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Gumbo Kings
12+ albums
bluesjazzfunksoulNew Orleans
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There are several bands with a similar name: 1. The Gumbo Kings from the Netherlands, 2. The N'awlins Gumbo Kings from New Orleans. 1) The Gumbo Kings are a five-headed Dutch band that combines the groove of New Orleans funk with delta blues and the melodies of Memphis soul. See their home page and Facebook profile: http://thegumbokings.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thegumbokings/ -- 2) The N'awlins Gumbo Kings come from New Orleans, Louisiana. All members have connections of some kind that go back to the Big Easy: Steve Howard, trumpet (Paul McCartney, Dr. John, Ray Charles), Bobby Breaux, drums (Al Hirt, Woody Herman, Ellis Marsalis), Brian Piper, piano/vocals (Jerry Jeff Walker, Rosemary Clooney, Cab Calloway, Vocal Majority), Mike Sizer, clarinet (Dukes of Dixieland), Carl Hillman, bass (Donald Byrd, David Liebman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bernadette Peters, The Ink Spots, Robert Goulet), and Tony Baker, trombone (Wynton Marsalis, Doc Severinsen, Arturo Sandoval, Steve Turre, John Fedchock, Pete Christlieb). See their home page for more info: http://www.gumbokings.com User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
