The first nouveau brass band to sin with a major label ... Colbone grew up on the west bank in Algiers. Band members happily acknowledge nfluences ranging from opera and Frank Sinatra to Nat Kng Cole and Bill Withers, all helping to further season the hipv hop brass band recipe. (Rick Koster, Louisiana Music p. 66)
Interesting. File under: New Orleans Hip Hop
In the music library: Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans: The Saints
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