Event

Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk with The Moondoggies

Dumpstaphunk (http://www.dumpstaphunk.com/)
Formed in 2003, Dumpstaphunk was initially assembled by keyboardist Ivan Neville on a whim to perform a solo slot at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Ivan immediately selected the unique double-bass attack of both Nick Daniels and Tony Hall on bass, handpicked rock solid local legend Raymond Weber to man the skins, and enlisted his own bloodlines for the scorching guitar rhythms of fledgling up n' comer, and younger cousin, Ian Neville, to round out a line-up of some of the Crescent City's finest and funkiest musical cohorts! Dumpstaphunk's informal performance became that of immediate legend. The project has since grown from chance side- project into what is now widely considered to be one of New Orleans' most popular and modern musical exports. With a direct lineage to The Meters and The Neville Brothers, Dumpstaphunk is a recipe for creating a new standard for an entire genre.

It's no wonder these boys can put the Phunk in your Dumpsta, and moving forward in 2011, they continue to push the envelope of the form of a progressive funk sound that has arguably become the most defining in the modern genre of New Orleans music. With their latest release "Everbody Want Sum" starting to permeate with the single "Oughta Know Better" (co-penned by Allman Brothers / Govt. Mule Warren Haynes), featured performances at Offbeat Magazines Best of The Beat 2011, and a coveted mainstage slot at Jazzfest this year, Dumpstaphunk now stands on its own, as the legitimate torchbearer of all things funky both in The Big easy and beyond......... Who Dat!!!!

Opener: The Moondoggies (http://www.moondoggiesmusic.com/)