Fat City operates most often in that territory where the roots of rock and roll were formed, with rhythm and blues, swing, jump blues, New Orleans gumbo and boogie woogie all meshing together in some smoky roadhouse jam session. It might be amazing to first time listeners to realize the band is doing original music here, so wonderfully do they capture the essence of the best of their forebears. The Fat City Band sound can be tagged with many different labels---rock, jazz, r&b, swing, jump blues---yet the best way to describe it is music that demands you have fun.