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Music video — The Primate Fiasco plays out the crowd at FloydFest 11

What do you do if you have a long line of festival-goers slowly making their way out the gates? If you’re FloydFest co-founder/music booker Kris Hodges, you find The Primate Fiasco and get it out in the field.

I didn’t hear very many of the Under the Radar bands this year, but this act was to me one of the most adventurous of any act here, period. You won’t necessarily see that in this clip, as the band busts out a cover of the Ohio Players “Love Rollercoaster.” But catch this Fiasco sometime and see for yourself. If you know Zambi, you’ll recognize a kindred musical spirit in this Northhampton, Mass., act.

Here is the band, getting folks happy as they wait in line about an hour ago (yes, it takes that long to lead two=odd minutes of hi-rez video from here). Within 10 minutes of this, the line had moved on. Looks like it’s really over now.

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cutNscratch is The Roanoke Times music blog. Music reporter Tad Dickens enjoys pickin' and grinnin' and drummin', and he likes to write about music, too. He'll post plenty about local, regional and national music, but it won't be any fun at all if you don't jump in and have your say. So do it!

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