First Things First….

Thanks to everyone who braved the weather last Friday Night and joined us for an impromptu indoor show, pictured here, at Snakes and Lattes. We made some new friends, got reacquainted with some old friends, and were dazzled by the great swing dancing all evening long. We LOVED playing for you!

Very Special Thanks to Main Gate Square, KXCI and Jonas Hunter Productions for making it all happen so we could play in spite of Hurricane Hillary.

Thanks also to KXCI for playing our single, “Fever”, last week.

Please Mark Your Calendars for these upcoming Live Music Events by Wholly Cats Swing Club…

Tuesday, August 29: Join us for our debut performance at The World Famous Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ. Doors open at 6pm. Swing Dance Lesson 630-7pm. Show starts at 7 with Pat Roberts and The Heymakers, followed by Wholly Cats Swing Club at 815. Please CLICK HERE for Ticket Information.

Friday, September 1, 7-930pm, Friday Night Concerts at Steam Pump Ranch. We are coming to beautiful Oro Valley for this free concert event. Bring a chair, blanket and your dancing shoes for a night of Classic Swing Music on the lawn. Please CLICK HERE for more information.

Thursday, September 28, 6-8pm, Swing Dance Night at The Gaslight. Join us as we return to Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley for an evening of high energy swing dance tunes. Get your tickets early for the best seats. CLICK HERE for ticket information.

Thursday, October 5, 7-930pm, Pete Swan Presents Wholly Cats Swing Club at The Century Room. Join us for an evening of intimate performances of the hits of The Great Swing Era in the style of the artists who made them famous: Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington and many more … plus a few special surprises. (Reserved ticket information is not yet available.)

Swing, Baby, Swing!

Wholly Cats Swing Club

Join us for "Swing Night Sunday" at House of Bards

We are so very pleased to announce that we will be performing in full dance band mode at Tucson's House of Bards, 4915 E. Speedway, Tucson, AZ 85712 on Sunday, April 30, from 6:00 to 8:30pm.

We are also very happy to let you know that our very good friends, The Arizona Swing Cats, will be giving a Free Beginner Swing Dance Lesson at the intermission. They're even bringing along their super-cool parquet dance floor so don't forget to put on those dancing shoes.

We will be swinging "for the fences" with a selection of dance tunes from The Great Swing Era, along with our versions of a few more contemporary selections.

It's going to be a great time that you won't want to miss!

Get your tickets early: CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

Join Us Next Sunday at Hotel Congress Plaza

We are honored to be one of the musical acts performing this Sunday, March 19 at Hotel Congress Plaza. Anna Warr and Giant Blue have been a legendary mainstay of the Tucson music scene and we are humbled to be part of the lineup of artists gathering to honor Anna Warr's life and musical legacy.

Performers scheduled to perform include Mr. Boogie Woogie, Heather Hardy, The Bad News Blues Band, The Porch Rockers, The Coolers and Giant Blue, to name a just few.

Please CLICK HERE for details about the event on Facebook. 

The event is being published as from 1:00pm until ?

We are currently scheduled to perform from 2:30-3:00pm, but please be advised that the schedule may be subject to change at short notice.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday...

Wholly Cats Swing Club
 

This news Just in!

We will be playing a couple of After Hours sets this Saturday, Feb. 25 at Tucson's Renowned Jazz Club, The Century Room at Hotel Congress. 

Sets will be at 9:00 and 10:30. General admission is $5 at the door. Reserved seating is $10 in advance and is available at the The Century Room website. Click here for ticket information.

Please Stream Us:

And, if you haven't yet, please check us out on one or more of your favorite streaming platforms below. Just click on one of the streaming platforms below and "Follow" the band on our Artist page. Our music will then be included, for free, on your music feed for that platform.

We look forward to seeing you next Saturday!

Wholly Cats Swing Club

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We'd like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to everyone who has supported Wholly Cats Swing Club this year and to wish all of you and yours a happy and safe Thanksgiving.

