Cadillac Funk - Cadillac Funk (2014)

“Cadillac Johnson” grew up in Indianola and Cleveland, Mississippi, and then attended Delta State University. He’s not allowed to call his band “Cadillac Johnson” anymore, and his given name is Andrew Yurkow, anyway. He’s a hardworking, songwriting, super funky guitar player currently living in Oxford, Mississippi.
Official members of the band, recently renamed to Cadillac Funk, are Andrew Yurkow (lead guitar, vocals), Buck Tramel (rhythm guitar, vocals), Alan Justice (trumpet), Erika Carpenter (saxophone), Charles Roy Washington (saxophone), Narada Snyder (saxophone), Jonathan Evans (trombone), “Funky” Griff Forsythe (bass), Michael Satterfield (drums), Andy Anderson (sound, drums), and Bill Perry, Jr. (keyboard). Band member “Funky Griff” Forsythe also played bass with Andrew in Original Junk Band in 2002. Seth Libbey and Kevin “K-Max” Wilson have also played recent shows with CadillacFunk.
The current Cadillac Funk lineup has been playing and practicing together for only a few months now, but diligently so. They’ve played Union Unplugged twice now, Two Stick and The Levee several times, The Blind Pig and The New Parrish’s.
They seem to have become almost an instant hit in Oxford, giving Pithecanfunkus Erectus (“P-Rex”) another local funk band to welcome to the funkin’ family. And like the guys in P-Rex, Andrew is careful not to pin the band to just one area of funk when choosing or writing songs. He wants CadillacFunk to bring the funk from every direction, from the P-Funk sound to 80s Red Hot Chili Peppers, back around to a Prince-inspired tune or a James Brown feel.