Swing Jive Rhythm & Blues : Hep Chaps / Maria Vincent / Big Heat 3 CDs

Swing Jive Rythm & Blues : Hep Chaps / Maria Vincent / Big Heat 3 CDs

The Hep Chaps
Swingin' On Nothing CD

An incredible six-piece band formed by David Howarth and John Wallace, delivering punchy Swing Rhythms via original songs with zany lyrics and reworking favourites from the original Swing era.
Rock 'n' Roll fans will know John Wallace as a member of The Stargazers, and David Howarth from his roles in the stage musicals Buddy and Good Rockin' Tonight.
The HepChaps line-up also features guitar-ace Zac Zdravkovic, leader of British Rock 'n' Roll favourites The Jive Romeros.
A fantastic album with boasts catchy swinging tunes, both new and old performed by the finest musicians the Swing scene has to offer - and great vocals too!

Track Listing:
Swingin' On Nothing - Tickle Toe - Cherokee - S'Wonderful - The Lady Is A Tramp - One For Press - Easy To Dance With - The D.I.Y. Song - Summertime - Cape Cod - Into It - Lady Be Good - Spook's Holiday - Hit That Jive Jack

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Maria Vincent & The Millionaires
She'll Be Gone CD

Maria Vincent & The Millionaires, a swingin' six-piece, are one of the hottest bands on the Rhythm & Blues, Rock 'n' Roll and Swing scenes.
Their sound is based around the early 1950s when Rock 'n' Roll emerged of Rhythm & Blues via great artists such as LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Louis Jordan and Wynonie Harris - hence their popularity on all 3 related scenes, and appearances at high-profile events including The Rhythm Riot, Hemsby Rock & Roll and the Colne & Burnley Blues Fests.
She'll Be Gone is their second studio album, and it succeeds in capturing the sound of the birth of Rock 'n' Roll, when the Big Beat, the swingin' saxophone, and the jump blues sound still dominated.

Track Listing:
Walkin' Blues - She'll Be Gone - Choo Choo Ch'boogie - Them There Eyes - I'll Wait For You - Hook Line & Sinker - No More Love - House Of Blue Lights - Promises Promises Promises - Easy Easy Baby - I Love You Honey - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Rock This Joint

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The Big Heat
Boogiemen CD

The Big Heat are eight-piece Rhythm & Blues outfit who have rapidly become one of the UK's mightiest music machines. - They pump out Jumpin', Swingin', Red Hot & Rockin' Jump Blues - their style taken from late 1940s & '50s - the prime time of Rhythm & Blues. - The Big Heat's foundation stone is the solid rhythm section of driving boogie piano, double bass and drums.
Then the tough sounding Blues guitar explodes, complimented by a honkin' horn section of tenor & baritone saxes topped with a wailing trumpet.
Powerhouse vocals provided by John 'Widemouth' Wilson complete the lineup. - Prepare for a fabulous musical journey from New York to New Orleans, from East to West across the golden age of music.

Track Listing:
Wild Life - Slowly Losing My Mind - Something's Goin' On In My Room - Side-Tracked - I'm Tore Up - Will Call - Calling Baby - Hens Teeth - Early Early Morning - Much Later - Running Wild - Happy Pay Day - Douglas Boogie - Real Gone Lover - Give Me One More Drink - Rhythm Rockin' Blues