:35:48,910 --> 00:35:51,050
since I was a kid, since he was a kid.
591
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:54,950
It's a family thing. You should go there. is probably one of the most legacy
592
00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:59,070
restaurants you're going to find in Stockton. If you ever go.
593
00:35:59,990 --> 00:36:05,150
I plan to go. I plan to go. Next trip to Stockton.
594
00:36:05,650 --> 00:36:13,830
Next trip to Stockton. Yeah, do a drive to Stockton and experience the life there. Okay. Yeah.
595
00:36:15,770 --> 00:36:20,690
So, okay. I want to talk a little bit about the show I mentioned earlier,
596
00:36:20,870 --> 00:36:23,950
Treme, which you guys are are
597
00:36:23,950 --> 00:36:26,690
part of that you know so like i know you
598
00:36:26,690 --> 00:36:29,610
guys appear in some shows i know they talk to
599
00:36:29,610 --> 00:36:32,750
you guys about like consulting the musicians or
600
00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:36,470
the people that were playing the musicians in the show like also got to be an
601
00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:41,330
honor right yeah so so what what was that like they were like we want this to
602
00:36:41,330 --> 00:36:45,790
be as authentic as possible we want rebirth to be a part of it somehow so they
603
00:36:45,790 --> 00:36:50,050
reach out to you actually when he when he started putting the show together
604
00:36:50,050 --> 00:36:51,430
he had to create the poly.
605
00:36:51,950 --> 00:36:54,190
So they told us, hey, we want you guys to be a part of the poly.
606
00:36:54,810 --> 00:36:58,890
Like, okay. So we're thinking that means play a couple of tunes for the show
607
00:36:58,890 --> 00:37:01,070
while the show is coming on or something like that.
608
00:37:01,210 --> 00:37:04,030
We didn't know what they were talking about. So we get there,
609
00:37:04,050 --> 00:37:06,590
the guy said, no, we want you guys to be a part of the show.
610
00:37:06,830 --> 00:37:09,970
We was like, what you mean? He wants to play in the scene or something?
611
00:37:10,090 --> 00:37:11,650
He said, no, we want you to read parts.
612
00:37:12,655 --> 00:37:15,275
Now, we have never done any acting. The only acting we've done is trying to
613
00:37:15,275 --> 00:37:16,475
be musicians, to act like musicians.
614
00:37:18,015 --> 00:37:21,815
So they give us the lines, right? And I never knew how hard acting was until
615
00:37:21,815 --> 00:37:23,295
I actually got to read lines.
616
00:37:23,655 --> 00:37:26,255
Because not only do you have to know your lines, you have to know the person
617
00:37:26,255 --> 00:37:28,675
that you're talking to lines as well, so you can know when to come in.
618
00:37:29,175 --> 00:37:31,255
So I'm studying the lines, and this lady we're working with,
619
00:37:31,295 --> 00:37:33,295
she said, look, relax, just like music.
620
00:37:33,655 --> 00:37:35,755
Like you're a drummer, you have to know all the parts in a band.
621
00:37:35,915 --> 00:37:38,315
Now you have to know all the lines that everyone is saying.
622
00:37:39,135 --> 00:37:42,155
And it's just so happened they picked me. I'm like, they're not going to pick me?
623
00:37:42,155 --> 00:37:45,555
Like we want you to read i'm like oh my goodness so
624
00:37:45,555 --> 00:37:48,275
at that point i'm nervous i'm shaking like can i do
625
00:37:48,275 --> 00:37:52,055
this you say you can tell you can do it i know you got it in she gave me the
626
00:37:52,055 --> 00:37:56,035
lines i memorized my lines i memorized the guidelines that i'm talking to and
627
00:37:56,035 --> 00:38:00,615
they say one two three go so at that point she's saying well it's just a pilot
628
00:38:00,615 --> 00:38:04,715
no one will see it i'm okay if no one's gonna see me do this make a fool of
629
00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:07,815
myself so i'm not worried no one's gonna see this the day,
630
00:38:08,295 --> 00:38:14,295
Tremé comes on, I'm in the very first scene, the first words, that's me.
631
00:38:14,815 --> 00:38:18,375
My phone is blowing up. I'm like a movie star. I can't believe it.
632
00:38:18,575 --> 00:38:21,215
The first scene of the first episode?
633
00:38:21,755 --> 00:38:26,035
First scene of the first episode, I'm reading. I'm acting. Oh,
634
00:38:26,055 --> 00:38:27,075
we got to play a clip of that.
635
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:45,200
Music.
636
00:38:30,155 --> 00:38:34,895
What's up, bro? What's up? Look at the fuck show up. What's up?
637
00:38:35,475 --> 00:38:38,055
When was the last time you saw this motherfucker play a second line?