Here are some upcoming events for your December calendar:

• December 2: We are releasing a single version of one of the most popular tunes from our live shows, the quintessential Peggy Lee classic, "Fever." Our studio version features a wonderful, nuanced vocal by our own Ms. Julie Buck, along with soulful and bluesy solos by Ryan Magness on bass, Tony Spear on electric guitar and Marc Rosen on clarinet. We will provide links to your favorite streaming platforms on the release date.

• December 8: We will be part of the SAACA "Second Thursdays" series at Oro Valley Marketplace from 6:00 to 7:30 for a Free Event we are calling "Holiday Swing." We will be performing swinging versions of several holiday classics as well our own interpretations of music from The Great Swing Era. Come join us for this All Ages show.

• December 18: We will once again be opening the festivities at the Mister Bing's Supper Club Holiday Gala at Savoy Opera House, 5:00 t0 8:30pm. Please CLICK HERE for ticket information.

And if we could as a final favor: Please Visit and Follow Us at the Wholly Cats Swing Club Artist Page on Spotify where you will find all of our released singles as well as some cool shareable playlists full of music by a number of our favorite artists including Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Peggy Lee, Brian Setzer, Louis Prima and more.

Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody!

First: To all our Veterans, a grateful “Thank You” from Wholly Cats Swing Club. We appreciate the sacrifices you have made in defense of our freedoms. 

Second: A special note of appreciation to Pete Swan Music for having us perform at his Thursday Night Residency at The Century Room on Nov. 3. If you were there, you had a “swinging” good time featuring some spontaneous dancing in the aisles. We certainly had a great time performing for you. 

Next: Here is what’s going on with the band in the next few weeks: 

• December 2: We will be releasing as a single, a tune that has become an audience favorite at our live events: “Fever” in the style of the great Peggy Lee, but with some uniquely Wholly Cats Swing Club flavor. (Julie Buck absolutely crushed the vocal during our studio sessions!) Stay tuned for information about download and streaming options as the date draws near. If you would like a copy now, you can download our album, “Jumpin’ and Jivin’,” right now, directly from our website. 

• December 8: We will be at the SAACA “2nd Thursdays” event at Oro Valley Marketplace. 6:00-7:30 pm. We will be performing swinging versions of a number of holiday favorites along with our usual selection of classics from The Great Swing Era. No cover charge thanks to the nice people at SAACA. Come join us! 

• December 18: We will be opening the festivities for Mister Bing’s The Holiday Gala at The Savoy Opera House. This Holiday Version of Mister Bing's famous Supper Club will sell out quickly! Please click here for ticket information. 

AND…. If you haven’t yet done so, please visit our Spotify Artist Page and FOLLOW Wholly Cats Swing Club. You can stream our single releases, add them to your playlists, and check out some other cool swing music playlists that we have assembled for you. And, PLEASE SHARE THE PAGE with your friends! 

Finally… 

It’s hard to believe, but it has been just over one year that we have been performing as a band here in the Tucson area and would like to say, as this Season of Thanks draws near, how thankful we are to all of you for the support you have shown to Wholly Cats Swing Club. 

We would also like to thank the many venues and organizations that have supported us this past year including: Tucson Jazz Festival, St. Philips’s Plaza, Hotel Congress Plaza, Pete Swan Music, The Century Room, SAACA, Mister Bing’s Presents, The Arizona Swing Cats and KXCI.

This Sunday, October 30th, from 5 to 8:30pm, the Golden Age of Hollywood comes alive in a classic and timeless setting: "Mister Bing's Supper Club" where culinary art is a part of the performance. 

Featuring top musical entertainers crooning to the swanky swing band sounds of days gone by. Celebrate style, romance, and leaving the 21st century behind.

Wholly Cats Swing Club are pleased to be opening the festivities at 5pm. The incredible 4GENTS will be the featured entertainment from 7-830.

The show is ALMOST SOLD OUT! Get your tickets TODAY at www.misterbingspresents.com or call (520) 975-6694 for reservations or additional information.

First of all, thanks to all who came out to hear us last Friday at our first-ever appearance at the Lookout Lounge at Westward Look Resort. We were honored to have Jack Wood join us on bass who shared some of his "monster" solos with us. (Thanks, too, to special fan Michelle for posting videos of a few tunes on Facebook.) 

