Interview with Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band's Josh Phillips

If I say "Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty", I'm looking to get smacked, right? Not quite. The Booty Band is a groovy funk fusion band based in Asheville, NC. I first saw them from a front row perspective at Asheville's Bele Chere festival in July 2006, and I was instantly hooked. Last week I hung out with Josh Phillips, the bands percussionist/vocalist/guitarist, and he caught me up on all things Booty.

Everybody wants to know how the Booty Band got its name. Here's the official, not-quite-politically correct story behind the name.

Josh: We were walking down the road, trying to think of a name. We'd look at random things, like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant, and say "Hey, we could be the Dog Pissers". Stuff like that. Then we saw this commotion up the road. When we got closer we saw it was outside a Chinese restaurant, and the owner was pushing two people out, a younger woman and and older, really big woman. The younger woman asked why they were being thrown out, and the restaurant owner replied "You eat too much! Yo mama's big fat booty banned!" So we all looked at each other like, "yeah", and that's how we got our name.