The Hot Tamale Brass Band was formed in 1992 after their leader, Mickey Bones, moved from New Orleans to Boston.

The band took up Sunday residency for the next three years at The Plough and Stars in Cambridge, Massachusetts to build a local fan base and develop new material.

The band is occasionally asked to dress up in black suit and tie to perform at a New Orleans style jazz funeral.

The band needs no amplification so, the mobility of the group has allowed them to perform while being propelled by scullers up the Charles River or on the back of a fire truck in downtown Boston playing dixieland music.

The band has made appearances on Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, the 2005 remake of Fever Pitch by the Farrelly brothers [2] and have been recently filmed for Ken Burns' Baseball-10th Inning documentary.