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While some may say the swing phenomenon is losing momentum, that certainly wasn't the feeling at The Roxy last Saturday night. Coming off their best-selling album Zoot Suit Riot and the hit single of the same name, 1998 has been a good year for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, the Seattle-based band that mixes a swing-oriented style with genres such as ska and punk to create their own unique sound...
...Whose idea was it to put all the swing songs from your previous albums and compile them on Zoot Suit Riot...
...Which album is the swing album?" So he had this idea to take all the swing tunes of the other three records and put them onto one, so we did that, and then added four new songs--one of which was "Zoot Suit Riot." And we actually put that out ourselves--this was before we got signed, and the whole swing thing blew up--and it was selling really well, and right around then Mojo [Records, our current label] became interested. What we ended up doing was selling them the license to the album as is. So it's kind...
...success of Zoot Suit Riot a surprise...
...Cherry Poppin' Daddies are a swing-oriented band from Seattle, currently riding high on the success of their latest album, a compilation titled Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Before their show at the Roxy last Friday night, The Crimson got the chance to talk with Jason Moss, the band's guitarist...