Friday August, 19, 2011 Buy Tickets Here 10:00 PM SHOW - 8:30 PM DOORS Mayne Stage - 1328 W. Morse Ave. Chicago IL
If ever a band could boast having a complex genealogical tree, that band is Brownout. The nine-piece, Latin funk ensemble based in Austin, Texas, is both offspring and germinating seed to Grammy Award winning Grupo Fantasma. Mostly instrumental, the band takes its cues from James Brown's J.B.'s and San Francisco's Malo, the Seventies act fronted by Carlos Santana's brother Jorge, but they infuse it with their particular vibe of border music hybridity and generous brushstrokes of trippy psychedelia. In the process they’ve taken on a life and developed a unique sound all their own. Aguilas and Cobras, the group’s most recent album on Six Degrees Records stands as testament to their one of a kind evolution.
