On Friday, May 6, four Bandulos backed up our friend Dave Stagno in the WNYC Battle of the Boroughs: Staten Island competition at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space in SoHo, and our own Nicole performed with our “sister-band,” the Bad Mouth Betties. Our friends the Headlocks, and three other SI acts also competed. It was a fun night, and Staten Island showed the rest of the city our great talent and strong sense of community.

Unfortunately, Dave Stagno didn’t make the first cut, but the Betties and Headlocks did!

Watch their performances and vote today for your favorite to be the Staten Island representative in the Ultimate Battle of the Boroughs on June 17! Online voting ends on Sunday, May 17.

You can also vote via SMS: text “SI5″ for the Betties or “SI6″ for the Headlocks to 69866.

Vote early and often! »

UPDATE: Videos are on YouTube as well. Enjoy!

We’ll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo 2011 at the new Play Sports Bar in Annadale, on our home turf of the South Shore of Staten Island. It’s directly across the street from the Annadale train station. Come get loco!

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It’s been a while! We played several private parties in December, including an off-the-hook wedding (see below), and our members have been spending some time playing with other groups, including Brooklyn soul outfit the Del-Reys, the Bad Mouth Betties, ’80s band Weird Science, Funkestra, Air Horns, Dave Stagno, and more. But the Bandulos funk machine keeps on groovin’.

Join us this Friday, Jan. 21 for our triumphant return to good ol’ Rhythm & Brews in Dongan Hills!

Here’s the Facebook event >>

Rhythm & Brews
1674 Richmond Rd
Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 980-1897
10:30pm
[cover charge should be around $5 or $6]

We’ll be back at Big Nose Kate’s a month later, on Sunday, Feb. 20, the night before Presidents Day.

We’re starting to book parties, fundraisers and weddings for the spring and summer. Spread the word, and give us a holler if you want your party to be a funky good time.

Can I get a witness?

Love,
The Bandulos
Billy, Mike, Nicole, Rafael, Paul and John

PS: Have you been keeping up with our former guitarist and good friend Joe Crispiano’s exploits as a Dap-King (as in, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings)? Suffice it to say that over the past year Joe’s gotten some face time on every major late night talk show, toured across the US, Europe and Australia, and just the other day, the band opened for Prince at Madison Square Garden! We’re so proud

Emily and I wanted to thank you for making our party so outstanding. Our guests of all ages had an amazing time at the party. Emily and I both enjoyed the party as much as our guests. We received numerous compliments on how great you guys played. The jazz at the cocktail hour was perfect and I’ve never a been to a party with as large a percentage of the guests dancing or staying on the dance floor until the end of the night. We appreciate that you learned Hava Nagila and I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo, both of which were very special dances for us. It would be our pleasure to be references in the future. Also, the banquet captain told me how great he thought you were. Thank you for all of your hard work. We hope to catch some of your gigs in the future.