638
00:38:38,335 --> 00:38:40,095
First thing that goes, those legs, old man.
639
00:38:40,775 --> 00:38:44,075
He stole that from Tyrus. Man, Tyrus used to play that riff with that.
640
00:38:44,595 --> 00:38:48,415
Hey, girl, if you're referring to Mr. Chapman, the fact is he appropriated that
641
00:38:48,415 --> 00:38:51,295
particular musical ornamentation for my repertoire, bro. I can't breathe at all.
642
00:38:52,080 --> 00:39:44,400
Music.
643
00:39:45,224 --> 00:39:48,984
I was like, wow. She said, I didn't want to tell you what's going to be in the
644
00:39:48,984 --> 00:39:51,684
part of the show because it would have made you nervous. She said,
645
00:39:51,704 --> 00:39:52,624
you did a really good job.
646
00:39:53,144 --> 00:39:56,164
I could have been better. She said, you were great. You're not acting. You were great.
647
00:39:56,724 --> 00:39:59,204
So people saw it and they were calling me like, hey, man, you know you're on
648
00:39:59,204 --> 00:40:03,524
TV? I'm like, TV? What you mean? We playing somewhere? Like, no, you're in a movie.
649
00:40:04,284 --> 00:40:08,524
I couldn't believe it. And from that point on, I was like a movie star.
650
00:40:10,184 --> 00:40:16,384
I'm like, wow. Wow. Actor slash musician. Actor slash musician, yeah. Yes.
651
00:40:16,664 --> 00:40:19,824
And the funny thing is I have a sister. She's into theater and acting.
652
00:40:20,224 --> 00:40:25,124
She said, you mean to tell me you got a SAG card before me? I'm like, I'm an actor. Yeah.
653
00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:32,304
Did you get craft services while you were acting? Did they have craft services there for you?
654
00:40:33,324 --> 00:40:37,224
Yeah, they did. Yeah. Okay. And it was good. It's good, yeah.
655
00:40:37,224 --> 00:40:40,204
I was surprised by the whole experience.
656
00:40:41,224 --> 00:40:45,484
I did two or three different scenes reading and I was like, wow.
657
00:40:45,624 --> 00:40:50,204
Once you get used to it, it's a lot of fun because you can cut and go back and fix anything you want.
658
00:40:50,604 --> 00:40:53,904
If you forget something, they'll just splice it together. You can't even tell.
659
00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:58,484
Wow, you did a really good job. You're a professional in Hollywood. Yeah.
660
00:40:59,384 --> 00:41:04,024
What you're saying is you'll be appearing in another movie again soon so we
661
00:41:04,024 --> 00:41:08,144
can keep a watch for you. I had that feeling I'm going to be in another movie.
662
00:41:08,324 --> 00:41:10,264
I don't know if my wife is going to go for that. I'm like, a movie?
663
00:41:10,424 --> 00:41:11,324
I don't know about that, buddy.
664
00:41:11,964 --> 00:41:14,244
So, yeah. They might call me anytime.
665
00:41:15,024 --> 00:41:18,944
I always tell somebody when they do the biopic of Rebirth, I want Lorenz Tate
666
00:41:18,944 --> 00:41:22,084
to play my part. My sister's always laughing at that. Like, man, get out of here.
667
00:41:23,044 --> 00:41:26,184
Well, yeah. We haven't seen Lorenz Tate in something for a long time,
668
00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:30,064
right? Right. That would be a good movie. Like, the Rebirth movie? I mean...
669
00:41:31,146 --> 00:41:34,286
The characters and whatever will be changed to protect the industry.
670
00:41:35,866 --> 00:41:41,966
Yes. We're going to put a link to your IMDb in the show notes to this so people
671
00:41:41,966 --> 00:41:45,026
can follow you there. I think we should get Tyrese to play you.
672
00:41:45,886 --> 00:41:51,266
Tyrese? Yeah, you know what? Yeah, you know what? Yeah. I see some resemblance there. Tyrese, man.
673
00:41:51,646 --> 00:41:54,266
Yeah. I think he would do a good job.
674
00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:58,146
He's still acting. Yeah, he's still acting.
675
00:41:58,686 --> 00:42:02,226
Yeah yeah wow that's so funny yeah that's yeah
676
00:42:02,226 --> 00:42:05,486
and there was a huge there's a huge scene in uh i think
677
00:42:05,486 --> 00:42:09,326
it was season three right where they they
678
00:42:09,326 --> 00:42:13,946
reenact when some of you guys in the band got arrested for for playing a second
679
00:42:13,946 --> 00:42:17,966
line for someone who passed away and that's actually the person who passed that's
680
00:42:17,966 --> 00:42:21,806
that's my brother kerwin james that passed away and so when someone like a musician
681
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:26,066
passed away we kind of parade around the neighborhood to pay you know tribute to that person.
