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The Filthy Six at Silk City Diner Bar & Lounge

Courtesy of Nick Etwell | Posted on July 3, 2014

Where

Silk City Diner Bar & Lounge
435 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 592-8838

When

Mon, July 28, 2014
8:00 pm

At Door

$10

Musicians

About

The Filthy Six are the most exciting, authentic Soul Jazz outfit in the UK today and have established themselves as one of the most electric live acts around. Their soaring horns, blistering guitar and gut-wrenching Hammond are fuelled by one of the hardest grooving rhythm sections east of New York, producing a hip-shakingly powerful mixture of jazz, funk and boogaloo totally in keeping with the finest traditions of the Blue Note sound. Led by trumpeter Nick Etwell (Tom Jones, Beck, Mumford & Sons) this crack unit of erudite musical gunslingers have graced the bands of some of the hottest names in music including Amy Winehouse, Jack White, Jill Scott, Dionne Warwick, Pee Wee Ellis, Ronnie Spector, Mark Ronson, Galactic and the James Taylor Quartet to name a few. These instrumental groove merchants fuse boundless energy and incredible musicianship to create tight, funky music that moves the mind, body and soul whilst simultaneously blowing the roof off every venue they play. ...

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