''All Kooked Out!'' is the debut

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New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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-based drummer

Stanton Moore Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is an American funk, jazz, and rock drummer from New Orleans. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut ''All Kooked Out! ...

. It was recorded entirely live in the studio with no overdubs and no headphones, in a week-long session that also yielded ''

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'', the debut album for Garage A Trois. Prior to this session, producer Dan Prothero worked with Moore on Galactic's first two albums. When Prothero asked Moore of who he'd like to play on his solo debut album he thought of eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and saxophonist

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who had both previously sat in with Galactic. Moore stated getting "Charlie Hunter and Skerik together would just be insane 'cause they're both just really fun guys to hang around with... quirky... funny and just great musicians." Regarding the album's title according to Moore, Prothero stated approvingly about Hunter, Skerik and Moore, "(you're) the biggest bunch a kookers I've ever met." Moore's line-up for his instrumental debut album also included several fellow New Orleans musicians. Ben Ellman (long-time associate from Galactic) and Brent Rose (Nightcrawlers) are on tenor saxophone. Matt Perrine (

Bonerama Bonerama is a brass funk rock band from New Orleans. Bonerama was formed in 1998 by trombone players Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, who, from 1990

) plays

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. Also there is Michael Ray ( Sun Ra) on trumpet, Craig Klein (Bonerama) on trombone and Brian Seeger on guitar. Notably, there are no keyboards on ''All Kooked Out!'' This

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contains bonus audio and in-studio video.

Track listing

# "Tchfunkta" # "Common Ground" # "Green Chimneys" # "Blues For Ben" # "Kooks on Parade" # "Nalgas" # "Witch Doctor" # "Boogaloo Boogie" # "Nobodys Blues" # "Stanton Hits The Bottle" # "Farmstead Antiques" # "Angel Nemali" # "Honey Island" # "DATA TRACK" (Enhanced CD)

Personnel

– drums, percussion * Charlie Hunter – eight string guitar *

–

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, kookification *

Ben Ellman Ben Ellman is an American saxophonist, harmonica player, and producer most widely known as a member the New Orleans-based funk band Galactic, with whom he has made eight studio albums. He joined the group in 1994, when they were known as Galactic P ...

– tenor saxophone * Matt Perrine – sousaphone * Brent Rose – tenor and soprano saxophone *

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– guitar Dan Prothero – producer, engineer, editing, mixing, graphic design, photography, programming

References

External links

Stanton Moore: All Kooked Out!

Fog City Records presents: Stanton Moore
{{Authority control 1998 debut albums Stanton Moore albums Fog City Records albums