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"Marie" .Mp3 

"Momma Wont You Let Me Come Home" .Mp3

"Come on" .Mp3

"Never To Old To Rock and Roll" .Mp3

.................................How It all started.................................

When asked, why do you call the band The Craig Swalwell Band? It's because someone leaves the band, for whatever reason, I don't have to change the name of the band, buy new business cards, our start a new web site. I feel it is easier to get gigs and clients seem to remember your name better. I need good, hard working and honest musicians to work with. It seems that I keep running into better musicians all the time. I've worked with some of the finest during my career and made many good friends. The knowledge that I have gained has been very useful to me.

I started with drummer Ben Cerka and bassist All Martin and formed The Craig Swalwell Steak House Band. I thought that there would be some work in eating establishments. I soon changed the band's name to The Craig Swalwell Band. I felt that I needed to find people who were hip to creating a fat rock'n blues sound at a low volume. Then I moved on to using Ben and another bass player Bub Coverdall. That worked out well, then I added keyboardist Brent Ohm. I was able to get a nice sound out of that. As time moved on Ben, Brent, and Bub went different directions. 

One day Al Martin invited me to Christian Rock jam there I met drummer Jeff Snyder from Lineville, Iowa and JD mercer from Osceola, Iowa. They were a pair to draw to. I soon began performing with them. It made for nice foursome the drumming and the fine vocals from Snyder, the bass playing and vocals from Mercer and Dean Swyter on keyboard and saxophone. After a year and half Snyder had to drop out of the band. We have him back for a special guest every now and then. So that leads me to my current members. I have Deans Swyter on keyboards and saxophone, JD Mercer on bass guitar and Scoot Horn on Drums. It is making for a hot, high energy blues band.

We perform a lot of popular classic rock and blues tunes. The band loves to play our original tunes and are looking forward to get back in the studio and recording some new material. We like to mix things up a little bit. Sometimes JD plays guitar and I play bass. I have seen Scott on bass JD on the drums to. The fellows have a variety of talent.

If you are ever in the area that we are playing, please come and hear us. If you are interested in hiring us, we are up for just about anything. The Craig Swalwell Band wants to entertain you.