682
00:42:26,446 --> 00:42:28,806
And Derek Tabb was the snare drum in our band at the time.
683
00:42:29,226 --> 00:42:34,386
As we were marching up to finish off the march, the police roll up and they arrest him.
684
00:42:34,486 --> 00:42:37,366
He was like, sure, they're going to arrest me. I'm like, you're getting arrested?
685
00:42:38,026 --> 00:42:40,766
You got arrested. That was the actual real story.
686
00:42:41,486 --> 00:42:43,446
He was like, man, I can't believe they arrested me. I'm like,
687
00:42:43,526 --> 00:42:46,626
I can't believe they arrested you either. And so they kind of put that in for me.
688
00:42:47,606 --> 00:42:49,886
And we was like, wow, they're going to put this in there? You know,
689
00:42:49,906 --> 00:42:53,546
they had to get the okay from my mom and everything, but it was a true story.
690
00:42:53,686 --> 00:42:58,506
They really arrested him for playing for your brother like yeah yeah it's just
691
00:42:58,506 --> 00:43:02,166
another reason why maybe you know hey i don't need to move back there you know
692
00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:05,086
there's just exactly you know there's a lot of stuff that happens and.
693
00:43:06,586 --> 00:43:10,306
There's a lot of amazing things about new orleans obviously but you know i don't
694
00:43:10,306 --> 00:43:15,426
think it's a secret to anyone that the nopd is not as straight edge up and up
695
00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:17,466
yeah not at all right yeah,
696
00:43:18,606 --> 00:43:22,926
are you familiar or have you heard of this book i've been reading it i've had
697
00:43:22,926 --> 00:43:26,266
it for years and and I've just started reading Unfathomable City.
698
00:43:26,926 --> 00:43:31,166
It's like an Atlas book. It's a book of, they make these maps and atlases.
699
00:43:32,785 --> 00:43:35,685
Of New Orleans, but there's also lots of history in it. And you guys are,
700
00:43:35,765 --> 00:43:37,885
Rebirth's mentioned in it a couple of times.
701
00:43:38,565 --> 00:43:42,085
Never heard of it. And we're mentioning it. I'm hoping a good one. Oh yeah.
702
00:43:42,165 --> 00:43:46,285
So, so one of the times they say, it's just like a casual throw in a,
703
00:43:46,305 --> 00:43:52,705
in a paragraph about how with Rebirth, the original band members move on and
704
00:43:52,705 --> 00:43:57,005
new ones come in, but, but the, but the spirit plays on a Rebirth indeed,
705
00:43:57,705 --> 00:44:00,505
which I thought was a really nice way of, of, of putting that.
706
00:44:00,505 --> 00:44:03,445
But then they also said we all remember what rebirth
707
00:44:03,445 --> 00:44:06,245
did on tuesday nights they don't say the maple leaf they
708
00:44:06,245 --> 00:44:09,845
just say we all remember what rebirth did on tuesday nights yeah i'll
709
00:44:09,845 --> 00:44:15,885
send you a something so you can see the book would it okay yeah but it's just
710
00:44:15,885 --> 00:44:20,325
a nice shout out and so the reason i'm mentioning this also the tuesday night
711
00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:24,625
thing you guys play on tuesday nights which which is also Mardi Gras,
712
00:44:24,705 --> 00:44:26,305
which is right around the corner.
713
00:44:26,765 --> 00:44:33,265
And so is Mardi Gras being on Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, a big deal for you guys?
714
00:44:33,325 --> 00:44:35,525
Or is it just like another day?
715
00:44:36,465 --> 00:44:40,245
For us, it's a big deal in that when people come to see us on Tuesday night,
716
00:44:40,305 --> 00:44:43,565
we tell people, listen, Mardi Gras may be over, but the party continues.
717
00:44:44,205 --> 00:44:46,865
They're like, what you mean? Like, that's just one part of it.
718
00:44:47,385 --> 00:44:50,785
And we bring them right into Jazz Fest from that point.
719
00:44:50,785 --> 00:44:53,765
Like now it's time for jazz fest get ready i'm like
720
00:44:53,765 --> 00:44:56,825
what like and you might go home like oh mardi gras is over but
721
00:44:56,825 --> 00:45:00,385
not for us every day is mardi gras in new orleans and no matter where you if
722
00:45:00,385 --> 00:45:03,825
you're from new orleans you take your mardi gras with you wherever you at every
723
00:45:03,825 --> 00:45:08,125
tuesday is mardi gras yeah yeah you know in new orleans we drank every day you
724
00:45:08,125 --> 00:45:11,965
know i'm gonna drink on on a weekend no we drank every day we party every day
725
00:45:11,965 --> 00:45:14,725
you just take it that happens that happens Yeah.
