Swinging Steaks
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A five-man band out of
Boston, MA, Swinging Steaks are a roots rock/alternative country
group. Original band members are:
- Tim Giovanniello - Vocals, Guitar
- Jamie Walker - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Slide
- Jim Gambino - Vocals, Piano, Organ
- Paul Kochanski - Vocals, Electric and Upright Bass
- Steve Saddler - Lap Steel, Dobro
- Joe Donnelly - Vocals, Drums, Percussion
- Andy Plaisted - Drums
The Swinging Steaks were formed in the late 1980s by former members of The Drive and friends. In 1991 they participated in the
CMJ
Music Marathon and Nashville Extravaganza.
Creem magazine called them: "the best country-rock out of Boston since Harvard student Gram Parsons put together his International Submarine Band"
In 2005 the band released "Sunday Best" on First National Records in the U.S. and Blue Rose in Europe.
The band's name apparently comes from a restaurant in Mexican Hat, UT, called The Mexican Hat Lodge that bills itself as the "Home Of The Swinging Steak".
Discography
- Suicide at the Wishing Well
- Southside of the Sky, 1993, Capricorn Records
- Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1996
- Shiner
- Bare
- KickSnareHat
- Sunday Best
- Live in '93
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