New Orleans Suspects

Montañas is happy to present The New Orleans Suspect. The group is comprised of musicians with experience and versatility that rival any other band that the city has ever produced. “Mean” Willie Green has been the drummer for the Neville Brothers band since the 1980s; Reggie Scanlan played bass in the Radiators, the longest running rock act in the history of New Orleans; Jake Eckert, CR Gruver & Jeff Watkins, who spent 12 years as the leader of James Brown’s band. Together these five musicians create music that is firmly rooted in the modern New Orleans sound with compelling originals and tasteful covers. Gruver tickles the ivories or soars into the stratosphere on the organ. Watkins provides stellar saxophone fills and solos with great aplomb. Eckert’s rhythm guitar work neatly complements his razor sharp solos. Though the band can clearly jam, with Eckert and Gruver trading off on lead vocals they are no simple jam band!