ArtistInfo

The Alabama Slammers

Band,
Rock and Blues

The Alabama Slammers began in July 1998…the lazy peace of a summer evening in a tranquil Essex backwater was unexpectedly shattered as the rough-edged raw beginnings of a new band exploded into life…..”We’re gonna Dig the Boogie and Rock the Joint” was their message… 6 months on, there was more of them, more music, they’d all got the same clothes… the dance floors were jumpin’ to the rockin’ rollin’ swingin’ jivin’ stompin’ good time boogie sound of the hottest new band on the scene…the ALABAMA SLAMMERS! A big, big sound….take a solid beat of drums, double bass and piano, flavour with guitar, saxes, harmonica and trumpet, top with high energy vocals, and shake up a cocktail of Rythmn’n’Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Swing Jive’n’Boogie….thats Slammin’! Live highlights included tours with the Original Comets, gigs in Amsterdam, Paris, Italy, Germany and Bahrain, live and studio work with Wee Willie Harris, and numerous weekender appearances; Hemsby, the Rhythm Riot, Skegness, and Pollytone Teddy Boy and Swing/Jive weekends. 2003 brought some turbulance, and, unsettled by line-up changes, the Alabama Slammers decided that their 217th gig at the Essex Real Music Festival would be their last.

Members

	Nick Lunt bs
	Paul Richardson dr, bvoc
	Kevin Lloyd g, bvoc
	Neale Hobday cb, bvoc
	Barry Few tr, voc, hrp
	Claire Hamlin p
	Lee Badou ts