{{Infobox musical artist , name = Hot Tamale Brass Band , image = Hot-Tamale-Brass-Band_1.jpg , caption = , image_size = , alias = , origin = Boston, Massachusetts , genre = Brass band / Dixieland , years_active = 1992 – present , label = CL10 , associated_acts = , website
HotTamaleBrassBand.com
, current_members = Leader /

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Bass drum The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. Th ...

: Ted Larkin

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: Phil Johnson

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s: John Faieta, Bryan MacMartin
Saxes: Scott Shetler, Gordon Beadle, Timo Shanko

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s: Scott Aruda,

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: Mark Chenevert , past_members = Hot Tamale Brass Band is a brass band that plays traditional

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, dixieland,

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and funky second line music. The band is based in the

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area. The band has nine full-time members, sometimes performing as small as a quintet, other times performing with as many as 42 members for a

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History

The Hot Tamale Brass Band was formed in 1992 after their leader,

, moved from

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to Boston. The band took up Sunday residency for the next three years at

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts to build a local fan base and develop new material.

Performances

The Hot Tamale Brass Band have performed in many venues such as: the

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parade in New Orleans, the

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, the

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River Festival, the

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Theater, First Night Boston, the Berklee Performance Center. and they participated in a well received "party crash" of the radical HONK! festival parade in 2008. They are probably best known for performing over 800 concerts for the

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for every home game since the year 2000. The band is occasionally asked to dress up in black suit and tie to perform at a New Orleans style

. The band needs no amplification so, the mobility of the group has allowed them to perform while being propelled by scullers up the

Charles River The Charles River ( Massachusett: ''Quinobequin)'' (sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles) is an river in eastern Massachusetts. It flows northeast from Hopkinton to Boston along a highly meandering route, that doubles b ...

or on the back of a fire truck in downtown Boston playing dixieland music. The band has made appearances on ''

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'',

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, the 2005 remake of '' Fever Pitch'' by the

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and have been recently filmed for

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' Baseball-10th Inning documentary.

Discography

*''Live at the Shrunken Head'' (1999) *''Live at the Screaming Torso'' (2009) *''Live at the Ballpark'' (2010)

References

All About Jazz: Interview
by music critic

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in the ''

Boston Phoenix ''The Phoenix'' (stylized as ''The Phœnix'') was the name of several alternative weekly periodicals published in the United States of America by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts, including the ''Portland Phoenix'' and ...

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''Fever Pitch'' movie creditsHot Tamale Brass Band plays for DisneyHot Tamale Brass Band at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

External links

Official WebsiteCD Baby

Hot Tamale Brass Band myspace page
Dixieland ensembles Musical groups from New Orleans American brass bands