| Orchestra or Band | Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band |
| Performance Notes | The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band formed as a skiffle group in 2006. Their line -up of ukulele, kazoo and banjo was abandoned when founder Stuart Macbeth broke his banjo at a seaside gig - and switched to piano.
He's since been joined by Bunny Eros (trumpet), Muggsy West (tenor sax), Red Wilkins (tenor & baritone sax), Carlo Matassa (guitar), Buzz Booker (string bass) and Skippy Gannon (drums).
Their live shows are legendary and in the past three years they've played over 500 gigs including Glastonbury, Bestival and the Marlborough and Cheltenham Jazz Festivals.
As a seven piece their music is sophisticated and energetic, drenched in mid-Century Jazz and R&B. But their song writing betrays an obsession with Britain and its eccentrics that makes it clear the band's music could have originated nowhere else. |