SwingDJs

Blues shouting is a pre-amplification style. Not that no one can do it in the 50's, or today, but I wouldn't call anyone a shouter if he don't shout.
I would call Joe Williams a blues crooner. He doesn't shout, he sings very smoothly, fully rooted in the age of microphones.

hey man, get off the internet and watch it! then report back to us

oh, they are definitely cute, no question about that.
that dude in the middle... what's his secret?
you should download their version of "tequilla"... you could sorta groove lindy to it. the group has good rhythm.

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/images/covers/coverd/60_69/239063.JPG i was nosing around and found this as well: a live concert in Brazil from 1963 (the tail-end of the soul years), including "What'd I Say," "Moanin'," "Hit The Road Jack," and a badass version of "...

The room-emptier to end all room-emptiers

Ella is allowed to sing whatever she damn well wants, even "Squatty Roo"

i indeed love this song. it's a lot of fun to sing. there's a lot of open "space" in the melody and lyrics for screwing around with the words & rhythms and stuff.

i'm just hoping for an erskine proper box

Stage: Figuring out that something that sounds great with headphones in the darkness of your bedroom can sound like shit in a hall

(comes in between Lawrence's stages 2 and 3)

you're not likely to find the answer here, friend -- most of us are not swing musicians, just DJs... I, however, do play swing, but I've never heard the song. if you want to send me an MP3 I can try to take a crack at it... email it to blues (***) dance at (***) gmail (***) dot com, removing the sta...

"Registering." Who'd a thunk it?

can someone change my email address? it's now blues(***)dance at (***)gmail.com

speaking of money, you can actually save money by getting the official decca box from this site: http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1003 $15 includes shipping

"Flyin' Home"
and the 15 minute version of "Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue" by Duke from Newport

cool!