Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band returns to Castaways, Ithaca this Saturday for another explosive night of Body shaking & Funk! Doors will open at 8pm and the should will start around 10pm. 18 + and a $10 cover at the door. If you you are not familiar with band here is the information you have been waiting your entire life to read.
Ithaca Beer Company with also be doing a PINT NIGHT at this Event! Buy your first glass of Ithaca Beer & keep the glass, for the rest of the night get $4 Ithaca Beer refills with the same glass.
It began as a party, grew into a band, evolved into a sound, and emerged as an institution. Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band (aka the Booty Band) has gone through many changes since their fated onset in 2002. Today they are ready to shake the world, one cheek at a time.
The band’s first official studio release, Now You Know, debuted in 2007 to critical acclaim. The Booty Band received Home Grown Music Network’s Album of the Year and Band of the Year awards, as well as the #3 best regional album from WNCW, one of the top Triple A stations in the country. Awe-inspiring live shows, powerful original compositions, and crowd-pleasing presentations have helped the Booty Band build a rock-solid nationwide fanbase. Having completed three national tours in 2010 alone, the band has worked hard and done well to keep this fanbase fired up and growing fast. They have secured headlining slots at many prestigious festivals including Wakarusa, Jam Cruise, Bear Creek, Jazz Aspen, Long Beach Funk Fest, Rock Boat, Bele Chere (six consecutive years), Floyd Fest, and Smile Fest.
Their second studio album, Doin’ It Hard, is a reflection of the band’s approach to music, touring, performing, recording, and life in general. Recorded in June 2010 at the City of Progress Studios in Miami, FL under the cultivated ear of DJ Le Spam (Andrew Yeomanson) Doin’ It Hard is Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band – next-generation, redefined for a new decade. Doin’ It Hard is slated for a May 2011 release and will be available on 12” vinyl, compact disc, and digital download from all of your favorite online providers.
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band is: Lee Allen (drums), Mary Frances (keys, vocals), Greg Hollowell (tenor sax, bari sax, flute), Derrick Johnson (trombone), Al Al Ingram (bass, vocals), and JP Miller (guitar, vocals).
Doors open 8pm
Show starts 10pm
$10Tickets for sale at the door.
Getting to know YMBFBB:
1. What was the best show you have ever played and why?
Ithaca Beer Company with also be doing a PINT NIGHT at this Event! Buy your first glass of Ithaca Beer & keep the glass, for the rest of the night get $4 Ithaca Beer refills with the same glass.
It began as a party, grew into a band, evolved into a sound, and emerged as an institution. Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band (aka the Booty Band) has gone through many changes since their fated onset in 2002. Today they are ready to shake the world, one cheek at a time.
The band’s first official studio release, Now You Know, debuted in 2007 to critical acclaim. The Booty Band received Home Grown Music Network’s Album of the Year and Band of the Year awards, as well as the #3 best regional album from WNCW, one of the top Triple A stations in the country. Awe-inspiring live shows, powerful original compositions, and crowd-pleasing presentations have helped the Booty Band build a rock-solid nationwide fanbase. Having completed three national tours in 2010 alone, the band has worked hard and done well to keep this fanbase fired up and growing fast. They have secured headlining slots at many prestigious festivals including Wakarusa, Jam Cruise, Bear Creek, Jazz Aspen, Long Beach Funk Fest, Rock Boat, Bele Chere (six consecutive years), Floyd Fest, and Smile Fest.
Their second studio album, Doin’ It Hard, is a reflection of the band’s approach to music, touring, performing, recording, and life in general. Recorded in June 2010 at the City of Progress Studios in Miami, FL under the cultivated ear of DJ Le Spam (Andrew Yeomanson) Doin’ It Hard is Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band – next-generation, redefined for a new decade. Doin’ It Hard is slated for a May 2011 release and will be available on 12” vinyl, compact disc, and digital download from all of your favorite online providers.
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band is: Lee Allen (drums), Mary Frances (keys, vocals), Greg Hollowell (tenor sax, bari sax, flute), Derrick Johnson (trombone), Al Al Ingram (bass, vocals), and JP Miller (guitar, vocals).
Doors open 8pm
Show starts 10pm
$10Tickets for sale at the door.
Getting to know YMBFBB:
1. What was the best show you have ever played and why?
The best show we will ever play will be at Castaways in Ithaca, NY on Saturday, July 16th 2011. It is written.
2. Who is the funniest band member and Why?
JP, our guitar player, is pretty hilarious. Impeccable timing. In comedy, timing is everything.
3. What is your most memorable tour story?
In nine years of touring and performing in a party-oriented funk band, there are a seemingly infinite amount of memorable stories. Every show we have ever played has been a beautiful experience to be cherished forever. If I had to choose one story, though, I would have to say that last summer in a 1966 GM bus with a ridiculous, unforgivably grinding manual transmission that needed to be fixed (by us, because the vast majority of mechanics just scratched their heads and said "Wow, I can't believe you guys are actually driving that thing.") every hundred miles which only three of us were crazy enough to drive was truly unforgettable. We did two national tours and many regional/East Coast tours in this vehicle/home on wheels. The last journey in the bus brought us to Seattle and back to 30 miles from home (and all points in between) where the engine (which we had dubbed "Deep Water Horizon") finally threw in the grease-slathered towel and seized.
4. If all your band members were animals- who would be what?
Mary - a Purple DragonAl Al - a Griffin (half eagle/half lion)Derrick - a Centaur (half horse/half man; bottom to top, respectively)Lee - Animal (Muppet drummer from "Electric Mayhem")Greg - a Majestic UnicornJP- the Donkey from a "donkey show"
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