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If I had all the money I've spent on drink,
I'd spend it on drink.
Vivian Stanshall

The Swingin' Marmalukeys

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Swingin' Marmalukeys

Acoustic Power Trio

The Swingin' MarmalukeysThe Swingin' Marmalukeys

The Marmalukeys are an acoustic power trio with excellent vocals. We play old songs in a modern way and modern songs in an old way. We play clubs, parties, weddings, funerals and revolutions.

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Our First CD
(March 2007)

Cowboy Gypsy Party Music

Recorded at Jon Neher's Fall Creek Studio and Bill Barnett's award-winning Gung Ho Studio. Mixed by Bill Barnett. I wrote Party In The Cemetery about some boisterous goings on in the Pioneer Cemetery behind the library at University of Oregon. Go Ducks!Jon Neher wrote New Orleans, 'tswunna my favorites y'know? That's Tim Miller singing and playing uke on Wonderful World with Sylvan Duplant covering bass.

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Photos and Propaganda

Marmalukeys Press Kit

The Swingin' Marmalukeys started out as an acoustic swing band. We were trying to get in on the Django Reinhardt craze back in 2004. The ukulele and our record collections drove us off course. We played Tom Waits and Randy Newman songs, then reggae versions of 70s rock and a fair amount of originals. Nowdays, we still do a lotta swing but we also sing thick vocal harmony and play a buncha different instruments. We'll even bring a drummer if we can pay him.

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