Rebirth Brass Band plays 2 nights @ Great American (Event Over)

Rebirth Brass Band plays 2 big nights at the Great American Music Hall
Get your Brass on as Sunset Live proudly brings you 2 nights with New Orleans ultimate party band  plus support from the Hackensaw Boys (Fri) and Extra Action Marching Band (Sat) plus DJ Conderned

WHO: Rebirth Brass Band
SUPPORT:  Hackensaw Boys (Fri), Extra-Action Marching Band (Sat), DJ Concerned (both)
WHEN: Friday, July24 and Saturday, July 25, 2009 | Doors/ Event at 8pm 
WHERE: Great American Music Hall  | 859 O’Farrell St | 415.885.0750
GENERAL INFO: www.sunsetpromotions.net.
PRESS INFO: Kelly Edwards – press@sunsetpromotions.net
TICKETS: $23 adv. at www.sunsettickets.com, and Great American Music Hall Box Office

DETAILS: Prepare for a funk showdown of mammoth proportions as New Orleans ultimate party band Rebirth Brass Band do 2 big nights at the Great American Music Hall. Virginia party favorites the Hackensaw Boys open on Friday with San Francisco studs the Extra Action Marching Band open on Saturday. Brooklyn’s beloved DJ Concerned will open both shows and spin the brayx.

From the swamp-hot streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, the Rebirth Brass Band will no doubt stomp their way into your heart, that is, if they don’t already hold a place there. This year they celebrated 30 years of the of heavy funk, traditional compositions and modern “brasstardizations” (like their bizarre send-ups of “Casanova” and “Macarena”). Committed to upholding the tradition of brass bands while at the same time incorporating modern music into their show, their signature brand of heavy funk has placed at the pinnacle of all brass bands. With their reinvention of the brass band genre and their activity in the post-Katrina New Orleans community, Rebirth is a cultural and musical force. A hands-down favorite among the younger generation, Rebirth Brass Band has toured the world over and shared stages with George Clinton, Maceo Parker, Dr. John and more.

After seven years of relentless touring throughout the United States, Europe and the U.K., the Hackensaw Boys are being recognized as one of the most exciting groups on the diverse Americana music scene. The Hackensaw Boys have survived departures and arrivals, tribulations, blessings and, most importantly, each other. Add to this, thousands of nights in hundreds of clubs from Nashville to Bangor, from Los Angeles to Rotterdam and you begin to get an idea of the dedication and sheer mule-like tenacity that is the Hackensaw Boy ethic. So, whether you catch these guys on the road or pick them up in a store, be sure to check out the Hackensaw Boys — the perfect anodyne for the aches and pains of modern life.

The Extra Action Marching Band is a collision of big band and ecstatic turmoil. Despite their name they rarely march, but rather shimmy, crawl, mob and charge. Trumpets pounce like eagles and tubas drip ass-bouncing blurps from fat fingers. Drums shudder under wild eyed and white knuckled drummers, and through it all winds the flag team; glittering and sinuous creatures who masterfully pulsate pom-poms in a hypnotic fantasy. The listener is hoodwinked, soaked, and savaged into giddy abandon. Powerful and empowering, the Extra Action Marching Band seduces the pre-civilized will. They are immediate and visceral - more of a sweaty invitation than a show. They are a parody of idioms with shattering volume - guerrilla theater with the rug rolled up. Extra Action has performed in back alleys and at the Hollywood Bowl, they have played Black Sabbath in a synagogue for dancing octogenarians - but the preferred venue is a small locked room with the heat turned up.