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GAZ GASKELL & TOM MAGUIRE
The BOOGALOO BROTHERS
As the name implies, the pair's amalgam of Afro-Cuban Son & Rumba rhythm section with ballin' Funky R&B saxophone stylings and often humorous vocal chants echoes the mid-sixties Latino New York hybrid of Soul & Funk and Mambo & Cha Cha Cha known as BOOGALOO.
Unlike the click-edit-paste merchants of today's home studio denizens: these multi-tracked self-compositions are similarly executed entirely with ACOUSTIC instruments.
As a run-on from this activity, they are keen to extend this distinctive form of accompaniment to other artiste-composers. This has been exemplified by their recent collaboration with Toxteth soul songstress PAULINE WIGGINS and the somewhat "Deadwood"-styled incidental themes provided for the Wild West amateur short film "DUSTY RIDGE" produced by the staff & residents of South Wirral's HFT foundation.

BIO/BACKGROUND

TOM MAGUIRE
güiro (gourd scraper); conga(s); timbales; various hand percussion; vocals.

Tom was already ['trap kit'] drummer with KARL TERRY & THE CRUISERS in the late-70's when Gaz was 'inducted' into the band...which subsequently morphed into the original Jump-Jive/R'n'R GAZ & THE GROOVERS, after an artistic 'coup/mutiny' at decade's end.
Tom readily shared Gaz's by now well-embedded addiction for "Salsa" & Afro-Cuban music and they even convinced the group to participate on an in-show instrumental Mambo feature.
At the end of an eventful 1983 half season in Ibiza's notorious San Antonio, Tom departed, temporarily hanging up his Rock 'n' Roll shoes, in a bid to retain his sanity!

When Gaz returned from Germany in the mid-90s and decided to devote a good half of his endeavours pursuing the performance of Latin music, Tom was his natural choice as accomplice. After navigating various line-up reshuffles, The BOOGALOO BROTHERS is the inevitable outcome..."and then there were two"!!


GAZ GASKELL
bongos; acoustic bass guitar; tres (double-stringed guitar); tenor sax; vocals.

CLICK HERE FOR GAZ BIOGRAPHY

For further details, news & developments, go to:
boogaloo-brothers.blogspot.com
or:
www.boogaloobrothers.fusiveweb.co.uk
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