Past and Present members of The Slipshod Swingers include:
Engineer: Panauh & Pirooz Kalayeh
Percussion: John Posatko, Panauh Kalayeh, Pirooz
Guitar: Bret Agins, Franky Ewing, Sonny Mishra
Guitar, Saxophone: Franky Ewing
Slide Guitar: Larry Thomas Moore
Bass Guitar: Pirooz Kalayeh
Backing Vocals: Belinda, Timeray Turner, Sarah Glinski
Vocals: Pirooz Kalayeh, Sonny Mishra
Influences
The Beatles, Lenny Kravitz, The Violent Femmes, Morphine, Cake, Green Day, Soul Coughing, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Led Zeppelin, Jay Z, Blind Melon, Sean Lennon, Jonathan Richman, Dan Bern, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Beethoveen, The Rolling Stones, Cindi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Natalie Imbruglia.
The Slipshod Swingers were born from The Whopper Strategies, an unreleased novel by writer and artist, Pirooz Kalayeh. Now a group of live musicans, they hold to the simple ideals of community, musicianship, and living.
Slipshod's latest record, Transistor Radio is a en electronic pop explosion, filled with catchy hooks, tough bass groves, and gorgeous harmonies.
Woes and Hail Mary's: A collection of improvised love songs that intermingle 50's doo wap with hip hop sensibilities.
Slipshod's second record, Orange Lamborghini, is a sonic landscape of heavy backbeats, discovery, and socio-political ruminations.
Slipshod blog entries, interviews, and updates are available at Shikow
The latest music video has finally been completed! I'd like to thank Mina Lee for putting so much time into helping me accomplish this. It was a great experience to learn Flash. I look forward to making more films with her.
The new CD's are here. The music will be made available on iTunes in the coming weeks. If you want to pre-order one of the limited CD's, just send a paypal to piroozkalayeh [at] gmail.com for $15. I will be sure a CD is sent to you ASAP. If you want extra Swingers paraphernalia, just request some with your paypal delivery.
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
"california? again? you must be crazy!" no... i'm totally serious. i might have a fucked-up mostache and a pair of pants that i stole from my lil' sister, but playing near your house is serious.
so please... for the children who are starving for a tall glass of lola ray, who don't live in california, who probably haven't heard us before, who if they did.. may not like our music, who if they don't... can suck it cause we're rad, please... come to the show.
sweet. see you in a tad.
john.
5/23/2007 8:00 PM - The Underground (ALL AGES) w/ Sirens Sister and Cavil At Rest 2401 Olympus Dr Roseville, California 95661
5/24/2007 7:30 PM - Chain Reaction (ALL AGES) w/ Sirens Sister and Cavil At Rest 1652 W Lincoln Ave Anaheim, California 92801
5/26/2007 7:30 PM - The Knitting Factory (ALL AGES) w/ Sirens Sister, Bullet Train To Vegas, and Cavil At Rest 7021 Holywood Blvd Hollywood, California 90028
showin some love to the Slipshod Swingers....been MIA for a minute there, this being a grown up and working full time thing sucks. Ha! p.s. I dont know if im eloquent enough to come up with something for that interview question....but maybe it will come to me in a dream. ♥
