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Everyone who has ever seen the Swingtips perform knows how much fun it is to be a part of the band's live, interactive shows. Audiences of all ages find themselves laughing, singing, dancing, and even performing on stage with the band in the tradition of Vaudevilleâ€™s golden age of variety entertainment. A former act at Disney World, The Swingtips have been noted as one of the hottest nostalgia pop acts to emerge in the industry. The Swingtips original music has also been hailed as some of the most "excellent original, â€¦top notch swing material" (Tower Records) on the market, influencing audiences for over a decade.

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Member Since: 3/5/2006
Band Website: swingtips.com
Band Members: Kregg Barentine - lead vox/sax Steve Culp - piano/vox Gregg Delfiner - drums Jim Van Wagoner - piano/vox John Willis - bass/vox Scott Yandell - trumpet/vox
Influences: Kurt Weill; Duke Ellington; Danny Elfman; Cab Calloway; Glenn Miller; Louis Prima; Elvis; Spike Jones; Bach; The Muppets; Mills Brothers; Louis Jordon; Thomas Dolby; Ray Charles; Woody Herman; The 1939 World's Fair; Bill Haley and the Comets; Louis Armstrong; Carl Stalling; Frank Sinatra; Count Basie; Stray Cats; Illinois Jacquet; Jack Sheldon; Gustav Holst; South Park; Les Baxter; Johnny Mercer; Sonny Rollins; Sonny Stitt; Sonny Bono; Sunny D (tastes pretty good on campouts); Sun Ra; The Hoover Dam; Jon Hendricks; Charlie Parker; Art Of Noise; Tito Puente; Clare Fischer; Mozart; Disney's Haunted Mansion; Vince Guaraldi; Cole Porter; The Police; Ella Fitzgerald; Dean Martin; Frank Lloyd Wright; Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow; Historic Route 66 (especially the Arizona stretch); ...
Sounds Like: No one on this planet.
Record Label: Ghost Note Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"SANTA SWINGS" TOP WINNER IN 2008 GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING CONTEST

Yet again, congrats to Kregg Barentine of the Swingtips for his original song, "Santa Swings" which is a TOP WINNER of the 2008 Great American Songwriting Competition. The song is the title track from...
Posted by Swingtips on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:53:00 PST

SWINGTIPS WINNER IN 2008 INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION

Congrats to Kregg Barentine of the Swingtips for his original song, "Sam The Clam" which is officially inthe winner's circle of the 2008 International Songwriting Competition. The song appears on the ...
Posted by Swingtips on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:49:00 PST

Baseball and jazz connection

It has been my understanding for some time now that the term "jazz" actually originated in baseball. Can anyone document or corroborate this? Further, where and when did the term come to broadly descr...
Posted by Swingtips on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:36:00 PST