The Swingers



The Swingers were an old punk band from 1978 until 1981. In 2005, The Swingers played (minus singer Willie) 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.

The Swingers originally started out as a three piece - Rick, Jim and Willie - in Erie Pennsylvania but quickly relocated to Chicago where they picked up Steve. They toured throughout the Midwest and their Jetplane/Foundry Joe record got quite a bit of radio play.

Members

 * Rick DiBello - Lead Guitar
 * "Skillet" Willie Cotter - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
 * Jim DeMonte - Bass
 * Kevin Lee - Bass
 * Jeff "Tune" Claire - Drums
 * Dennis Tieken - Drums
 * Steve Dubin - Drums (1978-1981)

Releases

 * Leaving On A Jetplane / Foundry Joe 7" (Rumble Records, 1979)
 * Recorded in Lake Geneva
 * 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."

Songs
The Swingers website has an an online player for six of their tracks, including both songs from their record.