SwingDJs

When you say "which you would not hear in lo-fi music" do you mean because that style of drumming wasn't happening yet, or because it's lo-fi it's not being recorded? If you mean the former, you don't hear the "tis te te tis te te tis" (the heavy high hat) in the lo-fi music beca...

Found my Yehoodi playlist... can't remember from when it was, November 2001 maybe? Do you remember Jesse? 01. Jay McShann – Swingmatism 02. Eddie Condon – Yellow Dog Blues 03. Duke Ellington – West Indian Pancake 04. John Kirby – Effervescent Blues 05. Dickie Wells – Sweet Sue 06. Buster Bailey’s Rh...

Lawrence wrote:biting my tongue

Please let the tounge go... I'm curious. Or do you already see my trap?

Sorry if I come off a little bitchy in this note Lawrence, but when I feel someone’s not seeing what's going on I get that way. Maybe it's true in your area, and I know little about the Austin scene, but it's certainly NOT what's going on nationally. gotta add that many "fast dancers" DO w...

http://www.geminidj.com/photogal/musict.htm

interesting...

http://jivejunction.pecking.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=679&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 I thought the DJs of the scene should see this thread, and thought it could make for some interesting discussion "amongst ourselves." My basic thought on this is presented in the opening...

Does anyone really play "obscure scratchy swing-era songs?"

All of the Blues numbers on that album kick ass.

Here are my suggestions, all Lindy Hop music:

http://www.jivejunction.com/djservices/

...though I'd be surprised if you didn't already have most of that. I consider that stuff standard material now.

Julie said she was contacted a couple days ago. Bill's email was fudged up for some reason.

Amy's events are the best Lindy Hop competition weekends. Period.

One song that seems to be equally appreciated in both camps is Eva Cassidy's Wade in the Water. One of everybody's favorite overplayed songs. The main thing is that when that song comes on, few people think the DJ is playing a Westie song. Well... the Lindy Hoppers do. I would love to hear more stu...

Well... Hal Smith, Eddie Reed, Dean Mora and Josh Collazo are all post swing era white guys...

"Lindy Hop" is not hyphenated.

Of the 239 yahoo group members, roughly 50% are set to "No Email" (either they go to the website if they want to see anything, or they just plain aren't interested.) 30% are set to "Daily Digest" and 20% are set to recieve "Individual Emails." So it could be said that r...