current_members website years_active article_title background genre origin name
john marc pero jeffery `` jellybean '' alexander `` papa '' gros june yamagishi jason mingledorf -lsb- http://www.papagrowsfunk.com] 2000-2013 papa grows funk
 group_or_band funk , jazz new orleans , louisiana papa grows funk
papa grows funk

papa grows funk is a funk band from new orleans , louisiana .
the band was started by frontman john `` papa '' gros early 2000 , developing from a series of monday night jam sessions helmed by gros at new orleans ' maple leaf bar .
gros would invite some friends down to play , and the impromptu jams became a common bond for a handful of musicians , including guitarist june yamagishi , sax player jason mingledorf , bassist marc pero and drummer jeffery `` jellybean '' alexander , who now make up papa grows funk .
they played in front of a hometown crowd at the voodoo experience held at city park in new orleans over halloween weekend 2009 .