726
00:45:16,545 --> 00:45:21,925
So we, Uncle Dad and I, there's a comic convention in New Orleans every,
727
00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:24,145
that first weekend of January called Fan Expo.
728
00:45:24,565 --> 00:45:29,145
And we go there for the convention and cover it for the podcast. Yeah.
729
00:45:30,237 --> 00:45:36,297
It is the most fun and also the most difficult because we're in New Orleans, right?
730
00:45:36,497 --> 00:45:39,897
Yeah, exactly. You have to really have a lot of discipline.
731
00:45:40,497 --> 00:45:44,217
It's hard. There's a lot of partying going on. People don't stop partying.
732
00:45:44,737 --> 00:45:48,897
But you know, like you said, it's a lifestyle of New Orleans.
733
00:45:49,017 --> 00:45:53,557
Like one season just rolls to the next season, you know, into the next, into the next.
734
00:45:53,717 --> 00:45:56,857
And, you know, I don't have to tell you. I mean, I think that's part of why
735
00:45:56,857 --> 00:46:00,477
jazz from New Orleans sounds the way it sounds, right?
736
00:46:00,537 --> 00:46:03,097
Different than anywhere else. Anywhere else, yeah.
737
00:46:03,717 --> 00:46:09,137
You know, it's so loose and fun and it swings. And, you know, I see bands.
738
00:46:09,737 --> 00:46:13,777
I saw this band. I think they're called Lowdown Brass Band. They're from Chicago.
739
00:46:14,057 --> 00:46:18,117
I saw them in San Francisco and they covered one of your guys' songs.
740
00:46:18,377 --> 00:46:19,257
And I talked to them afterwards.
741
00:46:19,617 --> 00:46:25,197
But it was interesting to see someone play a Rebirth song so syncopated and tight.
742
00:46:25,677 --> 00:46:29,657
Where you guys play is so loose and wild and fun. Just, you know,
743
00:46:29,657 --> 00:46:31,297
it's a reflection of where you're from. Right.
744
00:46:31,817 --> 00:46:36,537
That's it. I mean, New Orleans is very loose and wild. There's nothing tight about it.
745
00:46:37,197 --> 00:46:41,117
So you grew up that way. You like everything that's wrong is actually right.
746
00:46:41,897 --> 00:46:46,277
So the lines are blurred. You like people doing stuff wrong and they know it's
747
00:46:46,277 --> 00:46:49,357
wrong. They do it anyway. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
748
00:46:50,330 --> 00:46:53,970
So will you be playing at the rabbit hole on a Mardi Gras night?
749
00:46:54,390 --> 00:46:56,910
I don't think I'll be there this Mardi Gras night. Cause I'm actually in the
750
00:46:56,910 --> 00:47:01,170
process of, we have a big tour coming up, uh, starting on the 17th of February.
751
00:47:01,930 --> 00:47:03,790
So I'm trying to get ready for that. And we got to go to Austin,
752
00:47:03,870 --> 00:47:08,750
Texas, February 10th. And so I'm like, okay, I'll let the other guys take care of that.
753
00:47:08,950 --> 00:47:11,170
I'm not a big Mardi Gras person. I actually, I'm like, okay,
754
00:47:11,830 --> 00:47:14,330
after you do it so many times, you're like, okay, one more Mardi Gras.
755
00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:19,850
My wife hasn't seen it. I want her to see it. But for me, it's just another party.
756
00:47:19,850 --> 00:47:22,670
Party like it's not a party yeah there's lots of parties
757
00:47:22,670 --> 00:47:25,870
yeah you know when we had we had uh we talked to vincent he kind
758
00:47:25,870 --> 00:47:29,130
of hung out with us when we were there for fan expo and we
759
00:47:29,130 --> 00:47:31,910
did a little segment with him and he said the same thing as
760
00:47:31,910 --> 00:47:34,930
you he's like i've seen enough parades i
761
00:47:34,930 --> 00:47:37,730
don't care about a parade anymore and you know
762
00:47:37,730 --> 00:47:40,410
it's just whatever for me but then we talked to
763
00:47:40,410 --> 00:47:43,470
eric eric gordon and he's so into
764
00:47:43,470 --> 00:47:47,150
it right and he does the mardi gras indian thing exactly and we
765
00:47:47,150 --> 00:47:50,710
went into a lot of conversation with him about that and and so
766
00:47:50,710 --> 00:47:53,590
it's just interesting to see you guys all have different perspectives on it
767
00:47:53,590 --> 00:47:56,550
you know for me i grew up
768
00:47:56,550 --> 00:48:00,570
in uh mostly in lafayette and you know there's a there's a different kind of
769
00:48:00,570 --> 00:48:04,490
mardi gras there but it's still mardi gras you know right and so i love coming
770
00:48:04,490 --> 00:48:10,330
back and experiencing it it's so nostalgic and it's fun you know it's a lot
771
00:48:10,330 --> 00:48:14,290
it can be a lot of fun you know and i always tell people like you know my perspective
772
00:48:14,290 --> 00:48:15,950
is different because I grew up in it, but.
