When I played in my old band, The Jesters, it was hard to define what genre we were.  We started out as a ska band with a big horn section (this was the late 90's when ska was having a moment).  And with those horns, you know that we had to add a healthy dose of James Brown-influenced funk. But if you had just come into our show for one song, there was also a good chance that you might hear a punk song.  Or old-school hip-hop, reggae, 80's pop, jazz, or even 60's surf. That's the beautiful thing about being in a band with a lot of talented musicians from wildly different backgrounds.  Everyone brought their own ideas and songs into the … [Read more...]