The Shish Boom Band!
Posted by Jana Edele | Filed under News
Allow us to introduce you to the fabulous and sensational Shish Boom Band! Four marvelous musicians have come together to form the Velvet Kittens' very own extraordinary house band! This band of vintage vibed goodness plays a wide variety of Swing, Blues and Cabaret styles providing the pulse behind the sassy & talented Kittens!
The Shish Boom Band has been created especially for the VK's newest burlesque extravaganza Sugar Moonlight: A Classic Burlesque Revue, featuring original costumes designed by Eric Sands exclusively for the Velvet Kittens! Not since the heyday of burlesque has Dallas had a weekly show. The VK are exceptionally thrilled to be the first to re-introduce the entertainment in a weekly form to the area every Thursday night!
Music covered by the band ranges from early Swing and Jump Blues inspired material to €˜Rat Pack' Jazz standards that evoke the quintessential martini-infused club shenanigans of the early 60's. Spanking new burlesque musical & dance numbers premiering in Sugar Moonlight include: The swingin' Hey Pachuco, a sultry Why Don't You Do Right, the blues'y Boom, Boom and more! Visit the band on their website at http://www.shishboomband.com/.
DFW, meet the Shish Boom Band:
Jack Martinez
(doghouse bass)
James Miller
(guitar & vocals)
Randy Loworn
(skins)
Daniel Totten
(sax)
VK creator /choreographer would like to give a special thanks to Daniel Totten (Sugar Moonlight musical director/sax player). Totten has provided great support to the Kittens, and when approached in 2008 to form a new original burlesque revue has provided much assistance in the creation & musical selections of Sugar Moonlight. Totten was also the musical director & sax player of Hyena's Red Light Burlesque Revue which premiered in 2005.