The Walkaround Dixieland Band

Dixieland music is high octane fun for everyone. That's me wrapped in the sousaphone. If you look closely you should be able to find MusicInYourEar with his trombone because this is a picture of our walk around dixieland crew.

We styled ourselves after the amazing New Orleans band The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. I only have one of their albums "Whatcha Gonna Do for the Rest of Your Life?", but my guess is that I have listened to it two hundred times.

We used to play some classics like : When the Saints Go Marching In, The Happy Birthday Polka, St. James Infirmary, Amazing Grace, and It Don't Mean a Thing If It Aint Got That Swing.

An interesting fact: If you want to get brass quintet gigs, then you have to walk around playing dixieland on the street. Perfect strangers will ask you to come play their galas, gatherings, get-togethers, childs birthday parties, food courts and even parking garages.

As far as I am concerned, playing dixieland should be a total body experience. Heh heh, what I mean is go and get yourself wrapped in a sousaphone, and definitely try this at home!