{"id":8770,"date":"2018-03-01T18:25:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T02:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2018-03-01T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T00:27:34","slug":"squirrel-nut-zippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=8770","title":{"rendered":"Squirrel Nut Zippers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Squirrel Nut Zippers, photo by Paul Familetti.<\/p><\/div>\n

Alternative band The Squirrel Nut Zippers<\/a> comes to\u00a0UCSB Campbell Hall on Thursday, March 1 at 8 p.m. in a\u00a0<\/span>UCSB Arts & Lectures<\/a> presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Described as ‘combining high-energy showmanship with elements of gypsy jazz, honky-tonk blues and witty swing overtones,”\u00a0<\/span>The Squirrel Nut Zippers\u2019 most celebrated and commer\u00adcially successful album, Hot<\/i>, <\/span>top-charting fast-and-loose ode to hot jazz,<\/span> <\/i>sold more than 1.3 million copies. <\/span><\/p>\n

In honor of the album\u2019s 20th anniversary of\u00a0Hot<\/i>, SNZ\u2019s creator Jimbo Mathus and founding drummer Chris Phillips have enlisted leading musicians from New Orleans to serve up the band\u2019s unique musical flavor, which owes its roots to that city.\u00a0<\/span>A newly-remastered version of Hot<\/i>\u2013along with a bonus track: \u201cThe Puffer”\u2013returned to stores in 2016 on Hollywood Records. Long out of print on vinyl, the album has now made its glorious return to wax on 180-gram vinyl<\/span><\/p>\n