Garage A Trois

Garage A Trois

Garage A Trois looks a little bit different today then it did when it was formed by Stanton Moore in New Orleans back in 1999.  Moore, of course coming from New Orleans's finest Galactic, originally founded the group as a trio with Charlie Hunter (guitar) and Skerik (saxophone). The band recorded their first album which was released in 1999, Mysterfunk.

In 2003 Matt Dillon on percussion and vibraphone joined the group and collaborating for their next album, Emphasizer. The band then later in 2007 picked up Marco Benevento and Hunter left the group. The now power quartet has released two albums in the past three years and have had some very memorable tours. 

This past October I was able to see the group for the first time, when they played here in Chicago at Martyrs. I have seen everybody in the band play with other groups, but I had never seen this collaboration before.  I have seen Skerik play with Les Claypol’s frog brigade, so I was ready and excited for all of his crazy antics. Matt Dillon who also plays with the Frog Brigade brings a very unique sound with the non stop upbeat vibraphone. I have also seen Benevento play before with a couple of different groups, but it was great to see how he brought its more laid back key skills to this very upbeat band. Stanton Moore is obviously incredible, the funk that he brought to this high energy, heavier metal show was exactly what it needed to be all brought together. 

Garage A Trois had a large fall tour for their newest album, Alway be Happy, But Stay Evil, but currently have no tour announced. They will be going out on Jam Cruise 10, but have no shows after that.  Garage A Trois are sure to continue collaborating and making great jams in the future.