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Here are some more festivals BSFN will be bringing the FUNK to:
(click for more information, dates, schedules and other artists)

"WHODAT! Saints in the Super Bowl!"
Check out BSFN's tribute to the New Orleans Saints.
Watch "Big Thang" here!
Download the full song here!

Sammie "Big Sam" Williams has been awarded the Louisiana Division of
the Arts Artist Fellowship for 2009-2010!

This is an extremely prestigious award and Big Sam is very deserving
as he has spread his brand of New Orleans music throughout the country
and the world.

Artist Fellowships are grant awards in recognition of artistic
excellence. These awards recognize the artistic achievements of
exceptional individual artists living, working and contributing to
Louisiana's cultural economy.

Fellowships are awarded through a highly competitive process based
primarily on recognized artistic quality. The Louisiana Division of
the Arts has acknowledged Big Sam's professional merit and
accomplishments and has invested in his continued success!
Find out More...

BSFN on CNN - Essence Fest

CNN.com Video: New Orleans band Big Sam's Funky Nation plays "Dancing Machine" to pay tribute to Michael Jackson.
Watch Now...

BSFN on Live with Regis and Kelly

BSFN stopped in to LIVE! with Regis and Kelly on Wednesday, April 8th;
to see a bit of the performance, click here and select Wednesday, April 8th.

BSFN intoxicated UK audiences with their music at the SoCo Social Mardi Gras this February!
For more info and pics visit: http://www.southerncomfort.com/socosocial/

VH1 SOUL's "Soul Cities NOLA"
Other right on peeps involved include DJ Soul Sister, Irma Thomas, Kermit Ruffins and Terence Blanchard, among others.



 



Welcome to Big Sam's Funky Nation.com!
Big Sam on trombone

Big Sam’s Funky Nation is a driving force of urban funk. Ryan White, of the Oregonian, says the band is “tight enough (and hot enough) to turn coal into a diamond!” The band is led by trombone powerhouse, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who the San Francisco Chronicle calls “the top man on the slide trombone in the birthplace of jazz.” Combining his distinctive trombone riffs with a call-and-response MC style, Big Sam refuses to let the audience sit still. Between the band’s solos and his trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance) and gets the crowd going.

Big Sam’s Funky Nation is not a one man show; the members of the Funky Nation, a group of well trained and experienced musicians with impressive credentials of their own, meet the challenges of their funky band leader. BSFN masterfully combines a rock sensibility with improv-style associated with jazz and the horn-heavy front section that’s the hallmark of big band funk.

The energy level is high voltage when this band takes the stage, and as Jambase Online proclaims, “as long as groups like Big Sam’s Funky Nation helm communal happenings like this one the funky fever is bound to spread.”

2009 Big Easy Music Award: Best Funk Band of 2008
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2009 Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship awarded to
Sammie "Big Sam" Williams 
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June 2009 Where Y'at Magazine's "Best of the Big Easy's
Reader's Pick: Best R&B Band"
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Check it out. B. S. F. N. is on my space dot com slash big sams funky nation
Electronic Press Kit at Sonic Bids
Hear Big Sam on iTunes

FUNKY KIDZ NOW AVAILABLE!  Check out Big Sam's Funky Nation's jammin rendition of "Hokey Pokey":

Big Sam's Funky Nation of Funky Kidz
BSFN is featured on FUNKY KIDZ, a unique musical compilation, featuring classic kids songs we all know and love, stylized and performed by 12 of N'awlins finest and funkiest musicians.  In addition to BSFN, the stellar lineup includes George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Papa Grows Funk, Walter 'Wolfman' Washington and more.  You can hear samples of all 12 tracks and purchase your copy at www.funkykidzmusic.com

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