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Hazmat Modine draws from the rich soil of American music, blending elements of early Blues and Hokum, Swing, Eastern European music, New Orleans R & B, Jamaican Rocksteady, and Rock & Roll from the '20s through the '60s. The band is fronted by two harmonicas and includes tuba, guitar, trumpet, percussion, claviola, and Hawaiian steel guitar. Hazmat's sound reflects musical influences ranging from avant-garde jazz to rockabilly, western swing to Middle-Eastern, African, and Hawaiian musical styles. Hazmat Modine features Wade Schuman (diatonic harmonica, guitar, banjitar, lead vocals), Randy Weinstein (diatonic harmonica, chromatic harmonica, sheng, vocals), Joseph Daley (tuba), Richard Huntley (percussion), Pete Smith (guitar), Pamela Fleming (trumpet, flugelhorn), and Scott Robinson (bass saxophone, contrabass saxophone, baritone saxophone. sarusaphone, French horn, flute, C-melody saxophone, octaveen, fulgelbone, etc.).
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