Elektric Voodoo is an Afrobeat-inspired six piece dance-rock ensemble that boasts elements from big horns to fiery Afro-Latin percussion, mashed up in a potent Dr. John-homaging sonic gumbo, anchoring songs about love, loss and American life. The national touring band is based out of San Diego, CA and led by Scott Tournet, co-founder of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. 

Scott’s successful career path before forming Elektric Voodoo includes writing, performing and recording with Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), The Allman Brothers, Billy Gibbons, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal, Mark Batson (Dr. Dre, Alicia Keys, etc.), Mavis Staples, The Black Crowes, Bob Weir, and many more.  Through these experiences Tournet became schooled in song craft, soul, pop, blues, and classic rock & roll at the highest level.

Tournet explains, “I think what makes us different is that we are trying to combine the physicality of rhythm with the emotions of meaningful lyrics and storytelling, so we connect to the body and the mind of our audience. We want our crowds to dance and sweat through Saturday night and then wake up remembering a lyric that helps carry them through the week.”

Before debuting on the San Diego club scene, Elektric Voodoo began as a one-man band, with Tournet bouncing song ideas off West African rhythmic loops. That formed the basis for the band’s self-titled 2016 debut. By that album’s follow up, 2018’s Animal, Tournet had a horn section on board, with a full-fledged live lineup and many gigs to follow.

A whole greater than the sum of its parts, the band is a veritable musical brain trust of strange bedfellows. Drummer Matt Bozzone and percussionist Tyrone Kiernan are like a rhythmic world atlas, with years of playing West African, South American and Caribbean styles under their belts. Baritone and tenor saxophonists Bradley Nash and Travis Klein (respectively) are both well-schooled jazz musicians, with backgrounds in classical music to boot. And bassist Luke Henning has been a fixture on San Diego’s world famous pop-punk and indie-rock scene.