Papa Grows Funk is an American
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...
band from
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
. The band was started by frontman
John "Papa" Gros in early 2000, developing from a series of Monday night jam sessions helmed by Gros at New Orleans’
Maple Leaf Bar
The Maple Leaf Bar is a music performance venue in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is also a bar and hosts other events.
Background
The Maple Leaf is located at 8316 Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood. Opened on February ...
. Gros would invite some friends down to play, and the impromptu jams became a common bond for a handful of musicians, including guitarist
June Yamagishi
June Yamagishi (山岸 潤史, born Junshi Yamagishi, June 6, 1953) is a Japanese guitarist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the guitarist for bands Papa Grows Funk and the Wild Magnolias.
History
Yamagishi was born in Ise City, Mie Pref ...
, sax player
Jason Mingledorf, bassist
Marc Pero and drummer
Jeffery "Jellybean" Alexander, who now make up Papa Grows Funk.
They played in front of a hometown crowd at The Voodoo Experience held at City Park in New Orleans over Halloween weekend 2009.
Hiatus
It has been widely reported that the band has been on "indefinite hiatus" since June 29, 2013.
Discography
*''Doin' It'' (2001)
*''Shakin (2003)
*''Live at the Leaf'' (2006)
*''Mr. Patterson's Hat'' (2007)
*''Needle in the Groove'' (2012)
*''The Last Leaf (Live)'' (2016)
References
External links
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Musical groups from New Orleans
American funk musical groups