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Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers — You Gotta Have A Groove

“You gotta have a groove.”  That’s where everything starts with the music of saxophonist/vocalist Mindi Abair and her accomplices, the Boneshakers, led by guitarist/vocalist Randy Jacobs.  Give these players a good groove and they’re gone. 

And after all their years of performing, they know a good’un when they hear it.  The Boneshakers go all the way back to the 1980s when Jacobs and vocalist, Sweet Pea Atkinson formed the nucleus for the band, Was/Not Was. 

Meanwhile, over the past couple of decades, Mindi’s been racking up Grammy nominations and hit after hit on the contemporary jazz charts .  When she and the Boneshakers met, the chemistry was instant and undeniable.  And they’ve been hitting that groove ever since.

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Nick began working at KNKX as a program host in the late 1980’s and, except for a relatively brief hiatus, spent the next three decades with the station. He worked as a jazz and blues host, music director and production manager. Nick retired from KNKX in 2024.