The Kat Kings - Swinging in the Swamp (2016)

Tracklist

01. When I Say Jump
02. Poppin'at Party Time
03. B-Flat Kat
04. I Work for You
05. Juke Joint Jimmy
06. Before I Found Him
07. Ridin' in Style
08. I'm Just a Shadow
09. It Came from the Swamp
10. Til It Feels Alright
11. I Got the Fuse
12. Late Night Thing
13. Baby You Can't Drink



Kevin McQuade’s Kat Kings mine the original rockabilly rock n’ roll kats for their inspiration, tapping into the pure grooves of early Elvis, Cash, Perkins et al, and delivering a goddamned beer drinkin’ n’ hell raisin’ party, no doubt about it.

Their second album, following 2011’s The Winning Hand, Swingin’ In The Swamp does exactly what it says on the tin: swampy rock n’ roll with groove and swing that’ll get feet to tappin’, butts to wigglin’ and girls and boys dancin’ way too close.

There’s a bit of everything here, too: the music-is-king rambunctions of When I Say Jump and Poppin’ At Party Time; the lively Juke Joint Jimmy (about a real-life Toronto icon); Before I Found Him’s blend of snakey grooves and swampy gospel – and that’s before the big Vegas Elvis payoff at the end; the low riding, top down, shades n’ collar up Ridin’ In Style; some Tony Joe White styling on It Came From The Swamp; some fiery honky tonk piano on Til It Feels Alright; a touch of ZZ Top sizzle on I Got The Fuse; the Cajun Gumbo of Late Night Thing; and the hilariously rockin’ closer Baby You Can’t Drink.

Swingin’ In The Swamp is party music the way it used to sound, and the way it should do again, so fill your tiki mugs with some firewater and get swingin’, kool kats.

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