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Captain Midnight - Guitars, Vocals

Andy Leab - Bass, Vocals  

Lil' Rae Rae - Synths and Vocals

Little Mike - Drums, Vocals

Band BIO
 
The Captain Midnight Band creates "Water Bed Rock & Roll" for the mind, booty, and soul. Crunchy Rock Guitar, Soaring Vocal Harmonies, and thick R&B grooves create a sonic landscape for the band's suggestive, Sci-Fi imagery and improvisational interplay.


Formed in New Orleans in 2003, The Captain Midnight Band stays true to the Crescent City's celebratory heritage. Their shows are usually sweaty, throbbing events, interspersed with humor, eroticism, and epic jams.

Flattering comparisons to genre-defying acts such as P-Funk, Frank Zappa, and Ween are evident in the band's approach to expressing their true evolving nature, but its the relationship between band and crowd that truly fuel the freakout. The tone of each show is mostly dictated by that night's particular audience, upping the ante for nightly weirdness!

The core line-up of Captain Midnight (Guitar, Vocals) Andy Leab (Bass, Vocals) Mike Little (Drums, Vocals), Lil Rae Rae (Keys, Vocals) is often augmented with guests ranging from vocalists & percussionists to full horn sections, depending on where and when the band happens to be playing.

Midnight's style has infiltrated a variety of musical realms. Bob Weir, Merl Saunders, Dumpstaphunk, Galactic, Cornmeal, Melvin Seals & JGB, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Cypress Hill, George McConnell,  Karl Denson, New Mastersounds, and The 2 Live Crew are just a few musical entities Midnight has either shared the stage or bills with. 

Performances with...

Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
New Mastersounds
Big Sam's Funky Nation
George McConnell 
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings 
Railroad Earth
Cornmeal
Cecil "P'Nut" Daniels
Karl Denson
Cypress Hill
Unknown Hinson
Merl Saunders & Melvin Seals
Lord T & Eloise
 2009 - 2010 HeadJamz Festival
2011 Smilefest Reunion
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
2010 Double Decker Festival
2010 Summerfest - Milwaukee
Zoogma
The Twin Cats
Rebirth Brass Band
The Wild Magnolias

...to drop a few names


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