GUMBO Americana Band from Spencer, MA

"GUMBO" is a recently formed Boston based band. Four of the five members are professors at Berklee College of Music in Boston. "GUMBO" specializes in the music of New Orleans, Funk, Blues and Jazz. Featuring tunes by such artists as The Meters, Dr. John, James Booker, John Cleary, Proffesor Longhair, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, John Boute, Coco Montoya, among others. All of the members of "GUMBO" have experience playing with National and international talents such as B.B. King, Chuck Berry, James Cotton, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Mighty Sam McClain among others. Due to their vast experience and talent they bring it all the way HOME!! Artist Information Biography Dave Limina - Keys and Hammond B3 Performances with B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Courage Brothers, Ronnie Earl, Steve Forbert, B.B. King, Duke Levine, Mighty Sam McClain, Tracy Nelson, Carl Perkins, Martha Reeves, Duke Robillard, Todd Thibaud, Barrence Whitfield, Michelle Willson, and the Performances with B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Courage Brothers, Ronnie Earl, Steve Forbert, B.B. King, Duke Levine, Mighty Sam McClain, Tracy Nelson, Carl Perkins, Martha Reeves, Duke Robillard, Todd Thibaud, Barrence Whitfield, Michelle Willson, and the national touring company of the musical Rent.Recipient of Boston Music Award nominations for work with Courage Brothers, Mighty Sam McClain, and Michelle Willson Bob Tamagni - Drums National and international performances and recordings with Kris Adams, the Berklee All-Stars, the Big Wolf Project, Gary Burton, Emil Haddad, Kaoruko, Mike Metheny, Pat Metheny, Joe Mulholland, Bob Nieske, Dick Odgren, Jim Odgren, Out at Home, and the Sled Dogs, among others Performance settings range from the Newport Jazz Festival to 10,000-seat auditoriums Now seen nightly in the house trio at one of Boston's premier jazz venues, the Top of the Hub. Dave Buda - Bass Dave has played and recorded with everyone from the Boston Pops, to Take Six, to Vince Gill, Patti Labelle. Dave has played all of the Broadway shows at the Wang Center, Shubert, Wilbur, Symphony Hall. DCU center. Has toured across the US, and much of Europe and Asia Mike Williams - Guitar Performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada as a member of Grammywinner James Cotton's blues band and with many other artists, including David "Fathead" Newman, Mighty Sam McClain, the Bruce Katz Band, Sugar Ray Norcia, Darrell Nulisch, Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle Willson, Jerry Portnoy, the Love Dogs, blues piano virtuoso David Maxwell, and his own band, Michael Williams and Friends. Jim Porcella - Vocals and Percussion He began a jazz vocal career and has recorded seven critically acclaimed CDs performed in jazz and cabaret settings in the Northeast, London, San Francisco, The Virgin Islands and Vancouver. Jim was also the featured vocalist at Boston's Ritz Carlton and Boston's prestigious Bay Tower Room, as well as with the Artie Shaw Orchestra. Jim is the leader of his own swing band, Bombay Jim and the Swinging Sapphires and lead vocalist with PrimaVera!, a tribute show to the music of Louis Prima and Keely Smith.