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Blue Tongue

Austin-based funk fusion collective Blue Tongue’s music is served with equal parts funk, psych and electrifying live performances. Now for the average band, “electrifying” means solid musical chops and maybe a few jumps. But if you’re irrepressible Blue Tongue frontman Tre Pham (guitar, vocals), it also includes actual gymnastics of the backflip and splits nature. The rhythm section boasts drummer Jake Young’s mastery of jazz influenced groove, and Rowan Smoot’s muscular slap bass artistry. The ensemble is completed with Savannah Thieme’s buoyant synth textures, the hilariously virtuoisic David Thal on trumpet and effortlessly smooth Jeffrey Stevenson on saxophone, master Latin Percussionist Alex Alco, and finally the additional colors of guitarist Lee Chavez, now you have a Show.

With live shows this dynamic, it’s no surprise that opportunities abound in the form of festivals, national tours and club shows opening for beloved acts like Sam Greenfield, Ghost Funk Orchestra (thrice), Giacomo Turra, Here Come the Mummies, and Snarky Puppy spin off band Ghost Note. In fact, a recent west coast tour culminated in a stellar official performance at NAMM (the popular music industry convention) in Anaheim, and a recent performance included an after party show immediately following Vulfpeck at Stubb’s.

The band’s sonic exploration is supported by an impressive lineup of endorsements, including ADV-Sound, Marco Bass Guitars, and Tsakalis Audioworks. But Blue Tongue's collaboration with an Austin-based hot sauce company might be their most unique partnership yet, boasting a limited edition salsa with local salsa masters, Fantastic Fuego, with whom they produced a blue colored hot sauce called ‘Blumitas’ based on the garlic, serrano, habanero, corn and basil Chilean dish called Humitas.”

Spunky and self-sufficient, the band has their own recording studio where Pham taught himself production and mixing, so they could keep creating at will on a modest budget. This kind of magnetic tenacity shines through not just in Blue Tongue’s music, but in their overall approach in navigating their steady ascension. As the indefatigable Pham sums up, "Through enough effects pedals, creatine, and sheer determination, anything is possible."

  • Guitarist, vocalist, producer, amateur acrobat, fake jazz musician, consumer of eggs. Weighing in at 323lbs at 4 feet and 13 inches tall.

    Endorsed by Anatomy of Sound 3D printed guitar picks, Marco Bass Guitars, and Tsakalis Audioworks

  • Bassist, Executive Director of Thumpy Groove, Part Time Sweaty Gamer. Grandmaster of Deep Internet Lore.

    Do not feed him shrimp.

  • With his degree in jazzercise and also drums, Jake corrupts the youth of Austin as an educator of tasty grooves, and terrorises the rest of the musical world with drum chops that stretch the foundation of human comprehension.

Photo by Daniel Cavazos https://www.danielcavazos.com/

  • Keyboardist, songwriter, producer, has a deceptively pronounced last name. Also produces music under the name @soldragon.wav

    Savannah is a master of both synth textures as well as wind, and she is fluent as she is in jazz and hyperpop as she is in Arabic.

  • Tenor sax extraordinaire, protector of women’s rights, and #1 fan of receiving money, Jeffrey spent his childhood training his physical and mental fortitude in order to cope with being a member of Blue Tongue.

    He is known in many circles as the King of Girly Pop, and in his spare time he thrives as both a meteorologist and a TikTok saxophone star.

  • “Live, Laugh, Lee” Chavez was originally born with only a pair of legs, and the rest of his body grew in afterwards. Despite his initial condition, his parents and doctors correctly assumed that one day he would become a guitar prodigy.

  • Trumpet extraordinaire, and master of improv, David is a circus master of both spectacular musicianship as well as literal circus tricks.

    Lover of crisped rice cereal, and F1 races, David is in the midst of curating a colorful legacy in both the music world and also Letterbox.

  • Part time pirate and full time scallywag, Alex brings his mastery of latin percussion on a variety of instruments, slapping everything from bongos, congos, and the faces of his enemies.

  • Armed with a voice as powerful as raw garlic and as beautiful as roasted garlic, Dalynn annoints the sounds of Blue Tongue with ethereal harmonies and soaring leads. Raised on classic Country and milk chocolate, her weaknesses include cold temperatures and time management.