; "Filthy is all right.” Jed Keipp, vocalist-guitarist for the groovalicious trio , is extolling the virtues of filth, with regard to music. He equates filth to reality, says it makes the music more interesting. He’s right. When you wanna get down, you don’t wanna do it to permanent-pressed, perfectly coifed Harry Connick Jr.you want some greasy enough to move the booty. Take James Brown: He may be sharply dressed, but he’s funkyand not just in the rhythmic (or olfactory) sense. “You got to have some dirt in the music [in order to] to have a sound,” says Keipp, who also goes by Jebu (a nickname given to him by his drummer). “The filth is like honesty. Music is made to woo people and get them excited; honesty, something they can relate to, keeps things rolling.” So has been the rallying cry of Jebu since its inaugural year of 2000. Keipp had made rounds as a drummer with James Shook & the Resolutions, Ogden jazzer Joe McQueen, guitarist Mike Christianson and his former band, Inside Green, but what he had in experience he lacked in fulfillment. Hence, Jebu materialized on a “hazy desert trip” to Goblin Valley as a means to make sense of Keipp’s myriad musical interests (Paul Simon to Hendrix to James Brown to the Police) and satisfy a desire to hold both songs and chops at a premium. Quoted from The . Written by Randy Harward