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'Skaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' (In actual stores 9/29!)
Might as well start here, of all places...I and a few other fans will be heavily hyping the album as it comes...
On September 29th, Rock Ridge Music (home to Reel Big Fish) will be giving national distribution to not one, but TWO albums by America's favorite rock/ska/swing/funk ensemble the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Dig it, smacks:
In celebration of the bands 20th year in the music business, Eugene, Oregon’s horn-heavy, genre-bending, multi-platinum-selling Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are giving store shelves a double shot of musical goodness in September: both “Susquehanna” and “Skaboy JFK: the Skankin’ hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies” are scheduled for release on September 29, 2009, on Rock Ridge Music/Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. “Susquehanna” will finally receive its national release, as it was previously only available on the band’s website, while “Skaboy JFK” is a compilation of new ska tracks with older Cherry Poppin’ Daddies ska songs (some of which have been re-recorded) in a collection that comes off like a classic of the genre.
Like their 1998 multi-platinum smash “Zoot Suit Riot: the Swingin’ hits of…,” the new album, “Skaboy JFK: the Skankin’ Hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies,” will emphasize a single genre, this time the 60’s era up-tempo form of pre-reggae Jamaican soul known as ska. “Skaboy” will combine four new recordings with tracks from the group’s earlier catalogue, reflecting all the waves and varieties of ska: Traditional/Bluebeat (“2:29,” “Soul Cadillac”), Two Tone (“Hammerblow,” “Skaboy JFK”), Third Wave (“Hi and Lo,” “Sockable Face Club”). There are even funky Fishbone-esque hybrids for good measure (“Slapstick”).
With “Skaboy” the Daddies plan to reconnect with a ska audience that is largely aware of the band as merely a swing band. “We toured with many of the iconic ska bands when we were coming up,” Perry says, “like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Fishbone, Reel Big Fish, The Specials, No Doubt, and Madness, but at that time, we were really touring behind ‘Zoot Suit Riot,’ so we didn’t play a ton of ska in our sets. Now we will.”
As mentioned, it IS a compilation album, consisting of most of the ska tracks from the band's first five albums. It's a good, easily accessible place to start for you ska kids who wouldn't want to wade through a barrage of country, funk, jazz, salsa and hard rock on the Daddies' studio albums just to get to the ska (although, in my opinion, genre eclecticism IS the Daddies, not just singular genres, but this album DOES have wider appeal).
Most of the songs can be heard online. Their MySpace page features the amazing Bosstones-ish ska-punk song "Hi and Lo", the Oingo Boingo-meets-Misfits rocker "Teenage Brainsurgeon" and the Sublime-y reggae-lite "Blood Orange Sun", where as PopMatters.com features a freely downloadable track from 'Skaboy', the reggae "2:29". And, of course, you can find a lot of stuff on the YouTube.
CPD will commence a Southern California tour at the end of the month, stretching in Arizona and Colorado. They made an announcement on their website that these shows will be primarily dominated by ska, rock and rockabilly (and, undoubtedly, a little bit of swing). For those who haven't seen them and don't want to sit through 90% swing, I highly suggest checking them out.
On September 29th, Rock Ridge Music (home to Reel Big Fish) will be giving national distribution to not one, but TWO albums by America's favorite rock/ska/swing/funk ensemble the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Dig it, smacks:
In celebration of the bands 20th year in the music business, Eugene, Oregon’s horn-heavy, genre-bending, multi-platinum-selling Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are giving store shelves a double shot of musical goodness in September: both “Susquehanna” and “Skaboy JFK: the Skankin’ hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies” are scheduled for release on September 29, 2009, on Rock Ridge Music/Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. “Susquehanna” will finally receive its national release, as it was previously only available on the band’s website, while “Skaboy JFK” is a compilation of new ska tracks with older Cherry Poppin’ Daddies ska songs (some of which have been re-recorded) in a collection that comes off like a classic of the genre.
Like their 1998 multi-platinum smash “Zoot Suit Riot: the Swingin’ hits of…,” the new album, “Skaboy JFK: the Skankin’ Hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies,” will emphasize a single genre, this time the 60’s era up-tempo form of pre-reggae Jamaican soul known as ska. “Skaboy” will combine four new recordings with tracks from the group’s earlier catalogue, reflecting all the waves and varieties of ska: Traditional/Bluebeat (“2:29,” “Soul Cadillac”), Two Tone (“Hammerblow,” “Skaboy JFK”), Third Wave (“Hi and Lo,” “Sockable Face Club”). There are even funky Fishbone-esque hybrids for good measure (“Slapstick”).
With “Skaboy” the Daddies plan to reconnect with a ska audience that is largely aware of the band as merely a swing band. “We toured with many of the iconic ska bands when we were coming up,” Perry says, “like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Fishbone, Reel Big Fish, The Specials, No Doubt, and Madness, but at that time, we were really touring behind ‘Zoot Suit Riot,’ so we didn’t play a ton of ska in our sets. Now we will.”
As mentioned, it IS a compilation album, consisting of most of the ska tracks from the band's first five albums. It's a good, easily accessible place to start for you ska kids who wouldn't want to wade through a barrage of country, funk, jazz, salsa and hard rock on the Daddies' studio albums just to get to the ska (although, in my opinion, genre eclecticism IS the Daddies, not just singular genres, but this album DOES have wider appeal).
Most of the songs can be heard online. Their MySpace page features the amazing Bosstones-ish ska-punk song "Hi and Lo", the Oingo Boingo-meets-Misfits rocker "Teenage Brainsurgeon" and the Sublime-y reggae-lite "Blood Orange Sun", where as PopMatters.com features a freely downloadable track from 'Skaboy', the reggae "2:29". And, of course, you can find a lot of stuff on the YouTube.
CPD will commence a Southern California tour at the end of the month, stretching in Arizona and Colorado. They made an announcement on their website that these shows will be primarily dominated by ska, rock and rockabilly (and, undoubtedly, a little bit of swing). For those who haven't seen them and don't want to sit through 90% swing, I highly suggest checking them out.
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Permalink Reply by Brixton Beat on -
2:29 was perfect the way it was really. Whatever, the new version is fine too. Actually, you did a great job selling the new 'ska-ier' CPD... I'm definitely going to pick up Skaboy, and I will try and check them out when they come to a town near me!
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Permalink Reply by Skibz McCullock on -
The entire album is up for :30 sampling on Amazon.com. Take a gander, if you will. (Music will play automatically). 'Hi and Lo' and 'Don Quixote' are among the best ska-punk songs ever written, and 'Slapstick' sounds *awesome*.
Additionally, the full song "Skaboy JFK" is available for download...just click for the MP3.
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Permalink Reply by Ska Bob on -
I got Susquehanna off their site about 2 years ago, it was download only then. It was a good album and its good it will be available to more listeners now. The weekly ska show on KPSU (Portland State University) sometimes plays the ska tracks of CPD, I would like to hear them on the show one week since they also are from Portland.
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Permalink Reply by Skibz McCullock on
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It goes on sale tonight at midnight (Pacific) at www.daddies.com
'Susquehanna' is currently streaming at PunkNews.org. It's the thinking man's pop record.
'Skaboy JFK' is currently streaming at AOL Music. It fuckin' rips, dawg.
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