Re: Squirrel nut zippers

Jim Nielson (jnielson@sympatico.ca)
Sat, 27 Sep 1997 17:39:05 -0400

At 12:54 PM 9/27/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone out there has heard of the Squirrel Nut
>Zippers. I've only heard one song..and IMHO...it kicks! It's got a
>(acid) jazzy...swing...kinda feel to it..but that still doesn't sum up

I actually don't know shit about Squirrel Nut Zippers, but that hasn't
stopped anybody lately from posting to this list (just kidding, just
kidding; anyway, it's never stopped me ;-)

I did check out a couple tracks off their latest cd when I was in L.A.,
where it seemed to be considered pretty hip listening. They have at least
one other cd release. The music struck me as neo-jive/swing, somewhat in
the manner of Toronto's BIG RUDE JAKE and Joe Jackson's JUMPIN' JIVE album
and some Leon Redbone tracks and moments in Tom Waits -- i.e., old style
20s and 30s Cotton Club jazz in the Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan and Duke
Ellington line. I may be misremembering the way I want to, though. Now I'm
intrigued and will probably go buy the effing thing.

Thanks for reminding me and for putting up with yet another supererogatory
posting
,-)

jimX

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