Formed in late 2010, Tweed Funk has been an integral part of the “soul-revival” movement with their own style of Memphis flavored soul, roots, and blues. This Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6 piece soul-blues revue is fronted by Joseph “Smokey” Holman, who recorded under Curtis Mayfield in the early 70’s. Tweed Funk boasts 5 Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Wins since 2012 for the band and its members. In April of 2016 the band released their fourth CD, “Come Together”, consisting of 10 new original tunes. Tweed Funk toured the Midwest and east coast of the United States in support of their new album. Tweed Funk’s new album hit #11 on the RMR Top 50 Blues Charts; reached #19 on the Living Blues Charts; and featured as Dan Aykroyd’s (aka Elwood Blues) Blues-Breaker on the internationally syndicated radio program on TheBluesmobile.com

In March of 2016 front man, Joseph “Smokey” Holman, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The band took a 7 month hiatus in the latter part of 2016 while Smokey underwent a successful stem cell transplant. Following his treatment the band is returning to the concert and festival stage in 2017.