Menahan St Band
I got my hands on a copy of this wickedly funky album after Sharon Jones and the Dapkings were down this way back in March. Tommy Brenneck plays guitar in the Dapkings, and this is his band and damn, they hot.
"The MSB sound is less like what the Dap-Kings themselves turn out and more on what I'd call "soul meets cool jazz" tip, not unlike what Leon Michels has done with the El Michels Affair over at Truth and Soul and not surprisingly, many T&S players are featured in the MSB."
"Many of you will remember them as the group sampled on Jay-Z's "Roc Boys". As legend has it, their song "Make The Road By Walking" was discovered by Diddy's production team at some point in between their presumably lengthy cheesecake runs. Tommy Brenneck, the founder of the band, has been quoted as saying that Jay-Z laughed at him when he asked if MSB could get a well-deserved shout-out on the joint. "
Listen here, or here. Album out on Dunham Records (Daptone's sub-label) Oct 14.
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