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They Got the Funk

John “Hutch” Renaud, Robbin Rahman and Gary Kurz — lawyers all — are headed to Smilefest, a three-day music festival just outside of Asheville. Once there, they’ll don orange retro sweatsuits and Kangol caps and slip onstage for some of the funkiest sounds the Carolinas have heard. They are Cadillac Jones, the ’70s-style jazz/funk ensemble.   “We were drawn to the jazz/funk genre because the audience has such a good time with it,” says Kurz, who works for the …