The Jive Turkeys are made up of four musicians who have been playing together for the better part of the last five years in a hip-hop group called
Soundscape. Soundscape is a group based in Oxford, OH, home of Miami University. This is where Matt Amburgy (organ), Terry Cole (bass),
Andrew DeRoberts (guitar), and Rob Houk (drums) first met. And while Soundscape has always provided all of them the opportunity to grow
and develop as musicians through the group’s unique fusion of genres (hip-hop, funk, jazz, rock), The Jive Turkeys is a group that is much more
narrow in its focus.
The formation of The Jive Turkeys came about when the four decided they wanted to record some stripped-down, raw funk. So, they borrowed
an organ, a Leslie, some great amps, all got together in a tiny little room and started cranking out tracks.