James Brown Is Annie

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Last Show: Wednesday 18 th January 2023

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Full-fat, calorie-laden, whipped up funk 'n' soul - James Brown Is Annie met in a piano bar, rehearse next to a sex shop, and take their name from an Eddie Murphy SNL sketch. The Scottish sextet's two albums (JBiA I and JBiA II) were produced by original Average White Band members Molly Duncan (2015) and Hamish Stuart (2018), the group gaining a BBC Radio Scotland 'Single Of The Week' for the song, Get Up To Get Down. JBiA have shared stages with the likes of Average White Band, The Family Stone, Brand New Heavies, The Headhunters, Little Feat, etc. JBiA are currently working on their third album. 

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“Super tight horns, a funky rhythm section, heroic guitar and cool vocals”

THE TIMES

Purveyors of full-fat, calorie-laden, whipped up funk 'n' soul, James Brown Is Annie met in a piano bar, rehearse next to a sex shop, and take their name from an Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live sketch. 

The Scottish sextet's two albums (JBiA I and JBiA II) were produced by original Average White Band members Molly Duncan (2015) and Hamish Stuart (2018), the group gaining a BBC Radio Scotland 'Single Of The Week' award for the song, Get Up To Get Down.

Regulars on Scottish Television and BBC Radio Scotland, JBiA are the only band to have headlined two different stages at the famous Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party performing to over 200,000 people. The Scottish outfit have also shared stages with some of funk and soul's top recording artists, including Average White Band, The Family Stone, Brand New Heavies, The Headhunters, Little Feat, Robert Cray Band, to name but a few. 

Described as "extremely funky" and "having taken the torch from the Average White Band" by Jazz FM, The Times say to expect "the funk, the whole funk and nothing but the funk." Meanwhile, Scottish national newspaper, The Herald, maintains JBiA are "as crisp a thing as a conveyor belt in the Golden Wonder factory. Proof that Scotland has the funk."

Since 2020, all the members of JBiA have formed a core part of their big sister act - Scottish RnB 12-piece supergroup, The Tomorrow Band - whose debut album (Inside/ Outside) was produced by Hamish Stuart and launched at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival in 2021. 

In 2023, JBiA will commence work on their new, third album. 

Band Line Up

Dot Allan (electric piano and vocals)

Lyle Watt (guitar and bass)

Josie Girgis (alto saxophone)

Isaac Sutherland (bass, guitar and vocals)

Scott Jamieson (drums)

Baz Gordon (guitar and vocals)