The Big Dixie Swingers Aaron Gunn and Elizabeth Vargas lounge around while their five other band mates are nowhere in sight.
The Big Dixie Swingers will take the stage at 8 p.m. on June 9 at the Wunderbar (formerly called the Harbor Light). There will be a $15 entrance fee at the door. There are no advance ticket sales.
The New Orleans-based band is committed to reviving the music of America’s rural radio stations and stages. Their sound blends old-time country and pre-war era pop, spinning it back out as western swing-style dance band numbers. The group has taken this sound up and down the East Coast and across the Midwest, winning the MBOTMA Americana-Roots Band Contest at last year’s Minnesota State Fair. It’s a style recognizable as the sound of America decades ago, yet it’s timeless enough to still be heard on the streets of New Orleans today.
Headed up by fiddler Aaron Gunn and banjoist Elizabeth Vargas, the group often includes Minneapolis singer/songwriter Jack Klatt and bassist Michael Carvale (of “Davina & the Vagabonds”) when performing in Minnesota. While rooted in the style of traditional Western swing, the group’s sound is also, as MBOTMA Magazine writes, “infused with showtune-pop sensibility and the kind of presentation that can only be learned by performing for your supper on the streets of the Crescent City.”
There will be a dance floor at this event; seating is also available.
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