Old Rock House Presents:
An Evening of Jimmy Buffett with The Jumbo Shrimp Band
All Ages
Friday, January 09
Doors: 7 pm // Show: 8 pm
Escape the January chill! The Jumbo Shrimp Band brings their Caribbean Soul and Jimmy Buffett vibes back to The Old Rock House on January 9th. Good times guaranteed.
All ages show – $2 cash surcharge for minors at the door
Mike McEnery Music
The Jumbo Shrimp Band's musical style was developed in 2009 while this group of friends were lost at sea for over six months. It's the usual story, something about a three hour tour, the weather started getting rough, blah, blah, blah......
Good fortune was on their side, because there happened to be three CD's on the boat: the greatest hits collections of Jimmy Buffett, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Bob Marley. (Actually there were four, but thankfully Abba's Greatest Hits was scratched and could not be played.) Once Gonzo rigged up some solar panels from palm leaves, gum wrappers and a shoe string, the band fired up the boom box and jammed on those CD's 24/7. Then miraculously a crate of musical instruments washed up on the beach. With nothing else to do, the gang all learned to play an instrument, became musical geniuses, and formed a band - which they dutifully named after their boat, the S.S. Jumbo Shrimp.
After fending off local headhunters, Japanese submarines, and Russian cosmonauts for several more months, they were finally rescued by the US Coast Guard.
Within days of their return to civilization, world famous promoter Hugh Jass read their story in Time magazine and signed them to a massive contract to continue to record and perform their mix of Gumbo Rock and Caribbean Soul.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Good fortune was on their side, because there happened to be three CD's on the boat: the greatest hits collections of Jimmy Buffett, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Bob Marley. (Actually there were four, but thankfully Abba's Greatest Hits was scratched and could not be played.) Once Gonzo rigged up some solar panels from palm leaves, gum wrappers and a shoe string, the band fired up the boom box and jammed on those CD's 24/7. Then miraculously a crate of musical instruments washed up on the beach. With nothing else to do, the gang all learned to play an instrument, became musical geniuses, and formed a band - which they dutifully named after their boat, the S.S. Jumbo Shrimp.
After fending off local headhunters, Japanese submarines, and Russian cosmonauts for several more months, they were finally rescued by the US Coast Guard.
Within days of their return to civilization, world famous promoter Hugh Jass read their story in Time magazine and signed them to a massive contract to continue to record and perform their mix of Gumbo Rock and Caribbean Soul.
The rest, as they say, is history.
