NAMM Show Debut: Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns

Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

Darrell Craig Harris

Music Interviews, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 107 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Las Vegas-based funky soul favorites Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns make theirNAMM Show debut on the Yamaha Grand Plaza Stage on Saturday, January 24 4:30-6 PM in Anaheim, California. Trumpet player and acclaimed musician Danny Falcone joins the podcast to talk about the band's journey, their upcoming NAMM performance, and his rich family musical legacy that continues to shape his career. More about Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns This band is the culmination of the dreams of all of the individual musicians in the band. We all dreamed about what the 'ideal' gig would be, and it went something like this: To play music that moved, challenged and inspired us without the usual external restrictions, influences, or boundaries that come with every other (paying) gig,... To make that music with people we love and respect both personally and musically. And to be able to share it with others. That is what Santa Fe & the Fat City Horns is all about. The band is a throw back to all the horn bands that influenced us all growing up, as well as a tribute to our musical heroes and friends mixed with our own music and arrangements. Old School and raw, but polished with pride and discipline. Santa Fe website www.santafeandthefatcityhorns.com social media www.instagram.com/santafeband Danny Falcone social media www.instagram.com/danielfalconemusic Jazz Vegas Orchestra social www.instagram.com/jazzvegasorchestra About Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris The Music Matters Podcast is hosted by Darrell Craig Harris, a globally published music journalist, professional musician, and Getty Images photographer. Music Matters is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean, and more. Each week, Darrell interviews renowned artists, musicians, music journalists, and insiders from the music industry. Visit us at: www.MusicMattersPodcast.comFollow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/musicmattersdh For inquiries, contact: musicmatterspodcastshow@gmail.com Support our mission via PayPal: www.paypal.me/payDarrell voice over intro by Nigel J. Farmer

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0:00.0	Welcome to Music Matters podcast with Daryl Craig Harris, talking about all things music,
0:09.6	with celebrities, artists, music business insiders, and more.
0:20.8	Danny Falcone, how you doing today?
0:22.9	Good, my friend.
0:23.5	How are you?
0:24.3	I'm awesome.
0:25.0	So we've been friends for a long time, and I knew your father, who we're going to talk about a little bit later.
0:30.3	So you are a trumpet player, but you're much more than that living in Las Vegas.
0:34.7	You play with an amazing band called Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns,
0:39.1	which has been a legacy band in Las Vegas for decades.
0:42.5	You have a really important fun show coming up
0:44.7	at the NAM show in Anaheim.
0:47.0	You're going to be playing on the Saturday night, 6 p.m.
0:49.8	just as everybody's walking out,
0:51.2	that's considered prime time.
0:53.3	So that's exciting. Tell me about
0:55.9	the NAM show and how that happened. Well, you know, what happened, it's interesting. We were
1:01.6	invite, or there was an invite to submit last year and for last year's NAM. And so, you know,
1:10.0	I talked to Jerry. I think we discussed it and said, so, you know, I talked to Jerry.
1:11.0	I think we discussed it and said, yeah, you know, it would be fun if we do that.
1:14.4	You know, we'd like to get there.
1:16.2	So we submitted and they like the band, but they put us, unfortunately, in a time slot where they only gave us 30 minutes to set up. And this is a big band.
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