Chooglin'

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1 History
2 Members
3 Discography
4 Audio
5 Related Web sites
6 Related groups

History

Chooglin' was formed in the Fall of 2005 with Brian Vanderwerf and Jesse Tomlinson from the Midnight Evils (which was voted Best Rock Band by City Pages in 2003 and 2005), Shawn Walker (also drummer for the The Fuck Yeahs), and Jeff Johnson on bass (also guitarist in Blame). The first show was in November 2005. By December the Horns of Eleganza were added. Eleganza was a 13-member band formed in January 2005 to perform the Rolling Stones' 1972 double album, Exile on Main Street, at a First Avenue/7th Street Entry cover band contest. All members of Chooglin' except Shawn Walker and Zach Zins were in Eleganza.

The sound of Chooglin' music comes largely from the '70s rock of the hard and fast variety.

A review of the initial show by Christina Schmitt was in [Show Review November 23, 2005] in City Pages.