773
00:48:16,830 --> 00:48:20,190
The first time you see it, people are just blown like, wow.
774
00:48:20,470 --> 00:48:23,510
You know, just do what you want. Anything goes.
775
00:48:24,110 --> 00:48:27,650
It's a lot of neckiness, a lot of drinking as long as you can laugh.
776
00:48:28,150 --> 00:48:30,990
People are like, what? I drank all day? Until you pass out.
777
00:48:31,710 --> 00:48:37,530
Yeah. It goes all night. There's no stopping. The party doesn't stop. It doesn't stop.
778
00:48:38,550 --> 00:48:41,610
There's no 2 o'clock cutoff. It's like 2 o'clock. People are just getting started.
779
00:48:42,030 --> 00:48:44,590
They're just getting revved up. By 4 o'clock in the morning,
780
00:48:45,490 --> 00:48:50,430
And then there's the Bourbon Street kind of tourist...
781
00:48:51,564 --> 00:48:55,144
Mardi Gras, but then there's the actual New Orleans Mardi Gras.
782
00:48:55,184 --> 00:48:57,704
Now, that's what I tell people. If you want to do the Bourbon Street Mardi Gras,
783
00:48:57,804 --> 00:48:59,504
that's a whole different, another animal.
784
00:48:59,964 --> 00:49:02,524
Because that's, I don't even, I'm like, what the hell are they doing down there?
785
00:49:02,704 --> 00:49:05,424
I mean, people jumping on the balconies, and they're like, oh,
786
00:49:05,644 --> 00:49:08,264
wow, yeah, I don't know. You can't even walk.
787
00:49:08,904 --> 00:49:13,384
You can't even walk. You're like, why would you want to walk through a sea of
788
00:49:13,384 --> 00:49:14,584
people you can't get through?
789
00:49:14,884 --> 00:49:17,364
It takes you almost two hours to walk from one end to the other end.
790
00:49:17,664 --> 00:49:21,764
People just drink in Korea, like, nah, and you'll probably step in some throw
791
00:49:21,764 --> 00:49:27,584
up some other human step in some regurgitation along the way maybe some other human,
792
00:49:28,764 --> 00:49:32,164
someone's laying on the ground just naked like why is a man on the ground naked
793
00:49:32,164 --> 00:49:34,244
dressed like a woman like can't explain it to you.
794
00:49:35,744 --> 00:49:38,604
Yeah well you know to each their own right,
795
00:49:39,844 --> 00:49:44,904
well I'm stoked so tell me tell me as we start to wrap up here tell me a bit
796
00:49:44,904 --> 00:49:49,024
about the tour like where you guys gonna be stopping stopping and yeah this
797
00:49:49,024 --> 00:49:52,184
tour coming up we start off in tampa then we go to baltimore,
798
00:49:52,644 --> 00:49:56,444
then we new york city we go to northampton and
799
00:49:56,444 --> 00:49:59,404
hampton beach we're kind
800
00:49:59,404 --> 00:50:02,644
of all it's all on the east coast pretty much um it's gonna
801
00:50:02,644 --> 00:50:07,304
be pretty it's gonna be pretty big and you know a week for us is big like a
802
00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:11,604
week like yeah normally two or three days i'll be back but a week is like it's
803
00:50:11,604 --> 00:50:16,084
like a year because we can get a lot done in one week so yeah yeah and people
804
00:50:16,084 --> 00:50:17,984
in northeast At least they're looking forward to it. Like, yeah,
805
00:50:17,984 --> 00:50:19,524
man, we want to see you guys. Like, okay.
806
00:50:20,264 --> 00:50:25,524
Yeah. Oh, it's a treat. Do you, do you feel, how do you feel about when other bands cover you guys?
807
00:50:25,584 --> 00:50:28,624
Is that like an honor? Do you like appreciate it?
808
00:50:29,024 --> 00:50:31,564
I love it. Like, you want to cover Rebirth? Go right ahead. Yeah.
809
00:50:32,164 --> 00:50:35,444
Because, you know, there's always ways to make money from a band covering your stuff.
810
00:50:35,684 --> 00:50:38,404
Because if they're playing at a venue that's part of ASCAP or BMI,
811
00:50:38,724 --> 00:50:40,304
they actually have to pay for it.
