It’s strange to think that Hezekiah Jones a.k.a. Raphael Cutrufello was on the first bill that I ever booked for an artist some years ago (which also included Brooklyn’s O’Death and D.C.’s Exit Clov – a pretty sweet random bill at The Fire). I remember really digging his set, especially the song “Cupcakes for the Army”, and trading a little banter back and forth with Cutrufello from the audience. He later thanked me after his set for heckling because he admitted that things can get kind of boring on stage because the only people who come to see him are friends and family. Even though I was far from heckling him (he’d know it if I did), I knew right then and there what a genuine person he was/is. And you can obviously hear it in his tunes. It’s just great to see him headlining the big stage tonight at World Café Live. Though I’m sure the crowd will be filled with friends and family for his latest release Have You Seen Our New Fort?, I highly doubt they’ll still be the only people there to see him. It will also be a triple record release party with Up the Chain and Joe D’Amico. The New Fort album officially drops on March 29, but you can grab your advance vinyl copy at the show. We had a chance to throw a few questions at Cutrufello and Pepe Jones a.k.a. Phil D’Agostino before tonight’s party. Here is what they had to say.