Lettuce is undoubtedly one of the most righteously acclaimed funk bands on the scene today.  They combine deep funk bass from Erick “Jesus” Coomes, with tight horn licks from Eric “Benny” Bloom and Ryan Zoidis, with slick pickin from Adam “Schmeans” Smirnoff, with groovalicious keys and vox from Nigel Hall, and all held down by some of funkiest syncopation from Adam Deitch on the drums.  They have outRAGE!ous original material and are always a highlight of any festival they play. But did you know they have a deep and abiding ancestral tie to the legendary funk-soul horn band Tower of Power?Continue Reading

There is likely no more iconic group for Spirt of Suwanee Music Park as Lettuce and there’s no better timeslot or stage for their interstellar funk than midnight on the Amphitheater stage.  And so it was for Hulaween 2017 the flagship set where Lettuce torched the festival with one of their alltime spaciest, spookiest, funkiest low down and nasty sets.  You can catch the Mt. Crushmore opener from the second set at FunkCity.net on YouTube with the link. Of course, the pre-party opening set scorched the stage as well.  They kicked off with a New Intro and rolled right intoContinue Reading