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All Kooked Out!

Crescent City funk with jazz chops and a superbad attitude

Stanton Moore is best known as the drummer for Galactic, whose debut album Coolin' Off also saw its initial release on Fog City Records.

For his debut solo project, Stanton brought together (for the first time ever) Charlie Hunter (eight string guitarist) and Skerik (tenor and baritone saxologist for Critters Buggin', Les Claypool, etc) along with a cast of New Orleans funk/jazz heavyweights including Ben Ellman (Galactic), Michael Ray (Sun Ra / Kool & The Gang), and Matt Perrine (New Orleans Nightcrawlers). All Kooked Out has been a launchpad for one of New Orleans’ greatest living drummers, and remains one of our most in-demand records.

Stanton has a unique ability to respect the traditions that have come before him while lending a sense of humor, enthusiasm, and true funkiness to almost any groove. He puts it this way: "I think a lot of people don't take the initiative to understand that music. Especially with funk - guys will go back and learn the Red Hot Chili Peppers to learn how to play funky. We'll check out the Meters but then go back and try to find out where they're coming from like Professor Longhair, and then where he got it from like the Mardi Gras Indians and the brass bands. And then from where they got that from Jelly Roll Morton. And then try to go back from where Jelly Roll Morton got his stuff: Congo Square. You just try to go back further and further and always try to come up with something that's fresh."

These recordings were made completely live in the studio (no overdubs, no headphones and definitely no samples), in New Orleans right after Mardi Gras. The atmosphere that resulted (augmented with liberal portions of Stanton's mom's Southern cookin') is clearly audible on the thirteen tracks included here - all kooked out indeed!

“I remember the bands coming down the street, hearing the drums, the bass drum first. I would be jumping up and down. I was always drawn to drums. I guess my parents finally figured it would be cheaper to buy me a drum than to replace all their pots and pans.”

— Stanton Moore

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Tchfunkta
Common Ground
Green Chimneys
Blues For Ben
Kooks On Parade
Nalgas
Witch Doctor
Boogaloo Boogie
Nobody’s Blues
Stanton Hits The Bottle
Farmstead Antiques
Angel Nemali
Honey Island

Produced and recorded by Dan Prothero

All Kooked Out was recorded by Dan Prothero and Chris Finney at Magazine Sound in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Personnel: Stanton Moore (drums & percussion), Charlie Hunter (eight string guitar - five guitar strings and three bass strings), and Skerik (tenor and baritone saxophones), with Matt Perrine (tuba), Brent Rose (tenor & soprano saxophones), Brian Seeger (guitar), Ben Ellman (tenor sax), Michael Ray (trumpet), and Craig Klein (trombone)