Cadillac Jones’ money shot
Cadillac Jones bassist Hutch Renaud was walking around East Atlanta one day in 1999 when he noticed a funky rib shack called The Village. At the time, Renaud and a couple of horn players had been playing standard jazz in the Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington tradition. “We thought it would be fun to do jazz improv over a ’70s groove,” says Renaud. “[The Village] looked like [how] we were trying to sound.” Eventually, Cadillac Jones took its greasy grooves across town and found an eager audience at Smith’s Olde Bar. But wherever the Cadillac parks, its decidedly ’70s-inspired funk is the perfect soundtrack to an evening of club activity. “We’re not too demanding on the ears or the mind,” Renaud says. “We have a lot of improv sections, and there’s activity, but we’re not demanding full attention. You can be facing the other direction and get just as good a show.”
Cadillac Jones’ sassy saxes and brassy horns, accompanied by Renaud’s snaky bass lines, would be right at home in a porn flick. In fact, Fluffertrax.com, a website devoted to the sounds of ’70s adult cinema, is a big supporter of Cadillac Jones. Then there are the titles of some of the band’s tunes — “Hot Tub,” “Adults Making Love,” “Sweat Shop,” “I Gets Down” — even “Money Shot.”
Would Cadillac Jones consider scoring a real porn film? Without hesitation, Renaud blurts, “We would love it!”????
Cadillac Jones plays The Village Sat., Aug 3, and Jake’s Roadhouse Sun., Aug. 4.
Cadillac Jones’ sassy saxes and brassy horns, accompanied by Renaud’s snaky bass lines, would be right at home in a porn flick. In fact, Fluffertrax.com, a website devoted to the sounds of ’70s adult cinema, is a big supporter of Cadillac Jones. Then there are the titles of some of the band’s tunes — “Hot Tub,” “Adults Making Love,” “Sweat Shop,” “I Gets Down” — even “Money Shot.”
Would Cadillac Jones consider scoring a real porn film? Without hesitation, Renaud blurts, “We would love it!”????
Cadillac Jones plays The Village Sat., Aug 3, and Jake’s Roadhouse Sun., Aug. 4.