BONERAMA's third album, Bringing It Home, features live performances including originals and covers ranging from the Meters and George Porter Jr., to The Beatles and Thelonious Monk. Perhaps most impressive is the band’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s “The Ocean”—with trombones doing the familiar background vocals along with the big guitar riff. They’re not a traditional brass band, but BONERAMA has brass to spare, even with no trumpets or saxes in sight.

Band leaders Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, former members of Harry Connick, Jr.’s band, founded the group in 1998. Mullins and Klein are joined by fellow trombone players Steve Suter and Rick Trolsen, sousaphone player Matt Perrine and guitarist Bert Cotton. BONERAMA also features a rotating cast of New Orleans’ finest drummers, including Russell Batiste, Stanton Moore, Eric Bolivar and Terence Higgins.

Madison jazz ensemble the John Chimes Trio opens for BONERAMA at Overture Center. The group features John Chimes on piano and vocals, Al Falaschi on drums and Dave Davenport on bass. “I didn’t choose music as a career; it chose me,” says Chimes. He released his sixth CD in 2007. The album, Let Out the Blues, showcases Chimes’ trademark piano playing and singing. This performance is part of Overture’s Take 10 series. Educators and students through grade 12 can get $10 tickets to this show by presenting teacher or student ID at an Overture Center Ticket Office window. The Take 10 series is sponsored by Group Health Cooperative-South Central Wisconsin. This performance is welcomed by WORT 89.9 FM.