The math is simple: funk + rock +blues = Howling Diablos. That is a winning formula. Johnny Evans - sax/harp, Johnny Bee – drums, MO Hollis – bass, Erik Gustafson – guitar, Tino Gross – vocals. The well loved, well known, well respected Detroit band formed in the 90’s, touring with the likes of Detroit’s Alice Cooper, the amazing George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, Ben Harper, Incubus, Hank Williams Jr. as well as headlining their own sold out shows.
The Diablos are all over the city, and that's a good thing: they’re engrossing and organic in a way other city drive-by projects rarely are. They'd also sound cool in one of those scenes from a Tarantino movie where a guy with a head wound still wanders down a California highway shooting people with insane accuracy painting the town (literally) red. They have that je ne sais quoi, that tangible quality that makes them mysterious yet wonderful.
Their albums include Beatnik Mambo, Green Bottle, Good Rockin Tonight, a tribute to Sun Records also includes an appearance by Detroit boy Kid Rock. That record birthed a PBS film for their series “American Masters”, and has a performance by the band. These guys are masters.
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