The Budos Band from Staten Island returns to The Grey Eagle on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Here, baritone saxophonist Jared Tankel talks to Xpress about the band’s influences, how they got on DapTone Records and why they don’t do collaborations with indie bands.
Show info: 9pm. $12 advance/$15 day of show. DJ Rob Castillo opens.
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I freaking love The Budos Band but I just have one question:
How come everyone just now is coming out of the woodwork to get on the bandwagon? It seems kinda of random.
New record label == new promotional push
The music business. Keeping it real for one hundred years.
It’s not a new record label. All 4 of their albums (3 LP and 1 EP) were released on the same label (Daptone).
Ashevillain7: The bandwagon effect might have something to do with the fact that the Budos haven’t played the South much at all. This is only their 2nd time in Asheville, and other than some one-offs in New Orleans and Florida that simply haven’t tapped the Southeast. The time is now!
I was guessing. I wouldn’t know this band from Justin Bieber.