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In their seven years of existance, funkUs (formed in 1998) has become one of Orlando's leading bands forging the spirit of community through their many musical endeavors and events from coast to coast in Florida. A founding member responsible for Orlando's Jambando, funkUs has been a key player in developing the emerging jamband scene locally as well as a longtime Orlando blues scene mainstay, appearing at the first annual Bluesfest last year (2004). funkUs also had the pleasure of having the Grateful Dead's original keyboadist, Tom Constanten, sit-in with them on two occasions in 2004.
Their musical style ranges from country, punk, latin, funk, blues, rock and mellow jazz and has been named "flavor rock" by the local press. funkUs has been described as BB King meets the Grateful Dead with some Meters and Phish mixed in... for flavor, of course.
Members of the Legendary JC's, Bluelegs, Soul Cactus and the Grateful Dead's Tom Constanten appear on this CD, as well as an exerpt of the Philips Phile from Orlando, FL's Real Radio 104.1 FM.
Dig the flavor! It'll grow on you... (get it?)
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Jam is main flavor of Orlando's funkUs
author: Rick de Yampert, Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Orlando band funkUs calls its music "flavor rock," which its members describe as "an alternative form of rock 'n' roll that pays tribute to the musical rebellion it has always represented by exploring combinations and boundaries of different musical styles, or flavors."
Hmmmm, OK.
And how does the band deliver its flavors? With jam -- as in jam band. The new funkUs CD, "Free," features jam rock styles that recall Phish and the Allman Brothers on the breezy track "Name That Show," some funky Santana vibes on "Everybody's Right (Free)" and "FYF," a salsa beat on "Bonnie Lopez" and some dreamy, psychedelic grooves on "Run."
Of course, any self-respecting jam band must pay respects to the spirit of the late Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, and funkUs does so with the mellow, countrified "Take a Rest" and "Smiley Garcia." That's Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten who guests on the "Garcia" track.
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