812
00:50:40,324 --> 00:50:43,704
So we get the money on the back end. So I'm like, yeah, by all means, do cover Rebirth stuff.
813
00:50:43,984 --> 00:50:46,504
Go right ahead. Yeah. Yeah.
814
00:50:47,972 --> 00:50:50,932
One of my favorite rock bands is the Chili Peppers.
815
00:50:51,332 --> 00:50:56,152
And I know you guys share a stage and there's this really cool quote that Flea
816
00:50:56,152 --> 00:51:01,672
that's out there from Flea, who's arguably one of the greatest bass players of all time.
817
00:51:02,452 --> 00:51:06,172
Just saw a rebirth brass band. Unbelievable. Hard as hell.
818
00:51:06,472 --> 00:51:11,612
Free as a ray of light. There is not a band on earth that is better. Stunning.
819
00:51:12,372 --> 00:51:16,332
Yeah. Right. I mean, that's, that's also gotta be an honor, right?
820
00:51:16,352 --> 00:51:18,532
Like, you know, Chili Peppers are a pretty big band.
821
00:51:18,572 --> 00:51:21,352
It was a huge, huge honor. And then we went on tour with them.
822
00:51:21,892 --> 00:51:26,492
And he was actually hanging out with one of the Neville guys.
823
00:51:26,872 --> 00:51:28,732
And he was bringing it to Giacomo's in New Orleans.
824
00:51:29,152 --> 00:51:31,832
And we were playing Tuesday night. And he said, man, who's that?
825
00:51:32,472 --> 00:51:35,512
And Ivan Neville said, well, that's Rayburg. He said, I know those guys.
826
00:51:35,712 --> 00:51:38,812
He said, you know those guys? So he goes, Ivan Neville's real tight with Phil.
827
00:51:39,432 --> 00:51:44,512
Phil knows everybody. So he goes, hey, Phil, this is me from Chili Peppers. He said, OK, what up?
828
00:51:44,672 --> 00:51:47,632
He's like, I'm going to check you guys out. So he's checking us out,
829
00:51:47,712 --> 00:51:49,652
having some wine and talking.
830
00:51:49,952 --> 00:51:52,032
He said, man, what you guys think about coming on tour with us?
831
00:51:52,532 --> 00:51:55,532
We're thinking, you know, like, man, he's bullshit. We're not going on tour
832
00:51:55,532 --> 00:51:59,092
with him. A month later, we had a call like, hey, you guys hit it off with the
833
00:51:59,092 --> 00:52:00,072
Chili Peppers. He's like, what?
834
00:52:00,692 --> 00:52:02,592
So we go out on tour with the Chili Peppers.
835
00:52:03,528 --> 00:52:04,948
And that was like playing in the
836
00:52:04,948 --> 00:52:09,208
White House because they're playing in stadiums, 30, 40, 50,000 people.
837
00:52:10,148 --> 00:52:13,788
And the one song, it's called Under the Bridge, one of my favorite Chili Pepper songs.
838
00:52:14,768 --> 00:52:16,888
I saw it tell Flee. I said, Flee, that's one of my favorite songs.
839
00:52:17,008 --> 00:52:19,528
He said, man, I want you to do something for me. He said, when that note comes,
840
00:52:19,868 --> 00:52:21,488
there's a note that he plays at the end.
841
00:52:22,188 --> 00:52:24,468
He said, I want you to hit this key, hit this string right here.
842
00:52:24,828 --> 00:52:27,008
So I go up on stage. And he said, when I tell you to hit it,
843
00:52:27,008 --> 00:52:28,708
hit it. I hit it. And the people go crazy.
844
00:52:29,808 --> 00:52:34,788
I'm like, wow. I felt like a rock star. movie star rock star all kind of stars
845
00:52:34,788 --> 00:52:40,148
so jazz brass band star look at you that's a great story we ended up playing
846
00:52:40,148 --> 00:52:44,988
flea's wedding no no kidding wow what an honor like,
847
00:52:45,668 --> 00:52:53,588
so what what year was that when you guys were uh on tour with them that had to be 2011 or 12,
848
00:52:54,148 --> 00:52:59,828
something like something like that so it was a it was a big tour i mean i mean
849
00:52:59,828 --> 00:53:02,148
they're playing and it's just packed.
850
00:53:02,288 --> 00:53:05,128
There were people jumping out the rafters trying to get on stage with them.
851
00:53:05,248 --> 00:53:08,468
And we're just like, damn, man, this is real rock and roll right here.
852
00:53:08,588 --> 00:53:12,448
And we're in two vans. They're like two big buses. We just rented two vans and
853
00:53:12,448 --> 00:53:13,188
drove all over the country.
