Everything from Gershwin to the
Ramones to Willy Wonka
In the past two years, Royal Fingerbowl has quietly become an underground
phenomenon -- one of the most talked-about bands to emerge from New Orleans
in a long while. The band is comprised of Alex McMurray. Kevin O'Day and
Andrew Wolf. The trio's impeccable chops give lethal bite to McMurray's
irony-laden slices of low life. And it equips the band to follow their more
absurdist inclinations without missing a beat. A typical Royal Fingerbowl
set splices Gershwin with the Ramones, juxtaposes Rogers and Hammerstein
with Van Halen and might close with something from "Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory." The band's most recent album is Greyhound Afternoons.
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