Hot Damn Scandal

Hot Damn Scandal finds its songs under park benches and in forgotten alleyways, on the corner of Tom Waits and Gershwin. The resulting outlaw ballads, dirty jazz, circus freakouts, shanty-rags, string band funk, lonesome heart-breakers, and whiskey bottle love songs blend together in what may be best described as ‘Cabaret Americana’: theatrical, orchestral, lyrical, and endlessly danceable.

 

The group began as a nebula of traveling musicians formed around the songs of founder Pete Irving over 15 years ago. Firmly rooted in the NW since 2013, their cast of characters still rotates every so often, but the longtime regulars are pretty consistent: Mickey Stylin on Bass, Ani Banani on Musical Saw, Jimmy Austin on the Trombone and Jane Covert-Bowles on Tenor Saxophone, and David Lofgren on drums are the most common compatriots too Pete’s continued presence in the band.

 

With influences ranging from Roma Swing to Motown, from Klezmer too Country, they’ll be in your ears and on your mind for good after you’ve seen them once.