A mixture of hard funk with sweet r&b together with own material is what can be found in Red Beans’ first album Based on Massachussetts area, they present the previously mentioned styles with some touches coming from James Brown or Tyrone Davis, covering the differences that, musically and vocally speaking, are among Dwight Ritcher and the two previously mentioned artists But the band accomplishes their purpose of pleasing the audience, admitting they are much better in their live performances than recorded on a cd