The Yards
We're the Yards...a funk-jazz-jam band based in Lawrence, Kansas, now sometimes featuring a 3-piece horn section on the tip top!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Born in a small studio in Lawrence, Kansas on Sunday November 5, 2000. The Yards became favorites of mp3.com, amassing over 100,000 plays before its demise. The Yards have opened for John Scofield, Karl Denson, Toots & the Maytals and more. Currently living and breathing the funk in Lawrence, Kansas still...The Yards have just released a 7" single called 'Munchimoo Boogaloo' available exclusively at hammondbeat.com.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We play live mostly in Lawrence, Kansas, but have ventured to neighboring states Missouri and Colorado.
Your musical influences
Meters funk, Booker T's melodies, Medeski, Martin & Wood's sense of adventure
What equipment do you use?
Hammond organ, drums guitar and bass!
Anything else?
Like the organ? Go to hammondbeat.com . . . for fans of the funk & groove revolution!
