Bedlam Ballroom

Squirrel Nut Zippers • 13 songs • 38 min

Bedlam Ballroom is a studio album by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 2000. Following the departures of founding members Tom Maxwell and Ken Mosher, the lineup was adjusted to add piano/keyboard players Reese Gray and David Wright and saxophonist Tim Smith to the band, while bandleader Jimbo Mathus assumed the role of sole songwriter and performed all of the guitars alongside producer/engineer Mike Napolitano. The album reflects a stylistic shift, with the band incorporating a broader ranges of styles, instrumentation, and production approaches. The band broke up after the release of the album, eventually reuniting in 2007. The album peaked at No. 195 on the Billboard 200. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedlam_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)