Swingsters

2004-11-16T22:48:00.000-05:00

Visit the Capital Region's Swing/Latin Dance Calendar.

Swingsters

2004-11-16T22:45:00.000-05:00

You can join the fun

Send a message to swing@city-of-troy.com with the subject line containing blog or web log. I will add you to the Swingsters blog team, allowing you to post articles here.

Big Fun!

2004-09-23T20:39:00.000-04:00

Sick of Swing - 01

01 - Ella Fitzgerald - 'Deed I Do
02 - Jumpin' Jimes - That's Right
03 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Big and Bad
04 - BB King - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
05 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - I'm Not Sleepin'
06 - BB King - Let The Good Times Roll
07 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - What's Next
08 - Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive an' Wail
09 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Big Time Operator
10 - BB King - Knock Me A Kiss
11 - Lustre Kings - Rockin' Daddy
12 - Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing
13 - Tracy Chapman - Gimme One Reason
14 - BB King - Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby
15 - Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Beginning To See The Light
16 - Ella Fitzgerald - Satin Doll
17 - The Joey Thomas Big Band - Beyond the Sea
18 - Brian Setzer Orchestra - You're the Boss
19 - Lustre Kings - Rumble

2003-02-20T19:13:00.000-05:00

Harm'n Blues - 01

01 - Got My Mojo Working - Paul Butterfield
02 - Walter's Boogie - Walter Horton
03 - You're gonna need me - Luther Allison
04 - Ease my pain - Johnny Winter
05 - Snake Drive - Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds
06 - Six Pack and You - Better Off Dead
07 - Richlands Women Blues - Blue Rhythm Boys
08 - Tin Pan Alley - Walter Horton
09 - Louisiana Blues - Climax Chicago Blues Band
10 - Freight Loader - Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds
11 - In The Mood - Walter Horton
12 - Kind hearted woman - Johnny Winter
13 - Monday Morning Blues - Blue Rhythm Boys
14 - West Side Blues - Walter Horton
15 - Get It On - The Neanderthal Spongecake
16 - Does Your Dog Bite - Better Off Dead
17 - Blues Leave Me Alone - Eric Clapton
18 - Five after four am - Johnny Winter
19 - Have A Good Time - Walter Horton
20 - Got My Mojo Working - Clarence Brown

2003-01-09T20:57:00.000-05:00

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who attended the
New Year's Eve 2003
Rocky Velvet Party!!!

We were 90 very happy new year's people that night, with
good weather and no damage done (except for Moose's back,
but that was totally unrelated to, and prior to, the party
- ask X-tina...)

I would like to thank, in particular, the following people:

Jeanette - the idea originator, securer of band and hall
Tony - for keeping Jeanette in line

Jason - the seller of the most tickets
Christine - the buyer of the most tickets (from Jason...)

Jeremy - the balloon man
Robyn - for pizza and decorating/setup
Anna - for stocking the bar and selling tickets
Darren & Liza - for bringing the DJ gear and mirrored ball
Bob - for lending us some lights
John & X-tina - for amoral support and ticket sales
Brenda - for particularly amoral support
Former girlfriends - who haven't had me put to sleep, yet...
Amber, David W., Angelica - for promotional help
Jess & John - for the spectacular floor show (literally...)
The Roach - for keeping everyone on their toes

And of course thanks to Rick and David L. for DJ'ing the night away
and promotional support; and to Rocky Velvet for one of their best
shows. I think you may have earned yourselves a few new fans.

May the rest of the new year be as fun and exciting!

2002-12-05T10:16:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone!!! I'm very excited for the New Year's Party! I'll post a thread on Yehoodi today or tomorrow (feel free to come to Yehoodi and post on it.... www.yehoodi.com .... in the Discussion Northeast section). Maybe we could recruit some out-of-towners?

Also, I'm in charge of drinks for the party. Donations are encouraged! Later on, I'll post a list of things we'd like to have at the bar and people can sign up for certain things if you want. I'd like to have a nice selection of things so that everyone can make there favorite drinks for NEW YEARS!!! WOOHOO!

