DESCRIPTION:
11-26-2014 Toad's Place - New Haven, CT
Members:
James “Fuzz” San Giovanni, guitar/vocals;
Eric Kalb, drums
Benj LeFevre, bass
Jen Durkin, vocals
Rob Somerville, sax/vocals
Rob Volo, trombone/guitar/vocals
Cyrus Madan, keyboards
Johnny Durkin, percussion

Deep Banana Blackout (or DBB) is a New Orleans style Jazz-funk band from Fairfield County, Connecticut. Formed in the summer of 1995 when members of two bands ("Tongue & Groove" from Connecticut and "Pack of Matches" from Long Island, NY) joined forces in their spare time to run through old Funk & Soul standards. As the band members' chemistry became apparent, all other projects fell by the wayside so that they could focus on writing and arranging material for what had become Deep Banana Blackout. The band soon became a highly acclaimed musical force on the East Coast underground Jazz and jam band scene. This eight piece musical outfit, with full horn section, was notorious for performing musical compositions ranging from Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone esq. to the likes of Funkadelic.