Mama Digdown's Brass Band

Mama Digdown's Brass Band was formed by two former University of Wisconsin-Madison music students, Erik Jacobson and Christopher "Roc" Ohly.[http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=207463 Mama Digdown's Brass Band 15th Anniversary Party]. Isthmus, September, 2008. The group played its first shows in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993, at the local Art Fair on the Square. They released four full-length albums over the next several years, and followed with the live album Delicious, recorded in Madison, in late 2002.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021344/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-97320614.html Review of Delicious]. Wisconsin State Journal, February 6, 2003.

The group has done concert tours across the United States and Europe.[http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/06/18/mama-digdowns-brass-band-thursday-at-the-surf-club/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band Thursday at the Surf Club]. Washington City Paper, June 18, 2009.[http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=18254 Bertha Meets Mama Digdown] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723173024/http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=18254 |date=2012-07-23 }}. Baltimore City Paper, June 18, 2009. Their 2006 live album Ascona was recorded at a Switzerland jazz festival.[http://www.avclub.com/madison/events/mama-digdowns-brass-band,148533/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band]. The A.V. Club, December 12, 2009. In December 2009 they released their fifth studio album, We Make 'Em Say Ooh,[http://www.dane101.com/music/2009/12/11/reviewing_the_neighbors_mama_digdown_s_brass_band_we_make_em_say_ooh Album Review]. Dane101.com[http://host.madison.com/entertainment/city_life/article_5f0570ba-fb1b-5d47-9082-ed910445a32c.html Recent Obsessions: Mama Digdown]. The Capital Times 77 Square, February 3, 2010. and followed up the album's release with shows during Mardi Gras season in New Orleans.[http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1393880 Mama Digdown's Brass Band]. Chicago Reader, February 2010. They are planning to release an album of Michael Jackson covers entitled Brass Jackson in 2016.[http://www.avclub.com/madison/articles/mama-digdowns-brass-band-to-record-brassedup-micha,36139/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band to record brassed-up Michael Jackson tribute]. The A.V. Club, December 8, 2009.

• North of New Orleans (1996)
• Big Boy (1998)
• Slippery 7 (1999)
• Mama's House (2001)
• Delicious: Live at the King Club (2002)
• The Digdown Decade (2005)
• Ascona (2006)
• We Make 'Em Say Ooh (2009)
• Live (2012)
• Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Majestic Theater, Madison 1.7.17 (2017)
• Outstanding b/w Just the Two of Us (2020)
• Bootleg Series Vol. 2: Live at the Green Mill 2005 (2021)

;Current

• Erik Jacobson - Sousaphone / Leader
• Christopher 'Roc' Ohly - Saxophone / Leader
• Jeff 'K-Town' Maddern - Trumpet
• Ben 'Kid' Bell Bern - Trumpet
• Jordan Cohen - Snare Drum
• Chris diBernardo - Bass Drum
• Matt Hanzelka - Trombone
• Joe Goltz - Trombone
• Darren Sterud - Trombone
• Nat Macintosh - Trombone

;Former

• Dave Skogen - Snare Drum
• Mike Boman
• Steve Rogness
• Nick Bartell
• Evan 'Basic Sam' Morgan
• Moses Patrou
• Tom Leith
• Scott Campbell
• Ben Mcintosh
• Michael Hanson

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• [http://mamadigdown.com/ Official Website]

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Category:American brass bands

Category:Musical groups from Wisconsin

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Category:Musical groups established in 1993