Florida Street Blowhards Jazz Band & Second Lines Jazz Band from Baton Rouge, LA

Who/what in the heck are the Florida Street Blowhards? The Baton Rouge Florida Street Blowhards specialize in traditional (New Orleans) jazz and second-line parades. The Florida Street Blowhards play in a variety of set-ups (trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, second-line marching parade band. We play funeral services or a solo trumpet to play Taps for military funerals. We can provide our own PA. What to Expect The Florida Street Blowhards (yep, it's a funny name!) typically play a rollicking one and a half hour set with no break. We’ll touch on a bit of all the good ol’ good ones from standards like Royal Garden Blues, Bogalusa Strut and Egyptian Ella to the street band gems like Bourbon Street Parade and Fats Domino, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Dr. John flavored grooves. A good time is guaranteed. If you hear the FSB music and ya toe ain’t tapping, call the doctor! The Florida Street Blowhards are from Baton Rouge. We play the New Orleans jazz sound right here in the Baton Rouge area. You want the New Orleans sound but don't want to pay New Orleans prices? We're your Mardi Gras band, your second line parade, your sit-down concert, your festival and your happy music band! Wedding second lines from St. Joseph's to the City Club? We got ya covered. A jazz funeral service? We can do that. Want a New Orleans jazz vibe for your restaurant? We are the Juban's house band. An opening act? That's us! A cool wedding reception? We can do that too. We got the jazzy trumpet, clarinet, tenor sax, trombone, and tuba sound for your front yard garden party. Ya want the big bass drum? We bring that! When you hire the Florida Street Blowhards, if ya' toe ain't tappin', call the doctor!. We're your "Down By the Riverside," "Bourbon Street Parade," "It Ain't My Fault," "Lil' Liza Jane" "Tiger Rag" jazz band. We play all the good ol' good ones. We are trained professionals. We wear white shirts, ties, dark pants and marching band hats to suit your occasion. "Laissez les bon temps jazzer!" We gots the chops. You want a touch of vintage jazz music, we can bring it. We are the Florida Street Blowhards Jazz Band...we are Baton Rouge's only traditional jazz band. We’ve performed for the Louisiana Police Jury Association, Baton Rouge Rotary Club, Visit Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Red Stick Revelry, Louisiana State Parks (Office of Culture, Recreation & Tourism), Baton Rouge Blues Festival, Curbside Burgers, Juban’s Restaurant, West Baton Rouge Museum, Perkins Rowe Arts Festival, Denham Springs Antique Fest, Krewe of Mutts Parade, Chorum Hall, Porr Boy Lloyd’s, The Baton Rouge Monopoly Board Game Party, the United States Bowling Congress, Darryl Gissel’s Spanishtown Mardi Gras Crawl, Artmosphere (Lafayette), Singleton’s Pure Music (NuNu’s in Arnaudville), Baton Rouge Arts Council, Stanton Hall in Natchez, Mississippi and numerous front yard concerts and wedding second lines. Our repertoire old and new New Orleans classic including I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate; Egyptian Ella; Bogalusa Strut; I ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll; I'm Walkin'; Tootie Ma is a Big Fine Thang; When the Saints; We Will March Through the Streets of the City; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; I know Where You Got Dem Shooz; Royal Garden Blues; Milneburg Joys; Just a Closer Walk With Thee; Old Rugged Cross; Pontchartrain Blues; Moonglow; I Thought I heard Buddy Bolden Say; Careless Love; It's All Over Now; Bei Mir Bist Du Schon; Tin Roof Blues; WEary Blues (Shake It, Don't Break It); St. James Infirmary; Hey, Look Me Over; How Come You Do Me Like You Do?; and many more classic Louisiana jazz tunes. Book the Florida Street Blowhards...even the sad songs sound happy!