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Featuring the same line up that last recorded and toured together, the squirrel nut zippers with original and founding members katherine. The best of squirrel nut zippers by squirrel nut zippers. Riding high on the strength of their 1996 album hot, squirrel nut zippers released their holiday album, christmas caravan in 1998. Ditch the zoot suit for a straw hat and suspenders. The squirrel nut zippers are celebrating 25 years of making music thats a fusion of delta blues, gypsy jazz and swing revival. Mixed by mike napolitano, squirrel nut zippers photography by chris phillips 2, jean christian rostagni, roger manley, tom maxwell. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. For at least a few years, the only hold music seems to be the looping album, hot by squirrel nut zippers. Humble beginnings to a blessed journey making and playing music. They consist of jim mathus vocals, guitar, trombone, katharine whalen banjo, ukulele, vocals, stuart cole bass, je widenhouse cornet, will dawson saxophone, henry. Hot was also one of the first enhanced cds, containing an interactive presentation. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Jul 11, 2007 squirrel nut zippers ghost of stephen foster music video.
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