I am the type of strange, southern female that you hear about that doesn’t care about organized fighting a.k.a. football a.k.a. every time I look up at the television men in sports pads are standing around doing nothing a.k.a. what ruins my friendships every fall. So, last Saturday I ditched my top-tier football loving friend group to go to a concert with a former coworker. I’m going to tell you right now, I made the right decision.
Flow Tribe’s website states:
“Straight out of New Orleans and into your earholes, Flow Tribe comes at you with the delicacy of a sledgehammer. They create ‘backbone cracking music,’ a soul shaking mixture of styles and sounds guaranteed to drive you wild. These are 6 seasoned performers who have shared the stage with the likes of Trombone Shorty, Juvenile, and BIll Summers just to name a few. A relentlessly touring band that plays major venues and festivals around the country bringing with them a heat and passion best described as ‘bizarrely irresistible.’”
That is a statement I agree with because I witnessed it first hand.
The band is six piece male Funk/Rock/Psychedelic/Blues infusion and the band’s amazing performance got the crowd moving at Smith’s Olde Bar. It played a slew of its original funk tunes, as well as popular cover songs everyone already knew.
Among its cover songs, Flow Tribe performed “Jump in Line (Shake, Shake Senora),” the song Winona Ryder was seen getting funky to at the end of “Beetlejuice” and Juvenile’s “Back That Azz up.” The latter of which was rapped successfully by the keyboard and washboard player and got all the white people (including myself) shaking what their mamas gave them on the dance floor. I also should mention that washboard/keyboardist also had some crazy dance moves. In fact, the entire band could be on “Darrin’s Dance Grooves 31” as the soundtrack and back up dancers if the band were inclined to do so. So Darrin, if you’re reading this, you should team up with Flow Tribe.
I had so much fun.
For more information about Flow Tribe and to purchase the albums visit Flow Tribe’s website, like the band on Facebook and follow the band on Twitter .