Hit the Deck Its

Jive Bombers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Label: Texas Jamboree
• ASIN: B00000K2AZ
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507,570 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whirlin'

2. Walk the Chalk Line

3. Home Cooking

4. Daddy Likes to Mambo

5. Misunderstood

6. I Don't Believe

7. Each Day

8. The Wine Goes in (And the Truth Comes Out)

9. Gotta Gimme What'cha Got

10. Oh, What a Dream

11. Walkin' Slippin' and Slidin'

12. The Hucklebuck

13. Travelin' Baby

14. Missouri Pacific on Santa Fe

15. Beat on the Boogie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars mislead, October 17, 2002

By 

A. Lipka (murillo, ont. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit the Deck Its (Audio CD)

The CD you advertise is not the original group from the 50's.
the Jive Bombers from the 50's were Afro american and sang songs, such as Bad Boy and When you Hair has turned to Silver.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Warning: Not the original Jive Bombers, July 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Hit the Deck Its (Audio CD)

I linked to Amazon from a lyrics website looking for a Jive Bombers album from the 1950's. This is not it. This listed album has a Western swing type sound -- you may listen for yourself and judge it on its merits. Adding to the confusion, there is currently an Australian band that has used the same name.

So, if you want the original Jive Bombers, with songs like Bad Boy, take the word of the other reviewers and keep on looking.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Austin, Texas Jump Blues band from the late '90s, July 29, 2006

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John H. Akin "nakedpilgrim" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit the Deck Its (Audio CD)

To dispel confusion about other bands called "The Jive Bombers", This "Jive Bombers" were one of the best neo-swing/jump blues dance-friendly bands that formed up in the late '90's in Austin, Texas (like Merchants of Venus), and their song selections, both original and covers, are very dancable for those into east coast swing, rockabilly and jitterbug.

They used to play regularly at venues like Carosel Lounge and the Caucus Club while those venues were featuring swing music. The band had a great stage chemistry, and many of ther songs have a sort of fun back and forth between Dana and Shaun & the other members (e.g., "The Wine Comes in and the Truth Comes out")

Tracks:
1. Whirlin' (S. Young)
2. Walk the Chalk Line (L. Pack)
3. Home Cooking (S. Young)
4. Daddy likes To Mambo (S. Young)
5. Misunderstood (S. Young)
6. I Don't Believe (B. Hortun)
7. Each Day (David Clowney, Bob Kornegay, Paul Winley)
8. The Wine Goes In (And The Truth Comes Out) (B. Hortun, D. Dattalo)
9. Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got (Julia Lee)
10. Oh What a Dream (Chuck Willis)
11. Walkin, Slippin and Slidin (Mike Gordon)
12. The Hucklebuck ( A. Gibson/R. Alfred)
13. Travelin' Baby (Sammy Yates)
14. Missouri Pacific Or Santa Fe (S. Young)
15. Beat Out The Boogie (S. Young)

Although recorded in '98-99, This album has a sort of 50's "period" sound to it, and they used a lot of vintage equipment to record it, and mixed it in mono (it was produced and engineered by Billy Hortun). If you like it, you should also check out Bobby Hortun and Derek Peterson's "14 Jawbreaking Hits", which two of the members were working on simultaneously at the same studio... Bobby Hortun, an excellent rockabilly lead guitarist, went on to play with Deke Dickerson for a while.

The Jive Bombers consisted of: Dana Dattalo - Vocals, T.D.(Murph) Motycka - Sax, Bobby Hortun - Guitar/Vox, Derek Peterson - Piano/Vox, Vance Hazen - Upright Bass, Shaun Young - Drums, Vocals