| Member Since | 3/15/2006 | | Band Website | www.coldflavor.com | | Band Members | CFR (in order of band membership)
Brad Kelly aka "Cribs Beuford - B-Rad" - Drums, funky vocals, bongos, congas, tablas, all other electronic and auxillary percussion
Hometown: Bernardsville, NJ
Steven Camarillo aka "Stick-it Stevie - The Tower" - Bass, funkier vocals, amazing hair, live bartending flair, Dudeness level = 10
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA "Homez"
Andy Gladding aka "A-Love - Gilla Hex" - lead vocals, Hammond B3, Rhodes 88, Korg Ms-10, Roland Juno 6, Korg Poly 61, Korg Wavestation, assortment of other keyboard crap purchased on Craigslist, lead production junkie
Hometown: Northport, NY
Tom Rathbauer aka "Chez T-Bone - MACHINE" - Rhodes, Supersonic Clavinet, percussion, lead foot wah wah pedal, finely diced chordal tidbits.
Hometown: Huntington, NY
Rudy De La Rosa III aka "HammerHead Sideways - Ese Po Po Deps" - funky LA Timbales, congas, vocals, and various assorted percussion. "90min. of Funk Smash them Bashes"
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA "Homez"
Anthony Anglero aka "Anaconda Convention Moderator - Medium Huge Darkness" - lead vocals, zesty uptown congas, djembe, slick and smooth outer wear.
Hometown: The Boogie Down Bronx, NY
Linda Chavez aka "L-Dubbs - LindaMariaConchittaAlonzoe" - Alto Saxophone, spicy San Jose style backup vocals, short shorts, head of the CFR legal department.
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Sean Bradley aka "Bad Man from the Bayou - Mashter Blashter" - Lead Guitar, backup vocals, classic 74' Fender amplifier authority, cajun style funkiness guru, tobasco master
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Greg Grispart aka "G-Man - Double Stacker" Alto & Tenor Sax - Flute Player. 12 bar groove instructor extrordinare, breezy horns and winds
Hometown: Belmar, NJ
Mackenzie Shivers aka "Mack-a-licious" - Vocals, eyes, shakin tambourines, prime time television representation
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Special Guest Stars
Tim Gladding aka "Tough and Tight Tim, The Funky Professor - (TNT!)" - Alto and Tenor Sax, New Orleans funky style vocals. Member of the Re-tread Horns, exclusive horn section of Cold Flavor Repair
Hometown: Roosevelt, NY
Rich Casey aka "the Adjustor of Absecon" - Alto and Tenor Sax, ridiculously good harmonies and savory solos. Member of the Re-tread Horns, exclusive horn section of Cold Flavor Repair
Hometown: West Hempstead, NY
Julie Moon aka "Judy Dune" - SuperFunky power vocals, smashing good looks, funky entourage of soul.
Hometown: Northport, NY
| | Influences | The Tower of Power, Sons of Champlain, Parliment-Funkadelic, Average White Band, Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Roy Ayers, Otis Redding, James Brown, Rufus Thomas, The Grateful Dead, Huey Lewis and the News, CTA, STS9, Percy Hill, hells man anything funky! | | Sounds Like | Phil Bailey (lead vocalist of Earth Wind and Fire) got drunk one night after recording the song "That's the way of the world" and had a threesome with Aretha Franklin and George Clinton. Their love child grew into a beautiful heady funk princess named Dreadilocks. She left home at the ripe age of 12 to become Phil Lesh's permanent groupie. After being traded for a case of Presidente and a bag of mushrooms during summer tour '82, she re-joined her royal bloodline as the hospitality manager for Prince. She was baptised one cold january night after the studio session for "Erotic City" and formed the church of eternal guiding soul and funk. Members of the congregation included the Reverand Al Green, the the Late ODB and the almost late Reverend Solomon Burke. Rumor has it that the rapper Ma$e took seminary classes there as well.
One night, after a guest gospel performance by Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Sly Stone and Rick James were cooking up something in the church kitchen. Unfortunately, their rocky mixture clogged up the sink drains and a plumbing service had to be called. Daryl Hall (he changed professions after his last 5 albums bombed and Sara Allen moved out) was laid up with Lyme disease and was unable to come and fix the problem. John Oates, always the lacky, rushed out with Daryl's "professional" commercial plunger (stolen from the bathroom at the Akron Day's Inn during the Private Eyes tour '81) and ran to the rescue. Unfortunately, his leather pants had become so tightened due to age and non-washing that he tripped, fell and spontaneously imploded.
With the unfortunate demise of John, the church had run out of washed up R&B artists to come to their rescue. Reverends Al, Solomon and Ma$e consulted their local yellow pages and a team of brave professionals was brought in. The name of the service? Cold Flavor Repair!
| | Record Label | Inner-Ribs Records | | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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