Much liked (first albums of) Electric Flag, Blood Sweat & Tears (pre Clayton Thomas), and Chicago. Buckinghams' "Mercy Mercy" led me back to Adderley & Zawinul's original, yclept "Mercy Mercy Mercy", and from there to other Blue Note (the cliche of jazz and pop parting ways WWII never otm). Have long regretted that, but garage soul/preppy-frat rock was good."Soulfinger" and "Grazin' In The Grass" my faves. I played some trumpet in school but disdained the marching band (late summer, they're getting ready for football season, marching around in the mud in red wool uniforms, ughh). A float got stuck on a tree, and Rebirth were still energetic enough to challenge a high school band to a battle while the parade stood still. Turns out Rebirth had literally performed all night and went straight to the parade without rest. My favorite Rebirth story was seeing the guys perform in the bywater one night when members of the Afghan Whigs were in the audience, then seeing the band again in the Zulu parade the next morning. I find Dirty Dozen boring on CD and in concert, sorry. Ex-Rebirth member Kermit Ruffins has his own band which is pretty great, too. I lived in New Orleans for a year and my favorite Rebirth album is still Take It To the Street.
I'm all for this kind of thing, but these groups are to Rebirth what Antibalas is to Fela.
The parallel in Minneapolis (where I live) is the Jack Brass Band.
Youngblood and Mama Digdown's even go down to Mardi Gras and perform, though I don't know how seriously they're taken. You can't find a Southern accent in Madison, but you got all these brass bands and New Orleans restaurants popping up. I'm from Madison, Wisconsin, and I know those bands.
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