"One for the Road:" The Mighty Blue Kings

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 13, 2010 10:30PM

The swing dance and jump blue revival lasted a lot longer in Chicago than it should have, truth be told. But tending bar for Yoko Noge's Jazz Me Blues at HotHouse for nearly eight years paid the rent, especially if you could throw music to dance to in between sets for the kids.

The Mighty Blue Kings were all that and the proverbial bag of chips during the acme of the swing renaissance. We were playing the band's Christmas album over the weekend and were taken back to the mid-90's, suits, martinis, and being able to smoke a Sosa wavell cigar at Metro.