854
00:53:13,828 --> 00:53:16,148
That's so fun. And Flea was like, man, you guys do it all. Cool.
855
00:53:16,268 --> 00:53:20,308
We're like, dude, why not? This is all it takes for us. So it was a lot of fun.
856
00:53:20,968 --> 00:53:24,308
And Flea's a lifetime friend. And he's always calling, checking,
857
00:53:24,428 --> 00:53:25,348
like, what you guys into?
858
00:53:26,088 --> 00:53:28,068
Just out on the road. He's like, okay, keep up the good work,
859
00:53:28,108 --> 00:53:31,908
man. I'm going to have to help you get my Chili Peppers poster signed.
860
00:53:32,808 --> 00:53:33,588
Definitely, man. I might ask
861
00:53:33,588 --> 00:53:37,988
for a favor. Okay, no problem. No problem at all. All right, real quick.
862
00:53:38,388 --> 00:53:41,308
Favorite venue to play in in New Orleans?
863
00:53:41,828 --> 00:53:44,648
Like top, what's your top one? You named off a few.
864
00:53:45,328 --> 00:53:49,908
My top one would probably be Tips, Tippy Teens. Yeah. Yeah.
865
00:53:50,668 --> 00:53:55,988
Favorite venue to watch another band play in New Orleans? Like if you were to just go watch.
866
00:53:56,888 --> 00:54:01,948
Just go watch? I like House of Blues. House of Blues. Okay.
867
00:54:02,608 --> 00:54:07,228
All right. What about, what's the favorite venue you've ever played in, period?
868
00:54:07,528 --> 00:54:10,688
Like, was it one of these huge stadiums with the Chili Peppers,
869
00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:13,648
or is it like a smaller venue like in New York?
870
00:54:13,928 --> 00:54:16,788
You talking about in the world? Just in the world, yeah.
871
00:54:17,508 --> 00:54:21,528
You know what I like? This was in 1986. We played Bumbershoot in Seattle, Washington. Okay.
872
00:54:22,316 --> 00:54:28,476
It was outdoors. It's kind of like an amphitheater. We recently went back to Bumbershoot in August.
873
00:54:29,036 --> 00:54:33,816
For some reason, Seattle has really good sound. It just sounds so good.
874
00:54:34,636 --> 00:54:39,476
I guess they put a lot of money into the sound equipment. I like playing Seattle, period.
875
00:54:40,556 --> 00:54:43,996
Okay. Bumbershoot. Next time we're in Seattle, Uncle Dad, we'll have to go to
876
00:54:43,996 --> 00:54:47,116
the Bumbershoot for a show. Yeah, check it out. We'll definitely do it for sure. Definitely.
877
00:54:48,196 --> 00:54:51,596
Last one, and the most important one. What's your favorite place to watch the
878
00:54:51,596 --> 00:54:56,056
Saints game? on TV. The crazy thing is I'm not a big Saints fan.
879
00:54:56,836 --> 00:55:00,696
I'm a Cowboys fan, but I still want the home team to win. When they lose,
880
00:55:00,956 --> 00:55:03,636
I'm giving everybody shit like, y'all lost another one.
881
00:55:03,916 --> 00:55:07,196
When they lose, no one calls me. They refuse.
882
00:55:07,556 --> 00:55:10,836
My phone is like solids of lambs. How does that happen?
883
00:55:11,656 --> 00:55:15,036
When I was a kid, this lady was watching us and it was 1972.
884
00:55:15,436 --> 00:55:16,696
The Cowboys won the Super Bowl.
885
00:55:17,416 --> 00:55:21,116
At the time, they're kicking ass, beating everybody. I saw that team.
886
00:55:21,176 --> 00:55:22,356
I'm like, okay, that'll be my my team.
887
00:55:22,796 --> 00:55:27,396
Then when I, in 1970, that San B in 1972, it snowed in New Orleans,
888
00:55:27,516 --> 00:55:31,236
but that Christmas, my mom brought my brother Phil a Saints uniform with the
889
00:55:31,236 --> 00:55:33,876
helmet, and she didn't give me one, so I said, well, that's not my team.
890
00:55:34,016 --> 00:55:35,136
I'll just pick another team.
891
00:55:35,576 --> 00:55:39,716
And that's pretty much what happened. The team that was always on TV was the Cowboys.
892
00:55:40,376 --> 00:55:43,156
And so, but I always tell people, like, I prefer to see them win,
893
00:55:43,256 --> 00:55:45,596
because when they lose, everyone is, like, in a dumps. I was like,
894
00:55:45,696 --> 00:55:49,396
you just don't want to be like, oh, man, just let them win something, please.
895
00:55:49,916 --> 00:55:53,916
And my dad was, my dad went to the very first Saints game in Tulane Stadium.
