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Mickey Bones

Born: June 12, 1976

Here's what music critic Brett Milano says about Mickey Bones in the Boston Pheonix;

There's probably a short list of rules for musicians who want to play authentic New Orleans sounds. First, you oughta be funky. You should eat a mess of crawfish and have your Professor Longhair down pat. Most of all you shouldn't come from Cambridge, Massachussetts.

Drummer/bandleader Mickey Bones has broken that last rule, but he's been behind most of the home grown bands who've played Cresent City music with any degree of credibility - starting with the Boogaloo Swamis whom he founded in the early 80's. Currently he leads no fewer than five bands, four of which make their recorded debut on the just-released Swamptone Sampler (on the Swamptone label, which Bones and his musical partner Joe Pete Wetherbee run from deep in the bayous of West Somerville).

Over coffee at the Middle East last week, Bones explained the real secret of of being a Louisiana-flavored drummer

Live At The Screaming Torso

By Mickey Bones

Label: CL10
Released: 2005