Welcome to the new Swing Caravan Website!!
It's A Good Life
We've had a busy and great year of gigs and recording. We're loving our new regular gig every Friday at the Yellow Sofa Café and Bar in Northampton. Our first CD, get it fresh, will be out in July and we're already at work on a follow-up for a late fall release. Swing Caravan will be three years old in a couple months and it feels like we're coming into our own, partly due to the regular presence of Michael Dunning on bass. He's the Scottish bassist you may have heard with us, not yet permanent but it's a regular thing. You know, we're still dating.
Slam it, Jack!
We recorded get it fresh in four studio sessions, just 12 hours to get more than we needed on tape. Of course, all the instrumental tracks were played together in real time, the goal being to keep our group personality in tact. The intro to one fast tune caught Dave egging Jack on with "Slam it, Jack!" in the headphones. Yep, that'll make it to the CD. Some other comments from Dave won't... There are some rough mix samples of tunes here on the media page. And, yes, get it fresh will include our original tune "Swing Flower"!
Join Us
Thanks to everyone for coming out to share in the music with us. It's great to see an expanding community supporting what we do. We're ready, artistically and commercially, for bigger things. If you have ideas or contacts for venues, radio, reviews, etc. please send us an email from the contact page.
Peace,
Matthew
