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 Mingo Fishtrap's Profile |
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got soul. |
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| Location: | Austin, Texas |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Mar 7, 2008 (660 days back) |
About Me |
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Mingo Fishtrap Live at the Granada Theater - Poison Ivy *A sample from the new DVD dropping Jan. 2007. Add to My Profile | More Videos Mingo Fishtrap Live at the Granada Theater - Get Ready |
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Music:Member Since: 7/18/2005Band Website: mingofishtrap.com Influences: Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, Otis Redding, Little Feat, Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, New Orleans funk/soul, Parliament Funkadelic, Average White Band, James Brown, Maceo Parker, G. Love and Special Sauce, Professor Longhair, The Meters, Ozomatli, Al Green, Billy Preston, Marvin Gaye, Kool & the Gang, Ray Charles, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, The Brand New Heavies, Beck, Ben Folds, Prince, New Power Generation, Neville Brothers, D'Angelo, Dave Matthews, Delbert McClinton, Jamiroquai, Galactic, Rufus and much more. Sounds Like: Order Mingo Fishtrap's New DVD Live at the Granada and/or our latest CD Yesterday using the form below: album priceqty MINGO FISHTRAP: DVD Live at the Granada $22 MINGO FISHTRAP: CD Yesterday $17.99 Choose how many and click Orders are handled by CD Baby – the fastest, safest, and easiest place to buy CDs online. You can also call 1-800-BUY-MY-CD to order by phone. Also available for download at iTunes and many other online digital download stores. Sign up for MingoMail, the official Mingo Fishtrap e-newsletter. Just type your e-mail address and zipcode in the boxes and click Subscribe. Easy! BAND MEMBERS: Roger Blevins, Jr.- guit./vox Chip Vayenas - drums/bkvox Roger Blevins, Sr. - bass Mark Gonzales - 'bone/bk vox Steve Butts- trumpet/flugelhorn Dan Bechdolt - tenor & alto sax/clarinet Greg Wilson- bari & alto sax Aeron Riordon - organ/keys BIO: MINGO FISHTRAP With a sound dancing between gutbucket soul, N'awlins grit-down funk and horn fueled Motown pop, Mingo Fishtrap is an anomaly in the contemporary music scene. With each album, the group gravitates closer to the classic sounds that inspired them to learn their craft. What's old is new again; with young audiences flocking to see a live show that lays its musical roots more in 1967 than 2007. And that's just fine with bandleader Roger Blevins, Jr. "Blues, soul and R&B is the common denominator of pop music. People around the world know that sound- Chess, Stax, Motown, Muscle Shoals - as part of the soundtrack to their lives. I grew up listening to Pops (Blevins' father and Mingo's bassist, Roger, Sr.) play those tunes to every age, race, color and creed. And from what we see, at least, people still need it." Mingo Fishtrap traces its beginnings to the mid 90s when Blevins and another five of the group's eight members were attending the University of North Texas' Jazz Studies program. Originally derived as a loose, after-class jam, Mingo covered songs from Otis Redding, Tower of Power, the Neville Brothers and other soul and funk masters with no particular professional ambition."Obviously, there wasn't a lot of classic soul being played around campus," says Blevins. "People around the dorms just took to it and the ball started rolling. We were good friends playing music we loved; that's a good recipe." And it's that same delicious soul food that Mingo cooks up today. With an inspired, high-energy live show, they engage the audience - persuade them to, sometimes literally, join the band inside the music. With a new live concert DVD, Mingo Fishtrap, Live at the Granada , adding to their catalog of CD releases, Mingo captures a musical conversation, which speaks with reverence about the past and with hope about the future. Through their time together on the road, Mingo Fishtrap has performed on bills with a wide range of artists: Sting, Blues Traveler, Ozomatli, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Little Feat and Jonny Lang among others. Mingo is currently touring and recording for a new CD release. Press Release, April 2007 Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Soul / R&B / Funk) |
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My Blog |
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Kennedy Center - Recap |
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| Kennedy Center Millenium Stage PerformanceAn incredible show at the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage!Our first show in Washington, D.C. just happened to be at the Kennedy Center! We played to a standing... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:02:00 PST |
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MUSIKFEST 2007 - recap |
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| MUSIKFEST 2007Our second trip to Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA proved to be even more memorable than the first!Not only were we invited to headline for an unprecedented 2 nights in a row, but our first s... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:01:00 PST |
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'Pops' featured on Baby Boomer website! |
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| Roger Blevins, Sr. has been featured on a site dedicated to the Baby Boomer generation. The site, Boomer-Living.com is one of the fastest growing Boomer communities on the web. Visit Pops's spotlight ... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:34:00 PST |
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Norway Festival Weekend May 24-26, 2007 |
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| MINGO IN NORWAYMay 24th we made our way (7 from the U.S. and 1 from Athens, Greece) to Bryne - Rogaland, Norway to play 4 concerts in 2 days at the JÆRNÅTTÅ MUSIKKFESTIVAL.On May 25th, to open up the ... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:12:00 PST |
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Press & Reviews |
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| Austin Chronicle review of "Yesterday" 9.16.2005 "A waft of déjà vu hovers after spinning Mingo Fishtrap's new platter. Songs hit right from the get-go, like a friend of a friend you imm... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:35:00 PST |
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Mingo June Northwest Tour 2006 (1st half) |
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| Greetings from Eugene, OR, U.S.A.!Well over 5000 miles and 18 days later, we are still chuggin along through a ton of shows in the great northwest. As with our tour up the east coast in April, we have... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:37:00 PST |
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Mardi Gras and opening for Blues Traveler 2/25-26 |
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| Whats shakin'?
Everyone have a good Mardi Gras?
We just finished ours off with a huge private party for Fat Tuesday on 6th St. in Austin.
Fantastic time until trying to get ANYWHERE with the crow... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:58:00 PST |
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Mingo at the NBA All-Star Weekend party @ Music World, Houston, TX |
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| Hey all.
Not being one to write on and on about the daily minutia of a band's goings on..
Our performance and partying at MusicWorld in Houston is definitely worth a healthy mention here! This past... Posted by Mingo Fishtrap on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:03:00 PST |
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