User:Locustguy

Formation

Locust Street Taxi is a touring band formed originally in 2001 by jazz students at Centralia Community College in Washington state.

Members

The core members are Franco Bertucci (guitar and vocals) and Mario Pesacreta (trumpet and vocals), who then invited into the band Nathan Benjamin Geyer (trombone, vocals, percussion). Drummer Sam Stockard joined the band in 2005, and bassist Andrew Chard was added in 2007.

Musical Style

The members describe their own music as "horn-driven eclectic rock," and perform all over states of the Pacific Northwest. The group is known not only for their wide variety of original music, but also covers of "Brown-Eyed Girl," "Hey, Jude," and "The Muppet Show Theme Song," as well as Bertucci's onstage acrobatics, Geyer's wacky dance antics, and Pesacreta's heretofore unknown "cowbell solo." The band can also improvise new songs on the spot, based on audience suggestions. They have produced several studio and live CDs,  and they continue to play at venues large and small.

Discography

Grasshopper -  2001

Time to Be Cool

Don't Miss the Boat

Mexican Song

Snowball Fights and Rock'n'Roll

Mister Carter

She'll Never Miss the Boat (Nate's Love Song)

Downtime

Fishing Song

Cow Song

Music in the Streets

Red Head Song

Leaving the Farm

Alisha

Funky Pants

Shut Up...The Grownups are Talking -  2002

Stairs

Rain

Love

Renaissance

Akiko

Six

I Love Ya

College

Cuba

Ahh

Hey Hey Hey

My Day Will Come

Locust Street Taxi -  2005

Mister Carter

Hey Hey Hey

Cow Song

Stairs

Step in the Right Direction

Brown Eyed Girl

Love

The Rap

Time to Be Cool

The Muppet Show

Bacon (Improv)

Golf (Improv)

We Swear We Are Making This Up -  2006

I Love Pi(e)

Bohemian Butts

I Need a Massage

Coffee

Unstable Dog

Big Fat Donkey

Alcohol

Angry Llama Riot

Ash Tray

Golf

Waterfront Blues

Muppet Beatnik Poetry and More

Live in '05 -  2006

 Uncut, Unmastered and Unhinged - 2008

Noon O'Clock

The Greeley Shuffle

False Alarm

Step in the Right Direction

I Met Her in a Barn

Where Do We Stand

Hey Jude