The New Orleans Suspects - Caught Live At The Maple Leaf (2012)

A funky, high-energy collection of songs recorded in the blistering depths of New Orleans at the legendary Maple Leaf Bar where spirits are invoked with every guitar riff, saxophone blast, organ swell, bass bomb, and hot greasy drum fill.

Start with members of three of the top bands to come out of New Orleans, The Neville Brothers, The Radiators, and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - then add a saxophonist who was James Brown's horn director for 12 years, and a keyboard player with extraordinary talent, and you have The New Orleans Suspects. With well over a century of touring experience combined, this is a real band with genuine musicianship and more seasoning than any of New Orleans' greatest dishes. They have been making an enormous impact with their live performances across the country, have established themselves as one of the brightest new lights out of the Crescent City, and have put together a live record that is hotter and stankier than an August afternoon in the French Quarter. Funky drumbeats, greasy wailing saxophones, razor-sharp guitar playing, rollicking piano and swampy organ swells, strutting bass lines and tight vocal harmonies make this band stand above the rest. Just as the wind shifts over the Mississippi River, so does the music the band creates - strains of Dr John and the Nevilles, The Meters and Allan Toussaint, brass bands and piano legends, hot nights and sweat-soaked streets, all combine in an original way to create what is now known as The New Orleans Suspects.