(Photo via Galacticfunk.com)So how does a group of (mostly) non-native college students go on to become ambassadors of New Orleans funk? For Galactic, of which all but one of the band's current members relocated to the Crescent City in the early Nineties, it took more than just practice and persistence. It took respect: For Galactic to gain the respect of its peers and elders the way that it has, the band had to approach the New Orleans sound as reverent students. And, while the band itse
via myspace.com/leeboysThe Lee Boys are not a bluegrass band, although just reading the name may evoke that thought. No, the Lee Boys are South Florida's finest sacred steel ensemble. The brothers Lee (Alvin, Derrick, and Keith) along with their nephews Roosevelt Collier, Alvin Cody Jr., and Earl Walker play a style of music which originated in the House of God church.