Upcoming shows in October: 

• Saturday, October 22nd, 9:00pm-11:30pm. "After Hours" at The Century Room. Join us as we return to the stage of Tucson's Jazz Club, The Century Room at Hotel Congress. Very special guests Pete Swan and Ryan Magness will be joining us for the evening. This will be an "After Hours" performance with sets at 9:00 and 10:30 pm. 
• Sunday, October 30th, 5:00-8:30pm. Mister Bing's Presents: The Supper Club Experience. The golden age of Hollywood comes alive in a classic and timeless setting that redefines Yesterday's social tradition called "The Supper Club" where culinary art is a part of the performance. For ticket information: https://www.misterbingspresents.com/supperclub 

More October news: 

October 24, marks our first anniversary as "Tucson's Swing Band." We so appreciate all the wonderful support we have received from all of you this past year. 
Our next single, "Wholly Cats" (the tune we named the band after, and open most of our shows with) will be released for streaming and downloading on all the major streaming platforms on Friday, October 27. We will provide links information on release day.
 

And ONE MORE THING... 

If you haven't yet, please check out our first Spotify Playlist: "Wholly Cats Swing Club Radio". It not only has some of our recent music but a whole lot of other really cool bands playing the music of the era. Please "Like" the playlist and "Follow" Wholly Cats Swing Club on Spotify. 

Thanks again for your support. We hope to see you at one of our shows very soon!

We are happy to report that after our "summer hiatus" we have a number of shows between now and the end of the month. Please mark your calendars for one or more of the following events:

Friday, October 14th, 6:00-8:00pm. Westward Look Resort: Wholly Cats Swing Club Quartet featuring Ms. Julie Buck on vocals and special guest Jack Wood on bass will be bringing our interpretations of music from the Great Swing Era to the wonderful, elegant dinner setting of the world-famous Westward Look Resort. Please join us for this very special, No Cover show. Dinner reservations are suggested: (520) 297-1151

Saturday, October 22nd, 9:00pm-11:30pm. "After Hours" at The Century Room. Join us as we return to the stage of Tucson's Jazz Club, The Century Room at Hotel Congress. Very special guests Pete Swan and Ryan Magness will be joining us for the evening. This will be an "After Hours" performance with sets at 9:00 and 10:30 pm.

Sunday, October 30th, 5:00-8:30pm. Mister Bing's Presents: The Supper Club Experience. The golden age of Hollywood comes alive in a classic and timeless setting that redefines Yesterday's social tradition called "The Supper Club" where culinary art is a part of the performance. For ticket information: https://www.misterbingspresents.com/supperclub

Wholly Cats Swing Club would like to send out a sincere "Thank You!" to everyone who attended our first ever CD Release Event at Hotel Congress last Saturday. 

We had a record turnout and we were so thrilled to see so many dancers out there for Every.....Single.....Tune! 

It was so great to be sharing that musical energy with you all. 

A very special shout out to the Arizona Swing Cats who brought their wonderful parquet dance, floor, turned out en masse, and led a very popular Beginner Swing Dance Lesson at the intermission. Judging by the number of dancers during the second set, I think we have a whole lot of new Swing Dancers in the ranks now.... 

Another special thank you to all of you who purchased CD's at the event. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making it. 

For those of you who still want to purchase a copy, we will bring physical CD's to our future gigs. If you would like to purchase a Digital Copy for only $12.99, you can CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW AND PURCHASE A COPY. 

Thanks again to all of you who made the evening such a great success...

Thank you to everyone who came out to hear us last Saturday Night, June 4, 2022 as we made our debut at the fabulous new Century Room at The Hotel Congress in Tucson, AZ. We were thrilled to have a full room at for each of our two sets and appreciate the love and support that everyone showed for our performance.

Once again, The Arizona Swing Cats came out and engaged in some "non-sanctioned" swing dancing in the aisles. It's always great to have dancers respond to our music and we want to thank the Swing Cats, in particular, for the support they have brought to all of our live dance events since we started performing in October 2021.

We will be taking some time off this summer as we attend to some personal business as well as prepared for the release of our new CD in the Fall. We will keep you posted as the release date draws near!