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Here's what music critic Brett Milano says about Mickey Bones in the Boston Phoenix; There's probably a short list of rules for musicians who want to play authentic New Orleans sounds. First, you oughta be funky. You should eat a mess of crawfish and have your Professor Longhair down pat. Most of all you shouldn't come from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Drummer/bandleader Mickey Bones has broken that last rule, but he's been behind most of the home grown bands who've played Crescent City music with any degree of credibility - starting with the Boogaloo Swamis whom he founded in the early 80's (that band remain active after his departure). Currently he leads no fewer than five bands, four of which make their recorded debut on the just-released Swamptone Sampler (on the Swamptone label, which Bones and his musical partner Joe Pete Wetherbee run from deep in the bayous of West Somerville)....