162: “Muffaletta” and “El Ritmo” by Wicked Knee
February 23, 2011 Leave a comment
Wicked Knee is a rolling slurry of a band concocted of:
–Billy Martin (percussion)
–Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
–Curtis Fowlkes (trombone)
–Marcus Rojas (tuba)
New Orleans is barely more New Orleans than the tunes these guys are playing. There’s an impending EP, but in the meantime, you can listen to some tracks on MySpace, and check out the videos below on YouTube.
The first video is from Billy Martin’s “Anti-Instructional” DVD, now available, called Life on Drums which features Wicked Knee. Billy Martin wants to teach everyone they can be an artist, regardless of their talent level. Which is cool except if he’s encouraging truly bad, unimaginative people to start hitting things loudly. I’m all for everybody being an artist except for if it sucks directly on or near me. But to be honest, even then, I’m pretty patient. Just don’t test me…
Wicked Knee’s artistry doesn’t suck at all. In fact, it VERY doesn’t suck. Enjoy.
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