“I want to play with this band from New Orleans,” he told The ... “There goes Tuba Skinny,” a wry reference to longtime street musician Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, who died in 2004 ...

The street band Tuba Skinny from New Orleans brought a unique crowd to the High Noon Saloon last Monday. Rather than a young, drunk crowd of college students with no sense of personal space, an older ...

Formed in in 2009, Tuba Skinny has steadily evolved from a loose collection ... from ragtime to traditional jazz—their sound evokes the rich musical heritage of their New Orleans home. The band has ...

For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried ... and Jelly Roll Morton. Enter the band Tuba Skinny. On a recent weekend on Frenchmen Street, the hottest two-block stretch ...

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(As half of New Orleans can tell you, a sousaphone is a more portable tuba ... re the St. Peter’s Orchestra,” one horn player announced. I guessed that they were seasoned band mates, judging ...

There were white shirts and suspenders, an occasional waistcoat, even a bat-wing collar and tie, as an eight-piece New Orleans band pumped ... a huge tuba. Formed in 2009, Tuba Skinny evolved ...

NEW Orleans ensemble Tuba Skinny will bring back their distinctive ... "Everyone was so nice to us last time we were in Mullumbimby." The band recently released their album, Owl Call Blues ...

Erika Lewis is a singer and musician of Tuba Skinny, a blues and ragtime band from New Orleans ... different musical influences of New Orleans, Erika’s move from blues to country, and her overall ...