The Swingin' Medallions
Sat, Sep 17
|Trussville
FREE EVENT - ALL AGES!!!!
Time & Location
Sep 17, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Trussville, Beech St, Trussville, AL 35173, USA
About the Event
Come catch "The Party Band of the South" at Ferus Artisan Ales.
The Swingin' Medallions have been based out of the Greenwood South Carolina area, since the early 1960's. Their musical roots came from listening to the early rhythm and blues acts. The music most often associated with the band is beach music, frat rock, R&B, or shaggin' music.
After a few years of touring colleges from the Carolinas to the Louisiana Bayou, John McElrath took the group to Arthur Smith's Studio in Charlotte North Carolina, to record "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)". The song became a million seller in 1966, and has been a party classic for college students for decades. "She Drives Me Out Of My Mind" and "Hey, Hey, Baby" were top 40 hits in 1966 and 1967, but "Double Shot" remains the signature song of the Swingin' Medallions.
The members of the Swingin' Medallions have…