The Louisville Sluggers

The Louisville Sluggers also know as The Sluggers were an Australian Swing Revival band from Sydney formed in the late '90s by Glenn 'Nugget' Scott and his sister, 'The Boss'.

Their vision was of a swingin' show with a big band sound, stylin' threads, and songs everyone could dance to. Bandleader and Drummer, 'Nugget' was rapping in hip-hop clubs at 16, drummer in the hardcore band "Pitbull Attack", and a professional skater. Constant injuries forced him behind the scenes. With some influence from his sister, 'The Boss' and her musical tastes in Ska, Swing, Rockabilly, and anything retro from their parents' era, they set out to find others with the same passion. Six months later they had found enough members for their first rehearsal. They were eventually fronted by Miss Melanie Alexander. Within one month of their first rehearsal and with only five songs down, 'The Boss' had them booked on the Vans Warped Tour. The Louisville Sluggers success continued on with many live shows and extensive touring. They scored a short-lived stint as the house band on the Nine Networks show Sam & The Fat Man and gained international attention, most notably making it to number one on the American swing website SwingTop40.com with the song "Time For Swingin'" they also made it to number three twice with the tracks "Well Swung" and "Hey Honey, Please"

After seven years the time came to say sayonara. They played their final show at Sydney's The Basement in October 2005

Discography

* Time For Swinging (1999)
* Hey Honey Please (2001)
* 'Bout Time (2004)

'Bout Time Track Listing

1. Reverend Rumble
2. Radio (All She Had On...)
3. Don't Boss Me
4. Night Time
5. Miss Mirradell (The Ghost Of...)
6. One For My Baby
7. Doin' Time
8. Sands Of Time
9. Snake Johnny
10. Number Of Love
11. Heat
12. Hightime
13. Walk Don't Run

External links

* [http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1187] Louisville Sluggers at Australian Music Online

References

* [http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1187] http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1187
* [http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA?function=showDetail&currentBibRecord=000026459697&itemSeq=2&total=95607&returnFunction=searchResults&scope=scope&formatType=sound&sessionId=reuseSearch87247F42C9626F43888371B922EDEF121207189405969] http://www.musicaustralia.org/
* [http://15min.org/articles/2002/january/16/ootm_1.html] http://15min.org/articles/2002/january/16/ootm_1.html
* [http://15min.org/articles/2001/january/10/ootm_3.html] http://15min.org/articles/2001/january/10/ootm_3.html
* [http://www.jumptown.org/Newsletters/jumptown_news_05oct05.txt] http://www.jumptown.org/Newsletters/jumptown_news_05oct05.txt