This article needs additional citations for verification .(May 2021) |
Americana Deluxe | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 24, 1998 | |||
Recorded | Capitol Studios B&C | |||
Genre | Swing revival | |||
Length | 54:21 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Americana Deluxe is the second studio album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This album is sometimes called Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, as the album cover prominently displays a stylized "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy" logo and does not feature the phrase "Americana Deluxe". The liner notes and the band's website have the title Americana Deluxe.
All tracks are written by Scotty Morris, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "The Boogie Bumper" | 3:38 |
2. | "Mr. Pinstripe Suit" | 3:37 |
3. | "King of Swing" | 4:58 |
4. | "Minnie the Moocher" (Cab Calloway, Irving Mills) | 4:42 |
5. | "You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight" (Baby) | 3:34 |
6. | "Jump with My Baby" | 6:09 |
7. | "Maddest Kind of Love" | 5:04 |
8. | "Go Daddy-O" | 3:12 |
9. | "Please Baby" | 4:59 |
10. | "Mambo Swing" | 5:07 |
11. | "Jumpin' Jack" | 4:47 |
12. | "So Long-Farewell-Goodbye" | 4:34 |
Total length: | 54:21 |
"You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)" incorporates a passage from the waltz "Sobre las Olas" by Juventino Rosas.
"Jumpin' Jack" includes a portion of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band from Southern California. Their notable singles include "Go Daddy-O", "You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)", and "Mr. Pinstripe Suit". The band played at the Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show in 1999.
Rapid City Muscle Car is the second studio album by American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released in 1994 on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records.
False Confession is an American hardcore punk band, that formed in the early 1980s in the Oxnard, California, area. They are one of the founding members of the "Nardcore" punk movement.
Guitar Slinger is The Brian Setzer Orchestra's second album.
Texas Thunder Soul 1968–1974 is a two-disc compilation album of recordings by the Kashmere Stage Band, released on Now-Again Records in 2006. The first disc contains studio recordings by the group, including energetic cover versions of "Theme from Shaft", "Super Bad", "Scorpio" and "Burning Spear". The second disc features unreleased live recordings and alternate takes, and includes a 12-minute video documentary about the group, Texas Jewels. The album includes a 40-page booklet filled with photos, interviews and ephemera.
New Directions is the eighth and final studio album by the funk band the Meters, released in 1977. Produced by David Rubinson in California, it is the band's only album recorded outside New Orleans. The album features the Oakland-based Tower of Power horn section.
This Beautiful Life is the third studio album by the swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. It was released in 1999 on Coolsville/Interscope Records.
In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959 on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia at Morris Brown College's Herndon Stadium. All tracks from this album together with those from Ray Charles at Newport were also released on the 1987 Atlantic compilation CD, Ray Charles Live.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is the self-titled debut album by contemporary swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy released on the bands-own record label Big Bad Records. The band re-recorded the songs "Jumpin' Jack" and "King of Swing" for their following full-length album Americana Deluxe. Also, "So Long, Good Bye" appears on Americana Deluxe in a re-recorded version having the title slightly modified to "So Long, Farewell, Goodbye". "Machine Gun" was re-recorded for their third full-length album This Beautiful Life and appears under the title "2000 Volts" with modified lyrics. "13 Women" is a cover version of the song originally performed by Bill Haley & His Comets. "Fire" is originally performed by Louis Jordan.
Big Easy Fantasy is an album by Willy DeVille and the Mink DeVille Band. It was released in Europe on the French New Rose label in 1995. The album is a mixture of studio tracks and concert recordings made in New York and Paris. The "big easy" of the album's title refers to New Orleans. As the album cover says, the inspiration for the album was "Jump City, the Crescent City, the city that care forgot, New Orleans...The Big Easy!" All songs on the album are standards by New Orleans musicians or are original compositions by Willy DeVille about some aspect of New Orleans.
A Swingin' Christmas is a Christmas album by Tony Bennett, released in 2008, that features the Count Basie Big Band. Bennett's daughter Antonia duets with him on one track.
Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades (HDH) is a band that was formed in 1997 in Tucson, Arizona. Combining various influences from swing music, ska, rockabilly and rock, Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades attracted a local following throughout the Southwest of the United States. They are most associated with the swing revival movement of the late 1990s. The band's musical style, however, transcends any single genre.
How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway is the sixth studio album released by the American musical group Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The album features songs written or performed by bandleader Cab Calloway during his heyday of the 1930s to '50s.
The Brian Setzer Orchestra is the first studio album from the American swing revival band The Brian Setzer Orchestra, released in 1994.
Save My Soul is the fourth studio album by swing group Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. It was released by Vanguard Records on July 8, 2003.
Everything You Want for Christmas is the fifth studio album by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. "Rockabilly Christmas", "Is Zat' You Santa Claus?", and "Christmastime in Tinseltown" previously appeared on the band's first EP, 1997's Watchu' Want for Christmas?.
Shea Marshall is an American multi-instrumentalist and session musician whose primary instruments are saxophone and Hammond B-3.
Big Boss Band is the 1990 studio album of American musician George Benson on Warner Bros. featuring the Count Basie Orchestra. This is Benson's second consecutive album which returns to his jazz roots after his successful pop career in the 1980s, and also his debut as sole producer of an album. The genre is mainly big band swing with some Michel Legrand and R&B thrown in.
Sgt. Pepper's is a tribute album consisting of covers of the entirety of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. The album was recorded by Big Daddy in 1992 and features covers which combine the lyrics and some musical elements from the original Beatles versions with stylistic elements of certain genres and musicians, mostly ones popularized in the 1920s-1950s. The album's release coincided with the 25th anniversary of the original Beatles album. It was the band's last album until 2013's Smashing Songs of Stage and Screen.
Love's Still Changing Hearts is the 34th studio album by Christian music vocal group The Imperials released in 1990. This is the first album recorded on the Star Song label. This album's personnel line-up consists of Armond Morales, David Will, Ron Hemby and David Robertson. Robertson replaced Jimmie Lee Sloas in 1989 but only for this album as he would leave the group for a solo career. This is also Ron Hemby's final album with the group as both Hemby and Robertson were replaced by new tenor leads Jonathan Pierce and Jason Beddoe. Beddoe replaced Hemby but he left the group but Pierce would stay on to record their next album. Former member Sloas co-wrote the track "Goin' Away." The album's final track is a near-9 minute medley of six of the Imperials' best beloved songs and a cover of "Gospel Ship" called "Platinum Medley." Love's Still Changing Hearts peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.