The Flow Band plays frequently in Pittsburgh in all kinds of settings from favorite local music venues, to public schools, to family gatherings, and to The University Of Pittsburgh in celebration of Black History Month, which they will do again this year (2019) on February 13 for the annual Black History Dinner. He has since retired from firefighting, but he and The Flow Band fight the spiritual fires of the world by lighting candles in the darkness, making the darkness dissipate. This spirit of service goes along with Uzell’s long time career as a city of Pittsburgh Firefighter for over 30 years. We’ve done that for a long time and it’s important to us.” “We like to take the music to the people, we reach out to our community and truly enjoy playing for the youth, going to public schools, and for seniors as well. The Flow Band has put out 3 EP’s of original music and are in the process of recording a new release, date TBA. The Flow band has always played a wide array of cover songs and originals and are quite adaptive stylistically roots Reggae is the backbone but the band’s influences are diverse, so the music is diverse and embracing of all kinds of musical expression. We’re definitely about bringing a positive message and positive experience to all.”īASSIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER JOE “SPLIFF” SMITH In its long and ever active career, the band has opened for such artists as Third World, Dennis Brown, Ziggy Marley, Lady Smith Black Mambazo, & twice for Jimmy Buffet.
I take from what I’m going through, what I’m thinking about.
“Everything is an inspiration in my writing, I am inspired by life, and I write about those things. “Our job, as musicians, is to bring light into the world.” – Uzell Finney, Jr. The Flow Band has undergone several personnel changes over the years and featured different line ups, but the core of the group, the nucleus, is the longtime partnership of Guitarist/Vocalist Uzell Finney, Jr., and Bassist Joe “Spliff” Smith. Out of RASTAFARI, The Flow Band came to be in 1982, and though roots Reggae is a focus and certainly a driving force behind their sound, they’ve always played diverse styles of music and are known for fusing them together. The roots of the band were planted some years before, as founding members of what would become The Flow Band, were asked to form a band to back a Jamaican artist from Montego Bay named Leroy Hall. The Flow Band, a long time mainstay of Pittsburgh, PA’s diverse music scene, came together in 1982. THE FLOW BAND UPCOMING DATES FLOW BAND SHOWS For bookings, concert updates, T-shirts, CD’s 41/41 EMAIL : Wallace’s Whiskey room and kitchen Caribbean Reggae Nights every 3rd Friday 7-9pm For Bookings in concert updates: 41/41
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