Gnomes and Badgers Karl Denson

• 1What If You Knew04:40
• 2Gossip03:58
• 3Change My Way05:48
• 4I'm Your Biggest Fan03:36
• 5Can We Trade06:11
• 6Millvale, PA05:28
• 7Something Sweet05:21
• 8Falling Down05:02
• 9Time To Pray05:12
• 10Smart Boy05:15
• 11Just Remember09:49
• Total Runtime01:00:20

Info for Gnomes and Badgers

Singer and saxophonist Karl Denson fronts the Tiny Universe as if he’s preaching the gospel. His energy and spirit are contagious while his songwriting serves a larger message of fellowship—across generations, genders, religions and cultures. Not surprisingly, he’s none too pleased with the current state of political discourse. Thus the reason why KDTU’s new album, ‘Gnomes & Badgers,’ is Denson’s hard-grooving answer to these tragically divisive times.

Highly regarded as one of the best funk acts on the planet, KDTU distills the sweeping stylistic range of its concert performances into their own authentic sound throughout the recording. With ‘Gnomes & Badgers,’ the inimitable Denson and his long-standing seven piece unit that includes guitarist DJ Williams, drummer Zak Najor, bassist Chris Stillwell, keyboardist David Veith, trumpeter Chris Littlefield and slide/lap steel guitarist Seth Freeman have delivered what is undoubtedly their strongest work yet.

Along with KDTU, Denson serves as the touring saxophonist with The Rolling Stones, while continuing to hold down his role as a founding member of the seminal funk band, Greyboy Allstars.

Karl Denson, vocals, saxophone, flute, percussion
DJ Williams, electric guitar
Seth Freeman, electric guitar, lap steel guitar
Chuck Leavell, piano
Lukas Nelson, guitar
Anders Osborne, guitar
Adrian Quesada, guitar, piano
Ivan Neville, keyboards
David Veith, Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
Chris Littlefield, trumpet
Andy Geib, trombone
Gabe Wolf, trumpet
The Brownout Horns (Mark “Speedy” Gonzales: trombone; Gilbert Elorreaga: baritone; Josh Levy, trumpet)
Chris Stillwell, bass
Matthew “Sweet Lou” Holmes, congas
Mike Dillon, percussion
Alan Evans, drums
Zak Najor, drums
Rebecca Jade, backing vocals, vocals
Sonya Moore, backing vocals
Elvert Waltower, backing vocals
Jervae Anthony, backing vocals

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (KDTU)
has electrified audiences around the world for over 25 years from the fields of Naeba in Japan at the infamous Fuji Rock Festival to the hallowed stage of Madison Square Garden where they previously joined the Dave Matthews Band and The Godfather of Soul, James Brown. From performing as Sexual Chocolate (Karl was in the original band in the movie Coming To America and its sequel) at the Outside Lands Music festival in San Francisco, to being the first late night act at the inaugural Bonnaroo festival, KDTU have been a dominating force in music for the past 25 years.

All-night, sold-out concerts during Jazzfest in New Orleans have featured sit ins by everyone from Lenny Kravitz & Steve Winwood (with whom Karl has recorded and toured) to avant garde luminaries Marc Ribot & Boyfriend. Chuck Leavell and Bernard Fowler (Karl’s bandmates in The Rolling Stones where Karl replaced the great Bobby Keys as saxophonist in 2014) have joined onstage and on record, as have Lukas Nelson, John Oates, Michael Franti, Warren Haynes, Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne, Big Daddy Kane, Roy Hargrove, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Joshua Redman, Marcus King, and Bernie Worrell, among others.

Touring the country with the Allman Brothers, My Morning Jacket, D’Angelo, The Roots, Public Enemy, Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead, Parliament Funkadelic, Slightly Stoopid, Widespread Panic, very few concert goers have been untouched by the Tiny Universe live. In addition to KDTU, Karl Denson aka “Diesel” is a founding member of the seminal groove act The Greyboy Allstars.

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