Bman's Blues Report

SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR 20TH ANNVERSARY REISSUE OF HOT To Be Released On Vinyl and Digitally This Friday July 29 th Album Release Show In New Orleans At Tipitina’s On July 30 th July 25, 2016 – It was about 20 years ago when NPR’s Morning Edition said: “It’s not easy to categorize the music of the  Squirrel Nut Zippers , except that it’s hot.”  2016 marks the 20 th  anniversary of the  Squirrel Nut Zippers  most celebrated and commercially successful album  Hot .  Originally released in the summer of 1996,  Hot  was the follow up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut  The Inevitable . By this time the group had already established a substantial live following across the country thanks to early support from NPR, college radio and non-commercial stations.  Hot  wound up selling over 1.3 million copies.  A newly re-mastered version of the album along with a ...

I saw the "New" Squirrel Nut Zippers last night and the show was wild. I had mentioned to a few friends that I was going to see the Squirrel Nut Zippers last night and they either looked at me with a puzzled look or they knew exactly what I was talking about. What the hell is a Squirrel Nut Zipper... well, that I can tell you.       Jimbo says, "Nut Zippers" is a southern term for a variety of old bootleg moonshine, and the band's name comes from a newspaper account which related the story of a highly intoxicated man who climbed a tree one night, refusing to come down even after authorities arrived. The article's headline read: "Squirrel Nut Zipper."     Now what does that have to do with a band and who are they? This band is absolute energy with as much animation as a 30's cartoon and as crazy wild as a drunk squirrel. Mathus is a terrific performer and this band of high level New Orleans style jazz musicians put as much energy into en...