Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
| Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | |
|---|---|
 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at a live concert |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Swing , neoswing |
| founding | 1989 |
| Website | BBVD.com |
| Founding members | |
Guitar, front man |
Scotty Morris |
Drums, percussion instruments |
Kurt Sodergren |
| Current occupation | |
| Scotty Morris | |
| Kurt Sodergren | |
| Dirk Shumaker | |
Baritone saxophone , vocals |
Andy Rowley |
| Glen Marhevka | |
| Karl Hunter | |
| Joshua Levy | |
| Live and session members | |
Trumpet |
Tony Bonsera |
| Alex Henderson | |
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a Neoswing band from Southern California . Her most important singles include Go Daddy-O , You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) and Mr. Pinstripe Suit . The band played during the half-time break of Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999.
history
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was founded in 1989 in Ventura, California by frontman Scotty Morris. The band's name came about after Morris met blues guitar legend Albert Collins at one of his concerts:
“He signed my poster 'To Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy'. I thought it was the coolest name I ever heard on one of the coolest musical nights I ever had. So when it came time to name this band, I didn't really have a choice. I felt like it was handed down to me. "
“He signed my poster with the words 'For Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy '. I thought it was just the greatest name I've ever heard on one of my greatest musical nights. When I had to come up with a name for the band, I didn't really have a choice: This name was intended for the band. "
Morris and Kurt Sodergren are the two founders of the band. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy focused on the swing of the 1940s and 1950s and played it in clubs and lounges in their early years .
Early career: 1989–1996
After Morris was in punk and alternative rock bands in the 80s , such as B. False Confession, a band in the nardcore scene, he formed Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with Kurt Sodergren. The band released two CDs , Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Watchu 'Want for Christmas? under their own record label Big Bad Records before they had the big break with their songs You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) , I Wan'na Be Like You and Go Daddy-O , after they were on the soundtrack of the tragic comedy Swingers were included.
Commercial success: 1997-2004
From then on they were under contract with Capitol Records . There they released the albums Americana Deluxe , This Beautiful Life and Save My Soul . The band continued their tours, appearances and album releases. She appeared on the Super Bowl halftime show in 1999, the Capital One Bowl in 2006, and served as the house band for ESPN's ESPY Awards for a few years . They also released a variant of the theme music from the sitcom Behind the Moon Immediately Left , which was used in the 1999/2000 season.
Live performances and return: from 2005
In the past few years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has played many popular music programs from American symphony orchestras , among others. a. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , San Francisco Symphony and Atlanta Symphony. They wrote a new song for the movie Beastly Wild and recorded one for the Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation Special . Big Bad Voodoo Daddy also occurred in the success TV show Dancing with the Stars and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on to their album How Big Can You Get ?: The Music of Cab Calloway imagine a compilation of their interpretations of songs Cab Calloway from the April 2009.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1994)
- Watchu 'Want for Christmas? (1997)
- Americana Deluxe (1998)
- This Beautiful Life (1999)
- Save My Soul (2003)
- Everything You Want for Christmas (2004)
- How Big Can You Get ?: The Music of Cab Calloway (2009)
- Rattle Them Bones (2012)
- Live and compilations
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Live (2004)
- Singles
- You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) , CD single (Interscope Records, 1999)
various
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy appeared in Night of the Living Doo , a special, absurd episode of Scooby-Doo .
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy played herself in the movie Swingers , in which she was in a club and the like. a. play their song You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Live In Los Angeles. In: NPR Music. Retrieved June 24, 2011 .
- ↑ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Myspace profile. Retrieved June 24, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 168 kB). Retrieved July 29, 2012.
