The Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Cafe Society
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And so I welcome myself to Dope-Land. I am the Pyro Weasel, as my name would suggest, and I’ve found myself in a quandry of sorts.

You see, I’ve been following the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (a fantastic band whose style defies genre- it’s a shame they got pigeonholed as a ‘swing revival’ outfit) for about four years now, seeking out copies of out-of-print albums, idolizing vocalist/songwriter Steve Perry (NO! Not THAT Steve Perry!), and dreaming of yearning of someday acheiving my wish of being able to see them live. The problem always was that they’re out of Eugene, Oregon and almost never leave the state to tour. And now, the unthinkable has happened.

The band broke up.

And so I bring before you a request- if anybody else out there is a fan, and knows where I could obtain concert videos (they’ll have to do…), you would become a god among humanity in my eyes. And hey, even if this plea doesn’t fetch me any concert videos, at least I may potentially locate other fans.

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They BROKE UP!?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

When did that happen? That sucks…I wasn’t a big of a fan as you but damn…that’s too bad. Sorry I can’t help you out there…

Reoch

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Apparently, they broke up a long time ago, but it’s only now come out as a confirmed fact among the fan community. Read about it on the message board on the band’s official website.

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Well, now doesn’t that just suck.

ThePyroWeasel, you come as the bearer of bad news, but fortunately for you, we don’t execute too many messengers around here… Be welcome.

Now, back to the tragedy du jour… OK, so The CPD are gone. How about Royal Crown Review or Squirrel Nut Zippers? Are they at least still with us?

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I heard that the Squirrel Nut Zippers are touring as James Mathus and His Knockdown Society (without Katharine? I think she was tired of touring.)

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Royal Crown Revue is still going, in fact they’ve just released a live album entitled “Passport to Australia”. They’re also still touring, doing shows in CA and Nevada through the end of April.

As far as the Squirrel Nut Zippers, yes, James Mathus and his Knockdown Society have been touring for the last month or so, backing and opening for Buddy Guy. And they have an album out called “National Antiseptic”.

All the above information is from the two band’s respective official websites. :slight_smile: Hope it helps.

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Boy, they put on a great show (sorry-- I lived in Portland and Eugene for a few years and saw them many many times-- S. P. was the most energetic personality you’d ever seen on stage). Very very fun. I didn’t know that they had broken up either-- I was sort of disturbed when they got pigeonholed as swing, although their swing stuff was great. Ferociously Stoned involved so many genres, it was great, like a little compendium of 20th century music.