Here is the New Year's website, that Barry made:
www.city-of-troy.com/NewYearsEve2003

2002-11-13T22:42:00.000-05:00

Blues/Swing mix - 01

01 - Big Ten Inch Record / Tiny Bradshaw
02 - Big Long Slidin' Thing / Dinah Washington
03 - Laundromat Blues / The 5 Royales
04 - Walk Right in, Walk Right Out / Jesse Powell Orch
05 - Wasn't That Good / Wynonie Harris
06 - Butcher Pete / Roy Brown & His Might -Mighty Men
07 - It Ain't the Meat / The Swallows
08 - Sixty Minute Man / The Dominoes
09 - Lemon Sqeezing Daddy / Sultans
10 - Work with Me Annie / Royals
11 - Keep on Churnin' Till the Butter Comes / Wynonie Harris
12 - Silent George / Lucky Millinder
13 - Long John Blues / Dinah Washington
14 - Mountain Oysters / Bill Doggett
15 - My Man Stands Out / Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
16 - Toy Bell / Bees
17 - Rocket 69 / Connie Allen
18 - Let Me Bang Your Box / The Toppers

Also covered by:
01 - Big Ten Inch Record / Aerosmith
04 - Walk Right in, Walk Right Out / Lavay Smith

Similar to:
08 - One Hour Mama / Lavay Smith

2002-10-27T21:32:00.000-05:00

Hey Barry... looks like some great cds. You gotta get more people to join this group though. See you soon...
JD

2002-10-24T21:52:00.000-04:00

Blue Women - 01
01 - Eva Cassidy - Wade in the Water
02 - Etta James - At Last
03 - Diana Krall - I Lost My Mind
04 - Irma Thomas - Dr. Feelgood
05 - Lavay Smith - Downhearted Blues
06 - Diana Krall - I Don't Know Enough About You
07 - Ertha Kitt - My Discarded Men
08 - Dorothy Dandridge - Smooth Operator
09 - Kim Nalley - Million Dollar Secret
10 - Susan Tedeschi - Friar's Point
11 - Etta James - Son of a Preacher Man
12 - Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
13 - Lavay Smith - Squeeze Me
14 - Dinah Washington - Big Long Slidy Thing
15 - Peggy Smith - Fever
16 - Lavay Smith - One Hour Mama
17 - Lena Horne - Deed I Do
18 - Ella Fitzgerald - Too Darn Hot
19 - Peggy Lee - I'm A Woman

2002-10-24T21:49:00.000-04:00

This week's Calendar Updates

Swing Dance Calendar

Yehoodi discussion

Look for "What is happening in Troy, Albany, Schenectady NY"

2002-10-18T21:09:00.000-04:00

This week's Calendar Updates

Swing Dance Calendar

A letter from Scotty Mac

Yehoodi discussion

Look for "What is happening in Troy, Albany, Schenectady NY"

2002-10-15T00:55:00.000-04:00

Blues/Swing mix - 01

01 - Aretha Franklin - Son of a Preacher Man
02 - Johnny Lee Hooker - Boom Boom Boom
03 - David Lee Roth - I Ain't Got Nobody
04 - Buddy Guy - Don't Tell Me About The Blues
05 - George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
06 - Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes
07 - The Blues Brothers - How Blue Can You Get
08 - Johnny Lee Hooker & Ben Harper - Burnin' Hell
09 - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - Whiskey And Wimmen'
10 - Asleep At The Wheel - Get Your Kicks On Route 66
11 - Atomic Fireballs - Caviar & Chitlins
12 - Johnny Shines - Evening Sun
13 - Lena Horne - Deed I Do
14 - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Danny Diamond
15 - Lavay Smith - Sent For You Yesterday
16 - Buddy Guy - Slippin' Out Slippin' In
17 - Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot - Espanol
19 - Beatles - Yer Blues

