The Analog Vinyl Hour - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy & Squirrel Nut Zippers

Neo-swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy first found fame in the 90s during the long-overdue Louis Prima revival that suddenly brought swing bands from coast to coast to greater prominence. But Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was always among the best of the lot with a really tight band that could jump, jive and wail just like their many musical heroes.

Those heroes include the three snapshot Louis that stand as hugely important figures in the development of jazz, swing and jump blues that helped fuel the rock n roll revolution in the 1950s. Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, and Louis Jordan are these men, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are devoting their new album, Louie, Louie, Louie, to paying tribute to them. The real key figure connecting these three is Prima, who has been woefully underappreciated for his crucial role in popular music. Prima was born in New Orleans like Armstrong and played traditional NOLA jazz in his early years before embracing swing in the 30s and 40s by leading a big band. In the 50s, Prima absorbed influence from Jordan and began rocking the house in Vegas with his crack, small band featuring Sam Butera and Keely Smith. It s in that jump blues sound that one hears clearly a progenitor of rock n roll.

The band's Scotty Morris says, From the moment we decided to make Louie, Louie, Louie, I knew we had to record Dinah! Its one of those songs that has always felt like a snapshot of a moment in time, and after doing some research on the tune, it turns out it has a little history as well, It s one of the first popular tunes to have a scat vocal in it. Improvisation was something that all the musicians had been doing on their instruments until Louis Armstrong did it with his vocal. Dinah is the perfect time machine to open this new record.
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* Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Louie, Louie Louie (2017)

Dinah
Oh Marie
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Jack, You're Dead
Whistle Stop
Choo Choo Ch'boogie
Basin Street Blues
Jump, Jive An' Wail
Knock Me a Kiss
Strutting' with Some
Barbecue
Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days

* Squirrel Nut Zippers - Perennial Favorites (1998)

Suits Are Picking Up The Bill
Low Down Man
Ghost Of Stephen Foster
Pallin' With Al
Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter
Trou Macacq
My Drag
Soon
Evening At Lafitte's
The Kraken
That Fascinating Thing
It's Over

* Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rattle Them Bones (2012)

The Adventures of
Diga Diga Do
The Jitters
Let It Roll Again
It Only Took a Kiss
She S Always Right (I M Never Wrong)
Why Me?
Devil S Dance
It S Lonely at the Top
Still in the Mood
Gimme That Wine
5-10-15 Times
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