“It’s a huge endeavor. The Funky Uncle Lounge will be the first time a live music club will be rolling as a Mardi Gras float [Saturday, February 10 in the Krewe of Tucks parade]. We [Soul Project] got hired a few years ago to play a party for the Krewe of Fat Bankers. They’re good people. Total partiers. They’re the last float in Tucks, wearing all the afros and day-glo, blaring on 30 speakers funk music: James Brown, the Meters, Parliament Funkadelic.

We’re extremely grateful for this opp...