Jason Ennis - Los Mofos

The elusive and hard to define musical entity known as Los Mofos has been a consistent yet mostly unrecognized staple of the Berkshire County Music scene for over five years. Most involved parties are hesitant to admit that such a group even exists and only one brave music commentator has ever dared to mention the Mofos in print,- he very diplomatically dubbed them "out of the genre box" and left it at that- but it certainly cannot be denied that their influence has been felt in the region's musical landscape; One or another incarnation of the group has at various times served as the backup band for such performers as Sonya Kitchell, Charles Neville, Tessa Suter and many others.

The Core of the band since the year 2001 has been South-County all-star bassist and multi-instrumentalist Jon Suters and North-County guitar-picker Jason Ennis, a North-South combo which has only occasionally resulted in serious confrontation. Around this duo and their famously eclectic tastes and aspirations has formed a collective of fine musicians who have and will continue to answer the call; In a string of percussionists that would make even Spinal Tap weep, drummers Conor Meehan, Ramon Ángel-Rey, Makaya McCraven, Nick Halley have all at one point considered themselves Mofos. The list of honorary Mofos includes Brazilian guitarist Aliéksey Vianna, Pianist and all-around funky dude Ben Kohn, Drummer Bill Chapman, Steel Pannist/percussionist/musical nomad Kalafya "K. Brown Inc." Brown, Saxophonist Fred Haas and many others.

If you thought we were having trouble describing the group's membership, wait until you try to file our non-existent CD in the record store. A typical set might include anything from Bebop to Brazilian Choro to a Drum-n-bass treatment of a classic Freddie Hubbard tune that melts down into a textural, freely-improvised soundscape to a tasty Medley of Bob Marley tunes to a cookin' little Chet Atkins Breakdown, all, of course tied together by a good old helping of Los Mofos Funk. It might sound terrible, but people are actually digging it.