WELLSWUNG Daddies will swing into town for the Jumpers and Jazz festival this weekend.
The well-known, Byron Shire-based band will start with Saturday lunchtime in the street and then play the Warwick RSL on Saturday night and back up on Sunday for the Craft Market in the Park.
It will be two days of jump, jive, swing and some good old rock ‘n’ roll.
WellSwung Daddies plays a mixture of arrangements from the swing band big band era with 11 members including a five-piece horn section, male and female vocals, double bass, guitar, piano and drums.
They are a big band in the style of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Louis Jordan, Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles.
They bring their unique style to their original songs and big band classics made famous by the ‘Great Gatsby’ era and the prohibition years.
The arrangements are transcribed and arranged from original recordings and selected for their modern interpretation of swing, jive, rock ‘n’ roll, lindy hop and jazz.
The Daddies have recently appeared at the Manly Jazz Festival 2014, Warwick Jumpers and Jazz Festival, Cooly Rocks On Festival and The Gangster Ball at the Tivoli in Brisbane.
The band is based in the Byron Shire and features Belle Hendrik and Mick Buckley on vocals, Derek Siddon and Mal Bateman on trumpets, Steve Sax on baritone, Andy Hills on sax and clarinet, Joshua Booyens on trombone, Steve McLeod on guitar, Mark Bromley on double bass, Wally Kafoa on drums and Phil Shepherd on piano.
See them on Saturday 30 July, 7.30pm until late, at the Warwick RSL Club, 65 Albion Street, tickets are $25 at the club or online.
