Juke Baritone & The Swamp Dogs
from Australia...
--under construction---
New album + European tour expected in 2012 !

Juke Baritone and The Swamp Dogs underscore life with their bent mix of music, theatre and cabaret that's shaken and stirred into a dark cocktail of trapeze punk and pirate blues mayhem that has audiences prostrating themselves for more.
Like a drifter or a fugitive, Juke's growling songs about love and life are dished out by his raucous ensemble on the bacchanalian dinner table of his wild cellar bar.
There's a dirty sound reminiscent of a Louisiana gravel road coming from the organ and a tormented reverend is at the helm whipping his flock into a naked frenzy. He is laughing psychotically as he leads them through the dark and dirty corridors of hell...
Welcome to the church of Juke Baritone. Where raising hell has never been so much fun. People just lap it up. says Juke, I'm always surprised by the diversity in the crowd...apparently “ “ we cross some great divide in music where we've got heavy metal dudes screaming next to swing dancers next to gay couples, indie kids and hip hop heads...and they all love it!”

Not for the faint of heart, this intoxicating show has the tendency to turn ordinary people into raving fans and make others walk out in disgust as musical categories are bled to death on the dance floor.
Festival favourites in home country Australia, they have played in The Spiegeltent at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide Festivals along with The Sydney Opera House and regularly run a night of garage cabaret at the most respected jazz and blues club in Sydney, The Vanguard.
Not to be left out of festival circuits, Juke & The Last Men Standing is the acoustic version of the band. Amps, drums and mics are replaced with mandolin, banjo, accordion, washboard and megaphones as the original hobo bankers hit the streets in search of that elusive bar somewhere just over the horizon where there is never a call for last drinks and their money is still worth something.
The hobo band are a hit on the streets as they sing, dance and scream their way into the hearts and pockets of the unsuspecting public.
Versatility and adaptability has been the key to the bands home grown success. Available in multiple formats through cabaret, theatre, traditional live amplified music, street busking and roving, Juke Baritone & The Swamp Dogs are never too far around the corner and always a leap ahead of the pack.

It’s a drunken cabaret gypsy punk mayhem!
¨...Tom Waits has got nothing on these guys!¨ - dB Magazine Adelaide (AU)
¨“..it might just make the perfect soundtrack to your next night of unbridled debauchery...¨ - CD Baby (USA)
“Juke Baritone sounds like everything I want out of The Dresden Dolls but never seem to get.” - Pat Rondon (UK)
“I haven't seen a band like that in twenty years. They broke every rule I asked them not to but it was so worth it...”
- Promoter (AU)
¨The energy and character behind their tunes drags the people seated upstairs to the bottom level…until eventually, the
tops of the tables are at capacity as well. I suppose Friday the 13th does that to people…but maybe that’s just Juke.¨
– Soulshine (AU)
“With hard driving Australian Rock based influences and a dirty sound reminiscent of a Louisiana gravel road, lyrics that are
naughty and sometimes crude they’ll probably never get airplay on American radio but hey, it’s the Blues.”
- TheBlogging Poet (USA)