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Here Come The Mummies are coming to Musikfest Cafe on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, in Bethlehem. (Contributed photo)<\/p>\nFor a quarter century, a band of 5,000-year-old, bandage-wrapped undead have prowled America, with their \u201cterrifying funk from beyond the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sometimes sharing the stage with the likes of Parliament-Funkadelic, Al Green, Mavis Staples and Cheap Trick, other times appearing at massive festivals and often, headlining at clubs, theaters and festivals, Here Come The Mummies sell tickets by the thousands for their crowd-pleasingly entertaining shows.<\/p>\n
Not bad for a group, legend says, that was cursed to wander the earth undead after deflowering a pharaoh\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n
Or, maybe this is really a collection of Grammy-winning Nashville studio musicians, who\u2019ve adopted the mummy routine to maintain their anonymity and cook up some funk outside of the studios where they earn their keep. They perform Sunday at Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s go with the legend, and talk to Mummy Cass \u2014 get it? \u2014\u00a0 who dialed in from Music City recently before Here Come the Mummies hit the road for yet another tour.<\/p>\n
Here Come The Mummies are coming to Musikfest Cafe on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, in Bethlehem. (Contributed photo)<\/p>\n
Q: So how do a bunch of 5,000-year-old mummies learn to play guitar, etc?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were around in the invention of guitars,\u201d Cass said. \u201cI mean, drums are around before us. We kind of helped him invent them (guitars). So we made them fit our fingers\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: And how did you end up choosing funk?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think George Clinton from Funkadelic said it \u2014 aliens came down and helped us build the pyramids,\u201d Cass answered. \u201cThe choice of music back then was funky music from out of space. It\u2019s changed through the years, but it\u2019s basically the same kind of funkiness. So, it is the music of the time for us, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: Is it tough to get up there and play with all the bandages, do they get in the way of your instruments? Do you get hot?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re undead, so the heat doesn\u2019t bother us,\u201d Cass said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if the bandages bother us so much. But me, in particular, my joints are so old that I can\u2019t even walk down stairs without groaning and grunting and everything. It\u2019s not easy. But baby, funky, funky music gets me moving, so I don\u2019t even feel it once I get going. But the first couple steps, man, I\u2019m making noise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: When you guys play a bunch of shows, does the strain get worse as the tour goes on or is it the same undead state all the time?<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of get worn out a little bit, but I am really looking forward to this (tour),\u201d Cass replied. \u201cLucky for us, Spazmo, he\u2019s been singing a little bit more these days. And Dr. You, who\u2019s our bari saxophone player, he\u2019s been singing a few. So I got my backup quarterbacks there, so if I ever need some help, they can help me out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: So, who writes the music?<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, it\u2019s all of us \u2026 I\u2019m sitting here, actually, with Eddie Mummy. He\u2019s the drummer, baby. He and I do a lot,\u201d Cass said. \u201cSpaz has been doing a lot of music. Midnight Mummy, he\u2019s not new, but he\u2019s one of the later additions to the band. He\u2019s been writing a lot of stuff. People show up with funky ideas and we\u2019re ready to roll.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: It sounds like you guys have a hell of a lot of fun out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got lucky,\u201d Cass said. \u201cI gotta be honest with you, man. We got cursed, but the curse has been lucky. It\u2019s a bunch of fun. Every night is fun. The music keeps us going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Q: You\u2019ve been a band for a quarter century, which sounds impressive and it is an achievement. But I guess if you\u2019re 5,000 years old, that puts longevity in perspective.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. we were playing before we got mummified,\u201d Cass said. \u201cWe got on earth about 25 years ago. We might be here for another 5,000 years. Who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a quarter century, a band of 5,000-year-old, bandage-wrapped undead have prowled America, with their \u201cterrifying funk from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,1681,1213,289,432],"class_list":["post-311887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-entertainment","tag-music-and-concerts","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}