Voodoo Swing
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"Voodoo Swing! Established: 1990"
CHANDLER, Arizona
United States
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| Member Since | 7/29/2008 | | Band Members | Shorty: Guitar & Vocals
Leeroy: Drums & Hollerin'
Daddy-O: Bass & Screamin'
Honorary member: Junior, our terrific bass player, friend and co-singer on our first two albums!
 | | Influences | Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, The Paladins, Reverend Horton Heat, Johnny Burnette Trio, Guana Batz, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Joe Clay, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Dick Dale, Carl Perkins, Big Sandy, The Blasters, Quentin Terentino films, Raising Arizona, cheap hot rods, cheap motorcycles, cheap dates, Junior's songwriting, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, Buck Owens, Goerge Jones, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams sr., Al Casey, Sleepy LaBeef, The Wild One, James Dean, Jailhouse tattoos, Murray's Pomade, girls in tattoos and leather, High Noon, Long walks on the beach on a moonlit night, gazing into each others eyes, pina coladas, blah, blah, blah!
 | | Sounds Like | A band you should listen to if you dig hard driving rockabilly, with some cheap country and psychobilly thrown in for good measure! We're good for what ails ya!
 | | Record Label | Nervous Records/Rockhouse Records | | Type of Label | Indie |
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| About Voodoo Swing |
   
Voodoo Swing, Nervous Records and Rockhouse Records recording artists is a premiere Rockabilly trio established in 1990. The trio consists of Shorty on lead guitar and vocals, while Leeroy pounds on skin and hollers and Daddy-O lays down the grooves on bass.
They have shared the stage with modern legends such as Big Sandy, The Frantic Flattops, The Paladins, Lee Rocker, Three Blue Teardrops, The Reverend Horton Heat, Russell Scott and his Red Hots, the Dave and Deke Combo, and The Hillbilly Hellcats to name a few. Playing a unique rip-it-up style of Neo-Rockabilly quickly got Voodoo Swing the attention of Nervous Records in London, and they were quickly signed. Voodoo Swing's debut album "We're Usin' Code Names!" came out on Nervous in 1993. It was followed by their second album, "Well, Okay Then!" released on Holland's Rockhouse Records label. Voodoo Swing's music has also been on dozens of Rockabilly compilations, including "American Rumble," and "Only Freeways to Skinner Cat!" The band also provided the soundtrack for the lowrider documentary film "Low and Slow." In 1998, Shorty was voted "Best Electric Guitar Player" in Salt Lake's "City Weekly Magazine" readers poll.
In the 90's, Voodoo Swing toured the Western U.S. and played rockabilly festivals around the country. At that time, the band called Salt Lake its home base.
While playing a show in Wells, Nevada in the mid-nineties, a little-known gambler and the 4th King of Buthan, Jigme Wangchuck overheard the combo over the ding-ding-ding of his video poker machine.
The King peered into the concert hall and was mesmerized by what he heard. That night he ordered the band be "relocated" to the home of his throne in Thimphu, Bhutan. Shorty, Leeroy and Daddy-O were made the courts jesters and were promised freedom after 5000 shows had been played for the King.
Early in 2008 Voodoo Swing fulfilled their obligation to the Kings Court and now are back in Arizona playing for the fans they have missed for all these years.
Look for Voodoo Swing in a dive bar near you... just NEVER in a casino.
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