After spending 2 years touring in New-Orleans and all over the USA as a keyboard player for Brian Lee and once he was back to France, Vincent Pollet-Villard decided it was time he started his own band where he could celebrate the music of the Crescent City.He remembered the story of this gigantic crawfish, Mudzilla, that was supposed to haunt the Swamps around New-Orleans and decided this name would fit perfectly his new project.Once the band was put together it became obvious that Mudzilla would develop their music through their own songs in which they would pay tribute to the great musicians of New-Orleans such as Doctor John, The Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint, The Meters.Mudzillas music is like a Gumbo,this soup from Louisiana, take some rhythmn Blues, add a few slices of funk&soul, throw in a little bit of rocknroll, let it groove on a medium fire, enjoy.The band released their 1st album Zooziana(MosaicMusic) in November 2003 and the warm welcome they received allowed them to be awarded Best Blues Act in France by the Trophées France Blues the same year.Since then, the Bordeaux based band has been touring all over Europe & more whether under their own name or as a backing band for blues artists such as Nico Wayne Toussaint(Fr), Dawn Tyler Watson(Can) , UP Wilson(USA), Shawn Pittman(USA).After the recording of Nico Wayne Toussaints 1st live album Transatlantic Live(Dixiefrog) in 2004 and the recording of the album Love & Hate(MosaicMusic) with Mig Toquereau, one of Frances soulest voice, in 2005, Mudzilla is now working on their second album for which theyre using the skills of Holland based horn section:The Dynamite Horns, featuring Bony the boner on trombone,Tommy Tornado on sax & flute & Trompie "The Lips" on trumpet.So get ready to party cos Mudzilla, The Louisiana groove machine is in da house.
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