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Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band

When the clock struck 12 at the old hotel.....

About Me

You may purchase a Physical CD for $5.00 USDClick on the above image for complete details.Listen to a new remix of "Stargazer"Download the MP3 "Close Your Little Eyes (Stargazer) 192kbps 10 MegsThe Spring Heeled Jacks Original Jass Band is neither spring heeled, nor a jass band. It is a collection of talented, volunteer musicians, actors, and engineers who gave their time and effort to bring two people's crazy dreams to life. In late June of 2006, in a tiny cottage, in the small, island town of Port Aransas, Texas, Nathan Dunton recorded 11 scratch tracks with just guitar and vocals for his friend/composer/arranger Josh Morrow. Almost 11 months later, when their album was completed, nearly 30 different musicians and actors had either spoken, performed, or played on the Bob Hope Show inspired concept album, "The Dicky Comstock Show."All but a few of the musicians were volunteers from the community. There were high school students, architects, laywers, teachers, bar owners, and a Presbyterian minister; and each added their own personality to the recordings. In the end, the Dicky Comstock Show has transcended it's creators; It has become the collective voice of a small, but incredibly generous and gifted community.Like the people who brought it to life, the Dicky Comstock Show is a fun and eclectic musical experiment. It's old and young, dark and light, and mixed and matched. From Townes Van Zandt to Leon Redbone, from Slick Rick to Al Jolson, the Dicky Comstock Show paints with a vast musical palette. It's concept was inspired by The Bob Hope Show and Prarie Home Companion. It is set up like a late 1930's variety/talk show with Dicky Comstock acting as the host, Ray's Magic Foot Powder as the show's sponsor, and the Spring Heeled Jacks Original Jass Band as the featured act. Dicky Comstock is played by Lloyd Strohm. The album was recorded at the Third Coast Studio in Port Aransas, arranged and mixed by Nathan Dunton and Josh Morrow, and mastered by Fred Remmert at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin.www.dickycomstock.com

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Music:

Member Since: 12/18/2006
Band Website: thespringheeledjacks.com
Band Members: Written, Arranged, and Produced by Nathan Dunton & Josh Morrow
Lyrics Written by Nathan DuntonMusician Credits:Leah Matthews - Background Vocals, Lead Vocals, & French HornJ.D. Gilliland - Cajon & PercussionChristina Garcia Tamez - CelloJim Cole: Clarinet & Alto SaxJudy Cole: Flute & PiccoloCasey Reed: ViolinTiffany Brown: OboeRichard Safford: Background VocalsMatt Dunton: Background VocalsNathan Dunton: Background Vocals, Lead Vocals, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Clarinet, Bass, Percussion, SFX, Kazoo, & Sampling/SequencingJosh Morrow: Bass, Percussion, Background Vocals, SFX, & Sampling/SequencingKit Guthers: TromboneSam Marks: Trumpet, French Horn, and FluglehornTerry Davidson: TrombonePaul Klemm: BassoonMary Teller: Background VocalsJillian Bartlett: Background VocalsMark Creighton: Background VocalsMike Williams: TromboneDunton Family: SFX (crowd noise)Jim Atwill: Announcer& Lloyd Strohm as Dicky Comstock
Influences: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Tom Waits, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Sphere Monk, Michigan J. Frog, Leon Redbone, The Bossanova, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, Sinatra, The Mama's and the Papa's, The Beatles, Jelly Roll Morton, Swing Music, Jazz, Nola, Nigel Godrich, Phil Spector, Portishead, Bjork, Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, The Doors, The Stones, Perez Prado, Buena Vista Social Club, Howard Shore, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, PET SOUNDS and SMiLE, Carter Burwell (Adaptation Score), Louis Armstrong, April In Paris, Irene, Miles (The Gil Evans stuff), Squirrel Nut Zippers, Yardbird, Lady Day, Run DMC, John Barry, Nine Inch Nails/Trent, Beck, Fuzzface n' Ades, Beth, Lee Perry, Mari-huana, Poncho Villa, Bela Lugosi, John Lee Hooker, JAMES JAMERSON, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Beethoven, Mozart (No 25 in Gmin & Requiem), Chopin, Bach, Glenn Gould, The CSO, The City of Chicago, T, U2, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, RHCP, Siddhartha Gautama, Ghandi, Saul Williams, Kerouac, Old Bull Lee, Preisner, Kilar, Polanski, Scorcese, Dostoyevsky, Tom Wolfe, Dean Moriarty, Federico Fellini, Nino Rota, Marvin Gaye, Paris France, London, Alaska, New Zealand, NYC, Beastie Boys, Digable Planets, M.I.A., Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, Underdog Remixes, Monk & Canatella, Funkadelic, My Man Bootsy, Ministry, GNR, Wax Trax Records, M/A/R/R/S, Nasa Voyager Recordings, The Complete Ultra Lounge Collection, Beat Street, Old Breakdance Music, Q. Spearman, Bob Marley, DUB, Wolfjaw, Mike Williams and Friends, Nathan Dunton, Ian Henkle, Dizzle, Bela, ChaCha and Rita Pita, Riley.


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Sounds Like: World Americana
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bullz-Eye.com Dicky Comstock CD Review 2008

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Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:29:00 PST

Sometimes, Lord

New song:Sometimes, LordWritten by Mike Williams Featuring The Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass BandArranged and Produced by Nathan Dunton & Josh MorrowChristina Garcia-Tamez - Cello &am...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:30:00 PST

Two Tons of Steel

In our ever growing list of friends, I can't seem to find their page to put in our top friends list so if you haven't already, please go check out Two Tons of Steel.  They are a great band and we...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:46:00 PST

A Nice Newspaper write up....

Port Aransas duo enlists friends for fun CD BY PHIL REYNOLDS - Port Aransas South Jetty(Must have Adobe Acrobat Reader Installed)...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:30:00 PST

The Dicky Comstock Show CD

I am please to announce that you may purchase "The Dicky Comstock Show " on CD  for a mere $5.00!If you like our music, Please help support us by buying a CD!...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST

The Dicky Comstock Show!

After 11 months, we are done!The Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band Presents: The Dicky Comstock Show Story of the Jacks and the Dicky Comstock Show The Spring Heeled Jacks Original ...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST

Story of the Jacks

The Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band is not really a band in a conventional sense. We've never played together live and our members live as far away as New Mexico. Most of our musicians...
Posted by Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST