Jonny B. Goode's Articles (2)

Review: Lee Presson and the Nails vs. The Queen Mary

"I'm on a mother****ing BOAT!"

Recently, the "goth swing" jump blues band Lee Presson and the Nails have gained a new audience in the… Continue

Added by Jonny B. Goode on January 17, 2012 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The Bad Boys of Swing: An interview with Lee Presson

The following interview is what I intend to be the first in a series. As a swing artist myself, I thought it would be fun to interview some of the popular swing musicians that punk the genre in their own special way - the “Bad Boys of Swing.”

Modern swing artists have different ways of "punking" the basic sound of swing and making it their very own, blending it with everything from jump blues to ska to rockabilly. And then there's Lee Presson and the Nails.…