Post by cofi on Jul 16, 2007 23:15:39 GMT
[shadow=red,left,300]Swampdawamp[/shadow]
Here is another fine Southern/rock band
I just love, There's so many new band's coming through playing good straight ahead rock music
from Southernrock, to Jam Band's, Blues, and here is one that if you get the chance, go and give them a listen, or better still go and see them 
SwampdaWamp
(Pronounced Swamp-dah-Wamp)
"When I’m working out a song with the band,” says Gig Michaels, singer-songwriter-guitarist and frontman of the Charlotte, N.C.-based band SwampdaWamp, “I don’t always have all the lyrics done up front, and I scat a little bit. I was doing that at the end of one of our songs and out came this phrase, ‘swampdawamp.’ We knew right then that we had our name.”
SwampdaWamp was formed in the spring of 2006 when singer/songwriter Gig Michaels and drummer David Lee recorded a slate of new songs in their studio in Charlotte, NC. David Lee recruited guitarist Marty Hill, who added his touch to the tracks.
Michaels sent the the tape to Joe Boyland, (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Co., Nazareth, etc.) who agreed to produce the band. The guys then added bassist Robbie Hegler and guitarist Michael Hough and headed to Nashville to start recording the album.
The result - a blend of classic rock meets Southern funk which captures musicians displaying terrific command of their respective instruments having a penchant for the art of skilled song-writing.
The band's self-titled debut album is an infectious blend of power-chord crunch, tasty twinned leads, soulful keyboards and explosive rhythms, all in support of Michaels' alternately party-hardy and reflective songs. "I call it a modern Southern groove infusion of rock," he declares. "It's got all the elements of classic rock, southern rock, alternative rock - even a little jazz. It's a very rootsy rock band."
www.SwampdaWamp.com
MySpace URL:
www.myspace.com/swampdawamp
