DADDY-O: Boston based swing group to get bodies flipping at the Copper Dragon.

Kelly E. Hertlein
Daily Egyptian Reporter

While provoking the attention of several music lovers, the Boston-based band Four Piece Suit is providing patrons of the Copper Dragon Brewing Co. a rip-roaring good time with poppin' sounds from the swing era.

Extending the show with a broad spectrum of tunes ranging from lounge songs, exotic sounds inspired by strip-tease music and the traditional swing genre, Four Piece Suit makes its Carbondale debut at

10 tonight at the Copper Dragon Brewing Co., 700 E. Grand Ave.

The bands album "Ready to Where?," is a collection of tunes inspired by fellow friends Bo Diddly, Big Mama Thornton and Dr. John, yet the compact disc renders its own soul with instrumental tunes, from 007-sound bites to the surf, swing and mambo rhythms.

Four Piece Suit has completed two U.S. tours thus far and is continuing to gain recognition within the music industry. The band said hard work and dedication have gained the band its newly found respect within the musical enterprise.

The sounds produced by the quintet are mainly composed by a sea-foam-soaked guitar and squalling tenor sax.

The road to success was a long joumey for the fellow R&B artists turned soul. The band began as a backing gig, for 10 years with R&B howler Barlance Whitfield and his backing band, the Savages.

Four Piece Suit followed brighter and bigger aspirations as they expanded their act into a full-time gig, which resulted in a major label release, in April 1997. The band is featured on "Ultralounge: New Sounds For Now," a Capitol record compilation of the top contemporary groups who are defining the music associated with lounge culture.