THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND
9 p.m., Sticky Fingerz. $15.
The Crescent City is known for harvesting its own flavor of
swamp-boogie funk, voodoo blues and traditional Dixieland jazz roots.
But combine those three and the result is truly original. Dirty Dozen
Brass Band is gonna inject a shot of groove straight into a venue and
turn it into a rump-shaking festival, especially combined with the
post-Hog crowd certain to be in the area. Even though there are only
nine members in its lineup, the band sounds like a full-bore marching
platoon from the moment it launches into the opening number, which
often is the title track to its 1984 debut album “My Feet Can’t Fail Me
Now.” Established in 1977, DDBB has been a guiding influence on New
Orleans brass acts since. If you want three decades of culture, history
and badass Big Easy sounds rolled up and twisted tight, make plans for
this one. Longtime local favorites Freeverse set the mood in the opening slot. Be there.