James Day and the Fish Fry

Media, PA

$800.(phone number hidden)0

Travels up to 100 miles

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Mardi Gras Gris Gris

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Mardi Gras Mambo

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Festival

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Harmonica stomp

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Some festival somewhere?

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Amphitheater Show

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Overview

We have been playing New Orleans styled original music in the Mid-Atlantic for 17 years. Blues Festivals, Private Parties, Summer Concert series, Weddings and Backyard Crab boils & BBQ's. We are a 5 piece that can add a horn if needed, we are recording artists on the Vizztone Label. We look great and sound great and are a dancing let the good times roll band. As a native of NOLA I have been playing and listening to this music since I was a kid. We are the real deal- fine purveyors of New Orleans Music. We play the classics you hear in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, Zydeco festivals and clubs.


Reviews

1 review

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James D.

October 28, 2021

Music from the New Orleans streets.

James Day & the fish fry band was tops. My style of tunes that brings back memories of my visit to the big easy & also watching the Saints play. Great band.

Hired as: New Orleans Style Entertainment

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Booking information

Price range: $800.(phone number hidden)0

Languages: French

Gig length: 120 - 180 minutes

Insurance: $50,000 - We can purchase or client can .Only 1 show thus far - it was a by a pool at a community center.

What to expect

Top 20 Reasons you want James Day & the Fish Fry for your Event:
1.We play a Variety of New Orleans Music. [Zydeco/Mardi Gras Music/NOLA R&B Classics]
2. 17 Years Playing in the Mid-Atlantic from Large Blues Festivals to Backyard Fish Frys’
3. We have recorded 2 CD’s on the Vizztone Record Label.
4.We are active showmen and do not stand around like statues.
5.We dress the part! (t costumes at Mardi Gras / dressed up performer threads in summer)
6.We can bring the PA & Mics (Public Address system)
7.We decorate our stage with props like Alligator heads and Voodoo amulets
8.We throw Mardi Gras beads to the crowd.
9.We use a bungie T-shirt cannon and shoot Free T-shirts into the crowd at large outdoor shows.
10.We can hire extra horns if you desire.
11.Our music is infectious and makes folks move and dance.
12.We show up on time and early and are never high or drunk.
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14.Happy to work within your budget.
15.We never need hotel rooms or overnight accommodations.
16.We travel within a 200-mile radius of Philadelphia, PA.
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19.Happy to do fund raisers, casino shows, house parties and corporate events.
(link hidden)l Louisiana, All the time! If you like, we can march the through the crowd, we play zydeco (accordion and washboard) we play Cajun waltz’s, we sing in French, we genre bend popular songs, we play many 50’s tunes like Fats Domino and Professor Longhair and Doctor John. If you want low down blues, we can play that also!
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All Louisiana all the time!

About

JAMES DAY & THE FISH FRY
Your “full-service” New Orleans Music band.

Based in the Mid Atlantic, James Day and the Fish Fry perform at festivals and venues in Canada and along the East Coast. On any given night, one can hear all styles of New Orleans Music: A Gumbo mix of Street Parades, Cuban Rumbas, Swamp Pop, Zydeco, and New Orleans Classics. Their music is played on satellite radio, roots music stations and overseas radio. It’s all there in the pot: backbeat drumming, slapping upright bass, fat tone guitar, squeezing accordion, honking saxophone, scratchy frottoir, Cajun fiddle and ripping harmonica. If you want to dance, or just soak up some fine New Orleans Music then make it out for some Crescent City Gumbo Vibes at their next performance.

Additional booking notes

Enough space for 5-6 players
We can bring sound Bose L-1 system No mics on drums
lawn/ stage/ riser/ whatever
Dont have lights

Past booked events

February 2025

22

Saturday

Cocktail Party

6:00pm - 10:00pm

Phoenix, MD

October 2022

08

Saturday

Birthday Party

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Newtown, PA

March 2019

02

Saturday

Holiday Party

2:00pm - 4:30pm

Jersey City, NJ

February 2018

03

Saturday

Holiday Party

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Jersey City, NJ

Set list

Fish Fry Set 1 2021
Tipitina F 8-bar Piano
Down by the Bayou C (starts on F) Fast Zydeco
Let’s Dance F Drums open/V-IV zydeco
YA YA C Ska Beat/Slow ending
Iko Iko D Bo Diddley Beat
No Buts & No Maybes C Piano opens
Jolie Blon G Cajun Waltz
Call everybody sweetheart C loose March /rumba/3 chacha’s
Rocking Pneumonia… C 4/4 R&R
Lonely, Lonely Nights E Swamp pop (some arrangements)
Corn Bread F Fast Zydeco/drum/WB Break down
Fish Fry Set 2 2021
Zydeco Boogaloo G Instrumental starts w/ hits
Gumbo Blues C piano opener/ groove/stop
No It ain’t my fault Bb 2nd line /vox at end
One Step Cameaux F Zydeco/BV head hang on 5
My Girl Josephine D Medium Zydeco
Traveling Mood F Harp/whistle, harp finish/medium
Wooly Bully G zydeco 10 hits/intro solo ending
You used to Call Me C Cajun Waltz/fiddle
Jambalaya D Vamp on I BW Fats version
Pine Point Trail Ride C Accordion/ modulate to G
Dance all Night F Zydeco/Bass drum/fast
Fish Fry Set 3 2021
I’m Ready C Fats domino /Fast
Sick and tired Bb Rumba w/ stops
Why ya wanna make me cry? C Zydeco Medium/C-F6
Oh Ye Yai G zydeco/fast
Colinda G Zydeco shuffle
Carnival Day G Rumba/ vocal breaks/piano break
Got to let you go Bb Swing/ big horn finish
Down the Road a piece C Piano BW, Ron vocals
Tee Nah Nee Na Nah A From V funky/ 3 tag ending
Real Gone Lover E BW breaks for all / drums & harp

Influences and inspiration

All New Orleans Music. Cajun, Zydeco, Fats domino, Professor Longhair, Dr. John, Meters, 50's 60's 70's Music
Mardi Gras Marches, Acoustic Horn lines, west coast Jump Blues, Low down Blues....so many influences to list!

Setup requirements

None

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