Startling, original, hugely entertaining, The Boston Globe describes them as "dixieland, pop, avant-jazz, rock... fully over the top." Led by the irreverently prolific writer-songsinger-satirist-guitarist Chandler Travis (who sometimes opens for friend George Carlin) the nine piece Philharmonic consists of some of Beantown's finest cats on trombone, accordion, sax, mandocello, trumpet, rhythm section and sometimes clarinet. Shows boast obscure, anachronistic covers, Chandler's mind numbingly funny spoken interludes and the ensemble's furious psycho-jungle-dixie sound.