The Grease Spot, by Vehicle

The Grease Spot

by Vehicle

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1.	Love By Any Name 03:51	buy track
2.	Cheatin By The Rules 05:30	buy track
3.	Runnin In The Mud 06:47	buy track
4.	ol'Time New School 01:45	buy track
5.	on the Way Out 05:24	buy track
6.	Shaker Top 04:11	buy track
7.	Aint No Crime 02:59	buy track
8.	Her Cut 07:20	buy track
9.	I Dont Mind feat. Bernie Worrell 04:42	buy track

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"If it's Dirty, Nasty...Greasy, it's the Funk! That's...what it is!"

That's what it is. The Funk! Low down, dirty, stankin, groovy music. It gets under your nails, runs down your arm and leaves a mark. The Grease Spot is a genuine moment in time, not a Kodak moment, but a Polaroid indiscretion. One for the shoebox under the bed.

Funk with a nod to the masters, Herbie, The JB's, Dr. John, grease from the Z.Z.'s, The Meters and Funkadelic, thanks in part to an appearance by Mr. Bernie Worrell himself and then pushin it forward Vehicle style. It gets heavy, but what doesn't? It's got a surprisingly southern drawl for coming this far cold of the Mason Dixon.

The boys have worked with the likes of James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Bernard Purdie and the aforementioned Mr. Worrell and you can feel why. They play it, they live it. They gig around the tri-state area from festivals to the dives.

Hailing from just outside a sniff of the Jersey Turnpike, Steve, Pete and Damon have been making em sweat for, give or take, 6 years now. Down from 12+ piece Fridays at the Melody in New Brunswick to a 3 piece and a biscuit, they've changed stride to fit the occasion. This is the second cd from Vehicle but I've been assured it wont be the last, "as long as there's beers, BBQ and something to bang on, Vehicle will be making some noise."

funk (fung-k) n a strong unpleasant odor (slang)

funk-y (fung-ke) adj 1. with a strong odor 2. down-to-earth and informal, sometimes in ways seen as lacking style or as tasteless (slang) 3. resembling blues music (slang) 4. offbeat, creative, and novel (informal) 5. causing discomfort or unease (informal)

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released February 22, 2020

Damon Trotta: Bass, Vocals, Guitars, Keys
Pete Teresi: Guitar
Steve Decker: Drums
Tommy T-Bone Stinson: Hammond
Arne Wendt: Keys
Dave Archer: Keys
Bernie Worrell: Keys
Jeni Fujita: Vocals

Recorded, engineered, produced and mixed @ Damon Trotta for Screamtank
Mastered by: Michael Fossenkemper @ TurtleTone

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