Samples from the New CD now available! Check'm out over in the Merchandise department
Also, check out the NEW LIVE ARCHIVE, a growing collection of live tracks from Herbal shows!
Herbal Nation in Pictures Images from the 2005 "Super Funk New Year's Eve Party", Mass/CANN, LebowskiFest NYC, Bill's Bar, and more! Related video and audio coverage is stored for safe keeping on the media page. Check it out.
Herb: "We are
pro-hemp in all it's uses - medical, industrial
and personal enjoyment...All the songs don't
speak of it, but it's an underlying theme without
a doubt."
Funk: "Funk is
the groove of life itself. It's the heartbeat.
It's that primal force. When James Brown blessed
this planet with the funk groove, he gave us
something special."- Stumpy
Stoo Lee with Brian from Matchbox Twenty backstage
at an Herbal show.
Stumpy with the Godfather of Soul himself,
Mr. James Bown!
- photo credit: jeff watkins, 5/10/05
"And the music they make is dirty and fun. It slinks out of your speakers, slithers around the room, sidles up next to you and, when you least expect it, seduces you." - Dave Terpeny (www.kyndmusic.com)
HERBAL NATION
Combine serious funk jams with a healthy hit of pro-hemp awareness and you have Herbal Nation. The group, founded in 1995 by drummer/producer 'Stumpy', is made up of killer players:
'Sleepa' on guitar and vocals, 'Stoo Lee', 'Fine' Art Manchester, and Jeff '9th Wonder' Watkins on sax, 'Lydia' on vocals, 'Sweet' Willie Myette on keyboards, 'T-Black' on keyboards and vocals, 'Sir' Thomas Brinkley, 'Jack Fury', and Frank 'Frankie Thumbs' Wilson on bass and Jaz 'Nix'-on on percussion and vocals.
Herbal Nation celebrated the release of its first full length studio cd "herbal nation", on 421records in November by headlining two nights at the 2004 High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. The cd features special guest performances by Jeff Watkins, saxophonist for the Godfather of Soul himself, Mr. James Brown, and has 3 new versions of their anthem 'We Love the Herb', which was featured in the December 2004 issue of High Times Magazine.
Live at Bill's Bar, Boston MA.
November 30, 2005
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A special "Super Funk New Year's Eve Party" was held with Herbal Nation joined by guest saxophonist from James Brown's 'Soul Generals,' Jeff Watkins, opening for the 18 piece George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic. The all-night funk-fest was held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the club 'Revolution.' Check out the images and video from from this amazing evening!
NEW CD AVAILABLE for PURCHASE !
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Stumpy with Jeff Watkins, Mousey, Keith, and Damon of James Brown's 'Soul Generals' in NYC on September 17, 2004, celebrating the release of the brand new Herbal CD, "Herbal Nation."
stumpy with shonda 'sativa' clinton of p-funk (and granddaughter of george clinton) 10.1.05 at the Apollo Theater (photo by steve bloom)
Herbal Nation have shared bills with Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, the Greyboy Allstars, Bernie Worrell, Cypress Hill, The Specials, Deep Bannana Blackout, P-Funk, and others. Check out pictures from some of the shows.
"...Their performance at the Cannabis Cup blew me away. more...
Sleepa with Herbal buddie, Brian from Matchbox Twenty.
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