896
00:55:54,076 --> 00:55:57,896
He actually saw the Dempsey guy kick the 63 yarder. Oh, yeah.
897
00:55:58,756 --> 00:56:01,876
When the Saints won the Super Bowl, I felt good for him. I'm like,
898
00:56:01,956 --> 00:56:05,976
you know what? All that money he put into the Saints, damn, I wish he was here to see the payout.
899
00:56:06,850 --> 00:56:11,490
Yeah, my stepdad's a huge Bills fan, and he's from Buffalo.
900
00:56:13,390 --> 00:56:18,090
Get this guy a Super Bowl before he croaks. Yeah.
901
00:56:20,010 --> 00:56:23,930
See, on certain teams, you just want to see the Bills, Detroit.
902
00:56:24,190 --> 00:56:27,190
You just want to cleave. He's like, man, could somebody please let them have
903
00:56:27,190 --> 00:56:28,830
a Super Bowl? Just one time.
904
00:56:29,230 --> 00:56:31,530
Do the 49ers need another Super Bowl?
905
00:56:32,230 --> 00:56:33,750
All right, all right. That's what I'm talking about with the Cowboys.
906
00:56:33,850 --> 00:56:37,190
They actually don't need another Super Bowl. but the 49ers don't either.
907
00:56:39,110 --> 00:56:42,850
Uncle Dad likes the 49ers.
908
00:56:43,290 --> 00:56:48,290
I like to see the Cowboys play the 49ers all the time because win or lose,
909
00:56:48,550 --> 00:56:52,710
it just makes everybody hate the Cowboys so much. It's just fun. I love to be hated.
910
00:56:55,630 --> 00:56:58,890
Last time we played you, I'll just tell you, that wasn't so good.
911
00:57:00,410 --> 00:57:04,010
But didn't it feel good to beat the Cowboys down? Of course.
912
00:57:04,970 --> 00:57:07,410
It feels good to be a villain sometimes. I'm going to be the villain.
913
00:57:07,550 --> 00:57:08,370
Yeah, I'm going to be the villain.
914
00:57:09,930 --> 00:57:14,810
Yeah. It does, yeah. Well, Keith, it's an honor, man. And thank you for coming
915
00:57:14,810 --> 00:57:16,430
on and talking to me about all that stuff.
916
00:57:16,610 --> 00:57:20,590
I love you guys and what you do and how you make people feel.
917
00:57:20,690 --> 00:57:23,350
It's always an honor to see you guys jam at the show.
918
00:57:23,710 --> 00:57:27,570
It was an honor to design and do a hat with you guys. We did a bar bridge.
919
00:57:27,770 --> 00:57:29,670
We need more hats. They sell so fast.
920
00:57:30,010 --> 00:57:33,010
We need more hats. Okay, all right. So I'll call Mike and get some more hats.
921
00:57:33,390 --> 00:57:35,230
Okay. we'll put it down. Thanks for the hat.
922
00:57:35,850 --> 00:57:39,550
And yeah, and I, you know, and I just, I respect, I respect what you guys do.
923
00:57:39,610 --> 00:57:41,650
I respect the culture. I respect the music.
924
00:57:41,810 --> 00:57:45,490
And where can people find you guys?
925
00:57:46,290 --> 00:57:50,730
Rebirthbrassband.com, Rebirthbrassband.com. You just, just Google Rebirth Brass
926
00:57:50,730 --> 00:57:53,070
Band and all shows will pretty much come up.
927
00:57:53,250 --> 00:57:56,730
They can call me. You can text me. My, my number's 24 seven.
928
00:57:57,270 --> 00:58:00,210
If I don't get back to you, I won't, I'll tell people I will answer you.
929
00:58:00,250 --> 00:58:02,350
Like you actually call back. Like, yeah, why not?
930
00:58:02,910 --> 00:58:06,690
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, put your phone number out on the listen notes.
931
00:58:06,710 --> 00:58:09,190
Put the phone number on, yeah. Put it on.
932
00:58:09,790 --> 00:58:15,750
All right, man. Well, I hope to see you soon at a show and it's been an honor. And thank you again.
933
00:58:16,450 --> 00:58:19,270
All right. Thank you. I appreciate it, man. Same to you guys.
934
00:58:19,930 --> 00:58:23,270
Hold on. Before we go, Mike, you got to wrap it up the right way.
935
00:58:23,550 --> 00:58:25,790
How do we wrap up the show? Yeah, here we go. That's right.
936
00:58:27,290 --> 00:58:31,730
We are not uncles. We are not dads, ads, but we're someone that you can talk
937
00:58:31,730 --> 00:58:33,190
to and we'll see you all next week.
938
00:58:33,520 --> 00:59:15,277
Music.