2002-10-10T20:44:00.000-04:00

This week's Calendar Updates

Swing Dance Calendar

2002-10-05T15:38:00.000-04:00

Lindy Hip Hop - 02

01 - Melanie G - Word Up
02 - Run DMC - Walk This Way
03 - Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby's Got Back
04 - Salt n Peppa - What A Man
06 - Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina
07 - Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
08 - Relax - Frankie goes to hollywood
09 - Salt n Peppa - Shoop
10 - Stereo MC - Connected
11 - David Bowie - Fashion
12 - Beck - Where It's At
13 - Prince - Kiss
14 - David Bowie - Golden Years
15 - Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
16 - Sinead O'Connor - I Want Your Hands On Me
17 - Smash Mouth - All Star
18 - Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

2002-10-05T15:36:00.000-04:00

Lindy Hip Hop - 01

01 - Destiny's Child - Jumpin Jumpin
02 - Will Smith - Wit ItGettin' Jiggy
03 - Beastie Boys - Girls
04 - Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
05 - Young MC - Bust A Move
06 - Grandmaster & Mell Mel - White Lines
07 - Yello - Oh Yeah
08 - Tom Jones - You Don`t Have to Be Rich
09 - David Bowie - Fame 90 Remix
10 - Smash Mouth - Then The Morning Comes
11 - Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
12 - Limp Bizkit - Rearranged
13 - Fatboy Slim - Praise You
14 - War - Low Rider
15 - REM - Draggin' The Line
16 - Yello - Koladi-ola
17 - Whitey Ford - What It's Like
18 - The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go

2002-10-03T21:08:00.000-04:00

This week's Calendar Updates

2002-10-03T02:41:00.000-04:00

I added a discussion thread to yehoddi.com -
"What's happening in Troy, Albany, Schenectady NY?"

In which I made a shameless plug for the shameless hussy's

2003 Swing Dance Calendar

2002-10-03T00:54:00.000-04:00

You can join the fun

Send a message to swing@city-of-troy.com with the subject line containing blog or web log. I will add you to the Swingsters blog team, allowing you to post articles here.

Big Fun!

2002-10-03T00:41:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the suggestions.

It has been mentioned at Savannah's (in Albany), on several Tuesday nights, that song title suggestions would not be complete without including the Allman Brother's. They tend to be blues-y southern rock - dare I say the "L" word?

As to methodology

It is currently fashionable.
Last year I tried using an on-line Web-based form for song title suggestions.
This way everyone gets to see what was contributed and they do not have to use a formatted response
For the truly geeking - you can also include most HTML formatting in your response, links are particularly encouraged (a href = " " ...). The only problem, don't hit the Enter key (i.e. new line) unless that is where you want a line break - otherwise let the system do line wrapping for you

2002-10-01T18:59:00.000-04:00

Hrmm... Seems to me there must be a more organized way to go about this, but until I have a better idea I'll shut up and go along with this one!

Aerosmith - Pump - 07 - My Girl (kick ass!)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation - 11 - I'm Down
AC/DC - ? - ? - Johnny B. Goode
Perez Prado - Office Space Soundtrack - 11 - Mambo Number 8 (not very "non-traditional", but it's new to us and shouldn't be!)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation - 06 - St. John (might even make lindy freaks happy)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation - 03 - Rag Doll
David Bowie - The Singles Collection (Vol 2.) - 13 - Modern Love
Eric Clapton - Unplugged - 03 - Hey Hey
Aaron Carter - ? - ? - I want Candy
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking - ? - Thank You Boys (very short! (good for telling folks to go home...))
David Bowie - The Singles Collection (Vol. 1) - 07 - Jean Genie
John Lee Hooker - ? - ? - Boom Boom
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Blow in the Wind - 04 - Who Put The Bomp (mad fast!)
Van Halen - ? - ? - Ice Cream Man (rockin'!!!)

2002-09-29T22:08:00.000-04:00

Hiya out there. How's everything on the mainland? Cape Cod is awesome this time of year. If it wasn't for all this homework and studying I'd be having a great time!

2002-09-28T12:35:00.000-04:00

This week's Calendar Updates

2002-09-27T08:42:00.000-04:00

I would like to create a few more compilations:
1) non-traditional swingable dance songs 80's - 00's pop'ish
2) lindy hip-hop

2002-09-27T08:28:00.000-04:00

Saratoga Savoy
What's the criteria?

2002-09-21T11:22:00.000-04:00

Song suggestions welcome!