Name that band (please help me)

[5cats35]

Can you please help me to try and name this band?

They were on Later with Jools Holland earlier this year. There were a lot of members in the band and they had a big brass section and I particularly remembere one guy playing a tuba! They played a sort of up berat type of blues.

I recently ehard a friend of mine playing them on his iPod and as we had a few sherberts at the time I cant't remember what they were called it sounde something like "Hoosan something or other or vcie versa. I have done searches on Amazon and iTunes and can;t find them.

Sorry if this is the wrong topic formum but I didn't know where else to post it.

Any suggestion (polite) would eb welcome.

Thansk

 

[knacker]

5cats

Try here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/

 

[VoodooDoctor]

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Their album is excellent. Bought it after watching that show.

 

[5cats35]

Thanks VoodooDoctor. I have listened to a preview of them on the Amazon MP3 downloads and I don't think it's them. This group had at least 14 or 15 band members and were not purely instrumentals.

 

[5cats35]

knacker:

5cats

Try here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/
I've had a look on ther Knacker and can't find them in this or last years shows. I'm sure it wasn't 2007.

 

[Anonymous]

Was it Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra?

He sometimes has his own band performing on there, or as backing for one of the guests.

 

[5cats35]

gaffer79:

Was it Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra?

He sometimes has his own band performing on there, or as backing for one of the guests.

Hi gaffer nope it wasn't his rhythm & blues orchestra.

Maybe in the next year or so my mate will read the e-mail I've sent him and put me out of my misery.

 

[Amyl Right Mate]

I also would've guessed the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble from your description.

The only other thing I can think off of the top of my head might be Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Bear in mind they don't have a tuba player and there aren't 15 of them, but maybe your memories are blurring into one... link

 

[5cats35]

Nope it ain't Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings either. I've already got her on my iPod. I'm sure they are from the USA and they are all male.

 

[VoodooDoctor]

Did you listen to "War" on Amazon? That was what they played on the show. From your description you are describing the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. They stood round in a circle in the middle of the studio floor?

 

[5cats35]

VoodooDoctor:Did you listen to "War" on Amazon? That was what they played on the show. From your description you are describing the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. They stood round in a circle in the middle of the studio floor? Yep I listened to all of them on Amazon and didn't recognise any of them. The band I saw weren't standing aorund in a circle.

 

[VoodooDoctor]

Oh well then, sorry. Can't remember another band with a tuba player from the series. Let us know who they are when your mate replies.

 

[5cats35]

OK Thanks for the help - will do.

 

[Drummerdave]

Broken Social Scene? There are loads of them, not sure about a tuba though

 

[5cats35]

Drummerdave:Broken Social Scene? There are loads of them, not sure about a tuba though No not them either but I like the sound of them. Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Thinking about the description, this could have been Allen Toussaint. I know he was on Later.. relatively recently, and he may well have had a large band backing him. I can't find any clips, though.

 

[RodhasGibson]

You could be right he was joined by the Memphis Horns on quite a few occasions as I recall.

 

[Anonymous]

Through a bit of searching someone else asked the same question on wikianswers.no replies tho.the guy thinks the band name begins with B. 14 members.

thats all I got so far

 

[Anonymous]

Could potentially be Bellowhead, although they're more folk than blues. They do have a brass section, though.

 

[5cats35]

It's not Allen Toussaint nor Bellowhead although it is a similar sort of sound to Bellowhead.

 

[survivor]

I`m struggling here. Probably wasn`t them but there is a band called `The Imagined Village` who appeared on Later. They play folk with a modern twist and there are quite a few band members though I don`t think they have a tuba player.

 

[5cats35]

I'm just back from a week in France and there was an e-mail from my mate informing me that the band in question is Hazmat Modine.

Thanks for all your suggestions.