To Be Continued Brass Band started playing in high school at conventions, talent shows, and neighborhood parties. The band was invited to perform on stage with Big Al Carson in a club in the French Quarter. When Mr. Carson asked how he should introduce them to the crowd they responded, “We don’t have a name.” Mr. Carson said “Well, it will be To Be Continued.” The band thought about that name, and it stuck. They now just say TBC for short.The band was formed in 2002 when Mr. Wilburt Rawlins, the Director of Carver Sr. High School Band, was asked to form a brass band from his marching unit. Through music, the members of the marching band saw an opportunity to divert their friends from a lethal path of street crimes and drugs. They decided to pursue a creative outlet and legitimate source of income. Playing day in and day out at the mouth of the legendary Bourbon and Canal Streets, the band witnessed the good and bad sides of New Orleans.To Be Continued Brass Band’s dream is to play music for a living, keep the New Orleans brass band music heritage alive, and inspire young people to learn music as a form of personal discipline that can be employed in all aspects of a young person’s life.And the rest is . . . To Be Continued . . .

Update:  We told you these guys are unstoppable.  To Be Continued Brass Band has now achieved one of their initial dreams–to record an album!  They released their first CD ‘Modern Times’  through Blue Train Production  www.bluetrainproduction.com. Check it out!

“We sometimes say we’re all we got. Well, we’re all we got.” — Joseph Maize Jr., trombone

“I wanna go home, ’cause it’s home.” — Edward “Juicy” Jackson III, trombone

“I got with TBC Brass Band and I feel big, I feel strong, y’know what I’m saying.”– Tyrone Brown, snare drum