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LETT ME RIDE: Lettuce Wraps Southeast Run In Mobile & NOLA [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 26, 2022November 29, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettuce tour, mobile, New Orleans, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, soul kitchen, Tipitina's, unify, unify tour

Future-funk-hop pioneers Lettuce stormed the Southeast in mid-November, lookin’ live on arrival and feelin’ so fresh ‘n’ so clean.

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Bump City: Lettuce Unifies Tower Of Power And The Colorado Symphony At Red Rocks [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 27, 2022July 28, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, colorado, colorado symphony orchestra, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, funk band, FunkCity.net, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce with the colorado symphony, Nigel hall, red rocks, red rocks amphitheatre, Ryan Zoidis, tower of power

On a glorious midsummer evening in Morrison, Colorado, future-funk-hop collective Lettuce and pioneering East Bay funk/soul icons Tower of Power took over the palatial Red Rocks Amphitheatre, both bands augmented by the 60-piece Colorado Symphony Orchestra. ‘

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LETT The World Know: Lettuce Drops 8th Studio Album, ‘Unify’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

June 3, 2022June 7, 2022 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Bootsy Collins, deitch beats don't quit, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, Keep That Funk Alive, KTFA, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce unify, lettuce unify album, lettuce unify album review, lettucefunk, Nick Daniels III, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, shmeeans, William "Bootsy" Collins, Zoid

Psychedelic funk-hop pioneers Lettuce hoo-ride back into town with their eighth full-length LP, the appropriately-titled Unify.

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A Blissful Blast Back To NOLA Jazz Fest 2022 [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 19, 2022June 12, 2022 B.Getz butcher brown, covid, covid-19, dinner party, Dumpstaphunk, Eric Benny Bloom, george porter jr., Ivan Neville, Jazz Fest, jesus coomes, JOhn Medeski, lettuce, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Nigel hall, robert glasper, Ryan Zoidis, skerik, soul brass band, Tipitina's, worship my organ

Jazz Fest is an unparalleled experience of live American roots music, international sounds, delectable regional cuisine, and a whirlwind dose of Bayou culture all rolled up into one satiating pilgrimage and celebration.

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Bring Back The Love: Lettuce Slays Sold-Out Shows in Lake Tahoe & San Francisco [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 14, 2021December 16, 2021 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, bring back the love, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, hip hop, jamband, jazz funk, jesus coomes, lake tahoe, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettucefunk, live lettuce, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, san francisco

Surfing a wave of sold-out shows in the last month of this dizzying year, future-funk sorcerers Lettuce barreled into the the final frontier on the white-hot West Coast leg of their Bring Back the Love Tour 2021.

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LETTUCE Rages Lake Dillon, CO: Funkin’ With Cory Henry, Judith Hill, & Flamingosis [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 7, 2021July 9, 2021 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch drums, adam shmeeans smirnoff, cory henry, dillon amphitheater, Eric Benny Bloom, flamingosis, funk music, isaiah sharkey, jesus coomes, judith hill, LaRon Lockett, lettuce, lettuce funk, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis

The veteran ensemble LETTUCE was ably assisted by supremely-gifted sorcerer Cory Henry, the enthralling songstress Judith Hill, and kaleidoscopic producer du-jour Flamingosis, plus a positively picturesque backdrop that belongs on a postcard.

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RETURN OF THE LETT: Inside The First Lettuce Shows In A Year [B.Getz on L4LM]

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, cervantes masterpiece ballroom, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettucefunk, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis

Up until last weekend’s engagement at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver CO, Lettuce had not played together live as a complete unit ever since their truncated Europe run in March 2020.

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RAGERS OF A LOST ART: Lettuce Strikes Back With 7th LP, ‘Resonate’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 9, 2020May 22, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce rage, lettucefunk, new album, Nigel hall, resonate, Ryan Zoidis

Trailblazing future-funk squad Lettuce returns with the ambitious Resonate, their second full-length LP in under a year’s time, and the seventh of their illustrious career.

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Five Years in the Making, Adam Deitch Quartet Releases Debut LP, ‘Egyptian Secrets’ (B.Getz on L4LM)

August 23, 2019September 12, 2019 B.Getz adam deitch, adam deitch project, egyptian secrets, Eric Benny Bloom, golden wolf records, john scofield, Ryan Zoidis, wil blades

With one foot in jazz and the other leg waist deep in the funky stuff, drummer/producer Adam Deitch(Lettuce/Break Science) finally unveils Egyptian Secrets (Golden Wolf Records), the long-awaited full-length debut LP from his Adam Deitch Quartet.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Episode 017: BILLY IUSO (BIRN, GPJ, Anders) / ERIC BENNY BLOOM (Lettuce, ex-Pretty Lights A.F.B.)

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 B.Getz Anders Osborne, billy iuso, BIRN, Elevate, Eric Benny Bloom, george porter jr., jazz, lettuce, lettucefunk, New Orleans, new orleans jazz & heritage festival, NOLA, Shady Horns

Episode 017 of *The Upful Life Podcast* gets Big Easy-busy with two crucial members of the Crescent City committee, as I sit down with NOLA-based

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