Artist description We are very good friends who look at this whole thing as another excuse to hang out in sleazy bars.

Music Style pop music for grown-ups

Musical Influences Steely Dan, Bonnie Raitt, Santana and on and on...

Similar Artists There's no easy answer for that one.

Artist History For four years now the Mid-Ohio Valley has been the musical stomping grounds of the band known as The Swinging Orangutangs. This highly evolved gang of five musicians plays an atypical blend of music drawn from the sounds of the last 40 years, including rock, folk, Celtic, jazz, blues, and country. Increasingly the band is drawing from its well of original music when playing live shows. In between gigs, The Swinging Orangutangs have spent much of the last year holed-up on a farm near Whipple, Ohio working on the material for their debut CD, “Mood Swings.” “Mood Swings” was recorded and mixed at Supertracks in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and mastered at GKS Entertainment in Hollywood, California.

Group Members Bill Thompson, III, on lead guitar, vocals. Julie Zickefoose plays pennywhistle, Irish flute, banjolin, and percussion, in addition to singing. Robert Ward on the contrabass guitar. Andy Thompson plays rhythm guitar, percussion, and sings. Mike Buell is the drummer and percussionist. He also sings.

Albums 'Mood Swings'

Press Reviews "This is a must-see band. The Orangutangs' live show will knock your socks off!"-L.J. Miller. host of GENRE, the live-music radio/Internet show. "Carry Me Away [on the band's CD "Mood Swings"] is a bona fide winner"-Grafitti, West Virginia's Entertainment Guide "Good songs, well-played and produced. I like it more than I expected to. A very strong first effort!"-Kathi Kamen Goldmark, president of Don't Quit Your Day Job Records

Location Marietta, Ohio - USA

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