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Distinguish|Amazing CrownsRefimprove|date=January 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Royal Crown Revue| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California , United States | genre = Swing (genre)|Swing Jazz music|Jazz | years_active = 1989–present| label = BYO Records , Surfdog Records , Warner Bros. Records , RCR Records| associated_acts = Youth Brigade | website = http://www.rcr.com/| current_members = Mark Cally, Mando Dorame, Daniel Glass, Jim Jedeikin, Dave Miller, Eddie Nichols, and Jennifer Keith| past_members = James Achor, Veikko Lepisto, Adam Stern, Mark Stern, Bill Ungerman. Scott SteenThe Royal Crown Revue ( RCR ) is a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles , California . They are often credited with starting the Swing Revival movement.cite book |last = Vale |first = V. |coauthors=Marian Wallace |title = Swing& #33; The New RetroRenaissance |publisher = V/Search Publications |year = 1998 |isbn = 1-889307-02-5 cite book |last=Yanow |first=Scott |title=Swing |year=2000 |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |location= San Francisco, California|San Francisco , California |isbn=0-87930-600-9 |pages=452–453, 475 Live, RCR has been extremely successful: They participated in 1998's Vans Warped Tour, opened for the B-52s and The Pretenders and played at major US Jazz Festivals. The band also filmed an episode of " Gene Simmons Family Jewels ", which aired in March 2010.
The band was founded by Mark Stern, Eddie Nichols and Mando Dorame out of their love of Rockabilly, Punk, Jazz, Blues, Soul and other styles of Traditional music|roots music . Two of Stern's siblings, Jamie and Adam rounded out the group (Mark, Adam and another brother Shawn were members of the Punk rock|punk band Youth Brigade (band)|Youth Brigade ).Citation | title = Youth Brigade bio | url = http://www.answers.com/topic/youth-brigade | accessdate = 2010-11-30
After releasing their first album on BYO Records , the band signed with Warner Bros. and parted ways with the Stern brothers.Let Them Know The Story Of Youth Brigade and BYO Records, Byo records 2009 Currently, RCR's lineup consists of singer Eddie Nichols , tenor saxophonist/arranger/writer Mando Dorame , trumpeter Scott Steen and drummer Daniel Glass. The band continues to play to capacity crowds in Australia, Europe and the US.
After filming The Mask , RCR began a residency at the landmark Los Angeles club, The Derby, which gained worldwide recognition cite book |last=Milkowski |first=Bill |others=Bob Nikard, ed., and Alison Hagge, ed. |title=Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive |year=2001 |publisher=Billboard Books |location= New York City|New York , New York |isbn=0-8230-7671-7 |pages=245–246 due, in large part, to the location's inclusion in the hit film Swingers . Although the band's music was an instrumental part of The Derby's swing scene, a conflict in their Warner Brothers contract prevented Royal Crown Revue from appearing in the movie.
The RCR Horn section backed Bette Midler on her top-grossing 2003-2004 Kiss My Brass tour. Trumpeter Scott Steen was Bette's featured soloist.
RCR made numerous film, television, radio and print appearances, including The Mask (film)|The Mask , '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien , Viva Variety , Today (NBC program)|The Today Show and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''. In 1998 the group appeared at the Playboy Jazz Festival , recorded and performed live with Bette Midler at the Billboard Music Awards and composed the original theme for the WB Network 's 1999 television season.
''Mugzy's Move (Warner Bros. Records 1996). Re-released in 1998 adding "Barflies At The Beach"
Caught In The Act (Live) (Surfdog Records 1997)
The Contender (Warner Bros. Records 1998)
Walk On Fire (RCR Records 1999)
Passport To Australia (Live) (RCR Records 2000)
Greetings From Hollywood (2004)
El Toro (2007)
Live at The Corner Hotel, Melbourne Australia (Live) (2007)
Legal controversy
From 1996 through 1998, the Royal Crown Revue was engaged in a lawsuit with the Amazing Royal Crowns after much confusion with promoters. In accordance with a July 1998 settlement, the latter band changed its name to the Amazing Crowns; in exchange, the Revue agreed to drop the lawsuit. http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/400297/07061998/amazing_royal_crowns.jhtml VH1.com : Amazing Crowns : The Amazing Royal Crowns To Change Name - Rhapsody Music Downloads The band was also sued by Royal Crown Cola, and won that suit. Oddly, RC Cola later offered to sell RCR's CD through a series of marketing promotions. Royal Crown Revue appeared as a question on the Jeopardy game show with the reference answer being the RC Cola lawsuit.
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External links
http://www.rcr.com/ Official site
http://www.danielglass.com/ Daniel Glass Official Website
http://www.bakotopia.com/home/ViewPost/42084 Interview with Daniel Glass
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http://www.myspace.com/royalcrownrevue Royal Crown Revue on Myspace
http://jimjedeikin.com/ Jim Jedeikin website
http://www.scottsteen.com Scott Steen website
Category:Musical groups established in 1989 Category:Retro-swing ensembles
