Member Since: 5/24/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/swinginblackjacks
Band Members: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Booking - Matt Allen
Drums - Adam David
Bass - Various - Mark Fournier is on the mp3s, but he moved outta town, Joe Burns(Taxi Chain, Mr. Rick & The Biscuits) & Scott Gibson(The Royal Crowns)
both slap for us.Various honourary SB's include(in no order at all...): Glenn Kimberley
(Sin City Boys, Kenny Brown & The Pervaders), Gary Kendall( Downchild Blues Band), Teddy Leonard(Fathead, Paul Reddick, Pork Belly Futures), John Farrell(Club Django),Greg "Junior" Demchuk(The Rockin' Highliners, Do-Rite Aces, The Twisters) Henry Heilig(Carlos Del Junco, Heilig Manouver),
Bob Vesazziani(Swing Gang, Liquor Pigs), Doug Barrett(Speed Kings),
Bob Stanton(Too Beaucoup!), Jim Milne, (Downchild, Kenny Brown, Wild Card), Kevin McQuade(Rattlin' Bones, Kat Kings), Victor Bateman(pretty much everybody), Pete Schmidt(him too..), Dave Tufford(Melody Ranch), Skeets Mequita(Loveless, Go Freddy, Go!, The MacKenzie Kings),
Mark French(The Simpletons, Blue Rodeo), Lee Warren(Rang Tango, Michelle Wright).
There's more but I forget, and by the way, THANKS, all of you.
Influences: Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Johnny Horton, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker, Howlin Wolf, Johhny"Guitar" Watson, Johnny Cash, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Joe Clay, The Clash, The Paladins, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Blasters
Sounds Like: A Freight Train crashing through a Honky-Tonk!!
Type of Label: None