Siegel-Schwall Band
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Name (Latin)
Siegel-Schwall Band
Other forms of name
Siegal Schwall (Musical group)
Siegel-Schwall (Musical group)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Blues (Music)
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Sources of Information
- Siegel-Schwall Band; a Chicago-based blues duo; Corky Siegel and Jim Schwall formed the band in the mid-'60s in Chicago, house band at Pepper's Lounge; Siegel played harp and electric Wurlitzer piano, with an abbreviated drum set; Schwall played guitar and mandolin; both sang; released their first album in 1966, did five with the Vanguard label; bass player Jack Dawson, formerly of the Prime Movers Blues Band, joined the band in 1967; in 1969 they played Fillmore West, blues/folk festivals, etc., introducing the blues genre to many during that era; first blues band to play with a full orchestra, San Francisco Orchestra (1968); later signed with RCA; broke up in 1974; reformed in 1987, still gets together and performs on rare occasions; The Siegel-Schwall Reunion Concert, in sign in reproduced photograph ( (AllMusic website, viewed Jan. 23, 2018) )
- Northwestern University Libraries, Berkeley Folk Music Festival archive, 1957-1970(Me, Little Richard (poster), undated (August 29); with Joe Mama and Siegal Schwall)
- Shake, 1968:label (Siegel-Schwall Band)