Listening to Eight to the Bar is a lot like driving along a time-warped highway precisely halfway between Count Basie's Kansas City and Fat's Waller's Harlem, where the car radio picks up everything from "Take the A Train" to "Boogie Woogie Boy of Company B". Their material, like their outlandish wardrobes and onstage choreo, is a colorful mix of forties jive and swing, fifties jump blues, and their own swing influenced tunes. With their 4 part female and male vocals, saxophone, guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, this unique sextet pack a musical and visual wallop not seen in New England since the group's inception in 1975. Since that time they have released 7 records, have appeared national on HBO and VH-1 and have excited audiences from London to L.A. At this time the band has just released its seventh album, "Hey, Sailor!" and is going on its second European tour in April, 2002.
Track List:
1. She's the Most
2. Hey Sailor
3. The Existential Boogie
4. I'm Here to Tell You
5. Why Can't You Dance (With Me Like That)?
6. Mean Old Frisco
7. So Rare
8. Well All Right
9. All of These Things
10. He Ain't Got Rhythm
11. Mean Streets
12. I'm Obsessed
13. Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
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