The Swingers

The Swingers were an old punk band from the late 70s and possibly early 80s. In 2005, The Swingers played at the 10th anniversary O'Banions reunion at The Note, along with Tutu and the Pirates and the Bonemen of Barumba. At the time of the reunion show, the members lived in Pennsylvania.

Members

 * Rick DiBello - Guitar
 * "Skillet" Willie Cotter - Vocals
 * Jim DeMonte - Bass, Vocals
 * Jeff "Tune" Claire - Drums, Vocals

Releases

 * Leaving On A Jetplane / Foundry Joe 7" (Rumble Records, 1979)
 * From John Davies - "Produced by Fred Tieken (who recorded my single with Gary Jones a year later). I recall talking to Fred about this single.  They had original material, but they got a lot of publicity for recording "Jetplane", which was originally a hit for Peter Paul & Mary and written by John Denver."