I won’t bog you down with personal details, but I recently hit a speed bump in the road of life. No sympathy, please. It’s just one of those things that absolutely blows now, but with time will seem insignificant and trivial. Still, it’s got me feeling down, and these tracks from the Firecracker Jazz Band (featuring members of Squirrel Nut Zippers) fit the mood perfectly. The comic melancholy of the wa-wa trumpeting, horse clomping, and playful tickling of the piano keys leave me no choice but to laugh at myself and move on. So for anyone who’s been dealt a bad hand the Firecracker Jazz Band is here to tell you, no, really, it’s gonna be OK.
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Thanks. I’m a Squirrel Nut Zippers fan, so I’ll probably love this.
I’m from near Asheville, NC (where the band is located) and yeah, they’re great. The best band to see live in Asheville in my opinion. Much more Dixieland and instrumental then the Zippers were.
Oh hell yes. Amazing.