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Squirrel Nut Zippers Tickets

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Audiences who enjoy acts like Squirrel Nut Zippers know that pop music and rock music are generally considered to be the types of music that the broadest audience will listen to. Pop and Rock artists target the "mainstream" through the use of catchy rhythms, melodies, and lyrics. Pop and rock music is often ranked in charts based on record sales, airplay, or a combination of both. Pop and rock artists are responsible for two of the most commercially successful and widely listened-to genres in the history of music.

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Squirrel Nut Zippers Concerts

Date	Location	Venue	Price	Get tickets
05.12.2024 08:00	East Greenwich USA	The Greenwich Odeum 05.12.2024 08:00	$94.00-$121.50	Buy tickets
06.12.2024 08:00	New York USA	Symphony Space Peter Jay Sharp Theatre 06.12.2024 08:00	$80.40-$111.60	Buy tickets
07.12.2024 08:00	Fairfax USA	George Mason Center For The Arts - Concert Hall 07.12.2024 08:00	$71.50-$198.00	Buy tickets
08.12.2024 07:00	Old Saybrook USA	The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 08.12.2024 07:00	$276.01-$276.01	Buy tickets
10.12.2024 08:00	Philadelphia USA	World Cafe Live 10.12.2024 08:00	$25.00-$290.00	Buy tickets
11.12.2024 07:00	Lancaster USA	The Ware Center 11.12.2024 07:00	$0.00-$0.00	Buy tickets
12.12.2024 08:00	Beverly USA	The Cabot - Cabot Performing Arts Center 12.12.2024 08:00	$48.79-$290.00	Buy tickets
13.12.2024 08:00	Newton USA	Newton Theatre 13.12.2024 08:00	$85.00-$631.25	Buy tickets
14.12.2024 08:00	Jamestown USA	Reg Lenna Civic Center 14.12.2024 08:00	$0.00-$0.00	Buy tickets
15.12.2024 08:00	Warrendale USA	Jergel's Rhythm Grille 15.12.2024 08:00	$52.31-$290.00	Buy tickets
18.12.2024 08:00	Ferndale USA	Magic Bag 18.12.2024 08:00	$58.41-$164.40	Buy tickets
19.12.2024 08:00	Stoughton USA	Stoughton Opera House 19.12.2024 08:00	$84.30-$225.00	Buy tickets
20.12.2024 08:00	Milwaukee USA	Turner Hall Ballroom 20.12.2024 08:00	$58.60-$290.00	Buy tickets
21.12.2024 07:30	Chicago USA	Park West 21.12.2024 07:30	$81.18-$290.00	Buy tickets
22.12.2024 08:30	St. Louis USA	City Winery At City Foundry STL 22.12.2024 08:30	$46.00-$300.00	Buy tickets

Artist Info

The commercialization of alternative music in the '90s resulted in many strange one-hit wonders, but few were quite as unpredictable as Squirrel Nut Zippers. During a time when hipsters were obsessed with swing music in its relation to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin's Rat Pack, the Zippers were fascinated with big-band swing and Harlem, creating a tongue-in-cheek salute to '20s and '30s jazz. For younger listeners familiar with the style but not the content of classic hot jazz, the band was good fun, but purists found the group's vaguely campy sense of humor and amateurish technique off-putting. This debate would never have even been a matter of consideration if "Hell," an incessantly catchy single from their 1997 album Hot, hadn't been able to sneak through loosened alternative airplay to become a novelty hit. "Hell" became a crossover hit on the strength of a bizarrely theatrical vehicle, and Squirrel Nut Zippers quickly became one of the hottest alternative bands of the first half of the year.
Jim Mathus (vocals, guitar, trombone) and Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo) formed Squirrel Nut Zippers in 1993 after leaving Chapel Hill, NC, for the nearby small town of Efland. As soon as they settled in Efland, the couple renovated a farmhouse, where they pursued various arts and crafts, and eventually the band fell into shape as Mathus and Whalen met local citizens like Don Raleigh (bass) and Ken Mosher (guitar, saxophone, vocals) who shared an interest in hot jazz. Before long, Chris Phillips (drums, percussion), Tom Maxwell (vocals, guitar, baritone saxophone, clarinet), and Je Widenhouse (trumpet) were added to the band, which was now named after an old-fashioned candy bar, Squirrel Nut Zippers. The group soon made its live debut in Chapel Hill and within a few months had developed a large fan base throughout the South.
By the end of 1994, Squirrel Nut Zippers had signed with Mammoth Records, and they released their debut album, The Inevitable, in the spring of 1995. The album didn't make much of an impact, but the group continued to tour. Their second album, Hot, was released in January of 1997. Soon after its release, "Hell" became a hit on such influential radio stations as Los Angeles' KROQ, and MTV soon made the video into a buzz clip. By the spring, "Hell" and Hot had become hits, as the single was a staple on modern rock stations. Although the Zippers were now successful, they received mixed reviews, with many critics claiming that they were mocking hot jazz, not paying tribute. Nevertheless, the album went gold, and a second single, "Put a Lid on It," was released in the summer. Perennial Favorites followed in 1998, as did Christmas Caravan. Two years later, the band released Bedlam Ballroom, showcasing a cut by late bandmate Stacy Guess. Squirrel Nut Zippers went on an extended hiatus in the early part of the decade and eventually reconvened in 2008 for the live concert album Lost at Sea, which saw release a year later .