SWAMP ROOT JIMMIES (Samm Bennett

Hello friends, Samm Bennett here. I'm hoping as many friends and interested listeners as possible will come out to hear the premiere performance of my newest band, the Swamp Root Jimmies. Those of you who remember my old trio the Smoke Benders will know what a supremely funky groovemeister Naoya Numa is, and I'm delighted to have him on the drums once again in this new unit. On the big bass fiddle there's the irrepressible Keigo Iwami, one of the most joyously vibrant players I know of on the Tokyo scene. He has an absolutely top sense of rhythm and timing. The overall vibe of the band is an easy loping and rolling and tumbling Southern-style R&B, that  leans heavily into a New Orleans direction. Hints of Africanesque pulse and healthy dollops of the blues will make their way into the mix as well. We'll be doing a selection of original songs I've chosen especially for their compatability with this band. Gonna be big, rollicking fun, I'm telling ya! Don't miss it!

About the venue: The Foxhole is a comfortable and relatively spacious room: you won't feel all jammed up there.