Brian Setzer & Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:30 am
*Cough* You might have heard of these bands. They are not dead, so neoswing still seems to exist.
And both have recently released new albums. So I thought I'd give you a short review of these (by the way, I did NOT pay for these cds, but the BBVD I might have done if I didn't get it for free)
Brian Setzer - Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy
Brian is going back to old school, that is Brian's old school. It's more in the style of Stray Cats but not quite. A lot of Rock'n'roll and rockabilly stuff. A few rockier ballads and similar stuff. If you like this kind of music it's actually quite good. A definite party album, but in no way swing music or for swing dancing (according to me)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Save My Soul
BBVD releases their best album so far. This time they take influences from New Orleans jazz and mixes it up with their classic neoswing. And they make it work good! So we got an album of New Orleans style jazz, classic BBVD neoswing, and songs mixing these styles.
And I actually like this a lot. Not many songs I would play for a swing dance (if you want to play neo you got some worth playing) but also this is a party album with some great music
/Patrik, who gets neo stuff for free when importing it to Europe.
And both have recently released new albums. So I thought I'd give you a short review of these (by the way, I did NOT pay for these cds, but the BBVD I might have done if I didn't get it for free)
Brian Setzer - Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy
Brian is going back to old school, that is Brian's old school. It's more in the style of Stray Cats but not quite. A lot of Rock'n'roll and rockabilly stuff. A few rockier ballads and similar stuff. If you like this kind of music it's actually quite good. A definite party album, but in no way swing music or for swing dancing (according to me)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Save My Soul
BBVD releases their best album so far. This time they take influences from New Orleans jazz and mixes it up with their classic neoswing. And they make it work good! So we got an album of New Orleans style jazz, classic BBVD neoswing, and songs mixing these styles.
And I actually like this a lot. Not many songs I would play for a swing dance (if you want to play neo you got some worth playing) but also this is a party album with some great music
/Patrik, who gets neo stuff for free when importing it to Europe.