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Mickey Bones, the band leader of the
Hot Tamale Brass Band has lived in New Orleans. He has first hand experience in playing for New Orleans Jazz funerals and has played for many of them in that beautiful Crescent City. Mickey been a professional musician since 1979 and has been playing the music of New Orleans almost exclusively since 1983. He had a regular appearance with his band, on Bourbon Street, six nights a week and has performed two consecutive years at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. After returning to the Boston area in 1992, he formed the Hot Tamale Brass Band, which has been together for fifteen years. Please feel free to click on the link below and visit our official Hot Tamale Brass Band site for more information. OFFICIAL HOT TAMALE BRASS BAND SITE
Choose the Hot Tamale Brass Band for your loved ones' New Orleans jazz funeral.

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Member Since: 8/14/2007
Band Members: A typical jazz funeral begins with a march by the family, friends, and a brass band from the home, funeral home or church to the cemetery. Throughout the march, the band plays somber dirges, hymns. A change in the tenor of the ceremony takes place, after either the deceased is buried, or the hearse leaves the procession and members of the procession say their final good bye and they "cut the body loose". After this the music becomes more upbeat, often starting with a hymn or spiritual number played in a swinging fashion, then going into popular hot tunes. There is raucous music and cathartic dancing where onlookers join in to celebrate the life of the deceased. Those who follow the band just to enjoy the music are called the second line, and their style of dancing, in which they walk and sometimes twirl a parasol or handkerchief in the air, is called second lining.
Sounds Like: Please be sure to check out Leo Touchet's book of Jazz funeral photos "Rejoice When You Die".
His web site is;
Rejoice When You Die

CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE LINKS TO FRIENDS OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FUNERAL
Hot Tamale Brass Band
Boogaloo Swamis
Boogaloo Swamis Home Page
Mickey Bones
FUNERAL FOR KERWIN JAMES
Kerwin James was a sousaphone player from New Orleans.
He certainly gets a wild ride in this YouTube video clip
I have never witnessed anything like that before.
R.I.P. Kerwin James
Record Label: Unsigned

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