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It’s not often that a raffle prize at a music show is a tree, and the tree is dwarfed by the instruments on stage. But then again, Moon Hooch is not an ordinary band.
Cofresi warmed up the crowd with an energetic, extended set. A native of Chicago, IL, he is a beatsmith, drumming DJ who has collaborated with the likes of Matisyahu and Kind Dyce.
His sound he describes as “...genre bending, melodic, organic, percussive, soulful, cheeky, refreshing & eclectic.”
His setup: “Currently, I use a blend of live percussion with digital pads or all digital pads depending on the gig.”
He started the evening riffing to Stan Getz’s “The Girl from Ipanema” before moving onto Bob Marley’s “Is This Love?” He was a whirl of motion, seemingly in a trance before wiping his forehead with a towel between songs like he had already ran a marathon. He was so into the music, he said halfway through the set that he thought the orange traffic cone on stage was actually a person.
“I hope you like sand,” he added, as he moved into “Mr. Sandman”, then finishing with a lick of “It’s Tricky” from Run DMC.
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Moon Hooch at Triple Rock (16 Oct 2016)
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What I also like is how they eventually got banned from playing in the subway for people were more interested in dancing on the platforms than catching their next train.
Now they are on stages in clubs and music festivals playing an array of saxophones:
Wenzl McGowen sported a tenor and baritone sax (with a traffic cone plunger), and one oddly shaped saxophone with a tall Byzantine look that sounded nasally, maybe snootie like a French horn.
Mike Wilbur also brought a tenor and baritone sax, and one mammoth bass that he had to strap in with a shoulder harness just to play.
They were joined by drummer Cyzon Griffin, who deserves a special shout-out for he went beat-for-beat with McGowen and Wilbur even though he was surrounded by a wall of drums and cymbals.
There is no way to correctly describe Moon Hooch’s music. You should go see them for yourself. You should definitely go for there is no way that you will not be dancing to music that blends the tenets of jazz, pep band, punk, all with the propulsive beat of dance music.
These guys should play at every sporting event except no one would end up watching any of the games. Like everyone at the Turf Club and as far back to the NYC subway stations, they would be dancing to the very last song.
Fun Fact: Moon Hooch’s NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert was ranked in the Top Fifty (#46) by New York Magazine’s Vulture just this month, two spots ahead of the Blue Man Group, which is somewhat funny since Cyzon Griffin won the Blue Man Boston Drum-Off in 2019.
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Moon Hooch at Turf Club (27 Sep 2024) |
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