The Rumble

The Rumble is a band that combines the time-honored New Orleans traditions of brass band funk and Mardis Gras Indian Tribes. They practically grew out of Cha Wa, an earlier, Grammy winning precursor in the same funk/Indian Tribe space that they drew most of their members from. They are led by the Second Chief of the Golden Eagles tribe Joseph Boudreaux Jr. on vocals and are loaded with an excellent group of instrumentalists who combine their funk prowess with the kind of brass band inspired jazz sound that pretty much screams NOLA front to back. There is a bit of a bluesy streak in their music at times, but for the most part, they built their pieces on a boisterous, joyful, upbeat, uptempo sound that is liable to induce spontaneous mass dancing upon contact.