What more perfect a way to begin a cruise based solely on music than with some funky grooves care of New Orleans’ own Dumpstaphunk? It was straight funk out of the gate with a wailing instrumental piece from the boys in this awesome band. Soulful and just down right nasty, horns a-blazin’ away and with massive amounts of energy to kick things off. The hot and humorous “Gassman Chronicles” was their next offering, played at a fast clip after a dirty good opening on keys from Ivan Neville. “Do you smell that?” was his questioning intro to the song. Well…“they [do] call him ‘funk-alot’” after all. And there was so much funk in this one — better than album greatness going on. And then how about a tasty cover from the boys and some featured guests? How about The Band’s “Don’t Do It” with Amy Helm and Cris Jacobs? How about this video of how it all went down for your viewing pleasure?
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