Fluent In Stroll is the sixth studio album by the Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table, released on July 7, 2009 by Side One Dummy Records. It was produced by Joe Gittleman of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and features backing vocals by Sirae Richardson, Hayley Jane, and Nicole and Simone Olivia, who perform as the Doped Up Dollies. Its title refers to the band's new musical direction dubbed "stroll", a mix of double-dutch, ska, reggae, and soul.

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Personnel

*David McWane - vocals, guitar

*Sean P. Rogan - guitar, organ, piano, vocals

*Steve Foote - bass guitar

*Derek Davis - drum kit, percussion, vocals

*Ryan O'Connor - saxophone, melodica, vocals

*Dan Stoppelman - trumpet

*Paul E. Cuttler - trombone

*Joe Gittleman - producer

*Paul Q. Kolderie - mixing

*Hayley Jane, Sirae Richardson, Nicole Olivia, Simone Olivia - backing vocals

References

Category:2009 albums

Artist/Band Information

Big D and the Kids Table is a third wave ska band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy. The band has been noted for its strict DIY work ethic, such as engineering, producing, and releasing their own albums and videos and self-promotion of their own shows.

In 2000 the band recorded a gangsta rap album, Porch Life, and distributed it unofficially via cassette tape. In 2003 the album was officially released on CD through Fork In Hand. They have also recorded splits with Melt Banana, Brain Failure, and Drexel.

Big D and the Kids Table have played 200 shows a year, on average, in support of such bands as Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dropkick Murphys, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, The Pietasters, Rancid, Alexisonfire, Reel Big Fish, and Anti-Flag and have become a regular performer on the Warped Tour. The band has also performed in the Summer of Ska Tour 2006 and the Ska Is Dead tour.

In the fall and winter of 2007 the band embarked on their first-ever large scale headlining tour, The Steady Riot Tour, named after the 2007 release.

Name origin

Different stories exist about the band name's origin, especially about running over pets named Big D. However, lead singer Dave McWane has said that the band actually got their name when a friend told him if he ever started a band he should call it Big D and the Kids Table, so he did.

Band History

Early Years (1995-1998)

Big D and the Kids Table was founded in 1995 when members converged at Berklee College of Music in Boston.http Despite a frequently revolving lineup, the band built up a large local following almost immediately, packing clubs, halls, dorms, and basements in and around Boston. The band formed their own label, Fork in Hand Records, to put out their first album, Shot By Lammi, a split with Boston punk band Drexel, a side project of several Big D members (under assumed names). Soon, their label was releasing albums by a stable of popular Boston-area bands, building a vibrant punk/ska scene around them. Following Shot By Lammi, the band released a Live EP. Early on, they also began their tradition of holding an annual Halloween concert at home in Boston.

Rise: Good Luck, How it Goes, Strictly Rude (1999-2009)

In 1999, Big D signed on to Mike Park’s Asian Man Records and released their first full length album, Good Luck. Big D picked up the award for Outstanding Ska Band at the 1999 Boston Music Awards. The band returned in 2002 with The Gipsy Hill EP and continued with their busy show schedule (playing an average of 200 shows a year), as a split EP with Japanese noise rock act Melt Banana appeared in 2003. Also in 2003, the band released a gangsta rap album of their songs recorded in 2000 on their own Fork in Hand Records. Fueled by a D.I.Y. work ethic since early on, the band's small but loyal fan base kept growing through incessant grassroots touring and promotion, all with little label support and money. Big D hooked up with part of the summer's Warped Tour and played at Vegas' Ska Summit.

In 2004, the band signed to Springman Records and released How It Goes. They headed out across North America in 2004 on the Ska Is Dead tour with Catch 22, Mustard Plug, and the Planet Smashers. Following the release of How It Goes, Big D released several music video variations of their cover of The Specials’ “Little Bitch”, taking place in Montreal, St. Pete, and on Warped Tour. While continuing to tour with bands such as Suicide Machines, Reel Big Fish, and Streetlight Manifesto, the band released a limited edition EP entitled Salem Girls for Halloween 2005. This was the first recording featuring new drummer Jon Reilly. Also in 2005, “You Lost, You're Crazy” from How It Goes appeared on the Warped Tour 2005 Tour Compilation as Big D toured with Warped Tour again.

In March 2007, Big D released Strictly Rude and proceeded to tour with Anti-Flag, Alexisonfire and Set Your Goals in the Spring of ’07. That Summer they were on the Vans Warped Tour and followed it with a Fall US Headlining tour. In the summer of 2008 they were a part of the Shout It Loud tour along with Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Suburban Legends and Westbound Train. In early 2009, they did a short east coast tour with The English Beat.

A new album, Fluent In Stroll, was released by the band on July 7, 2009. They spent the summer promoting the album playing the entire 2009 Warped Tour.

Following the conclusion of the Warped Tour, they embarked on their 2nd headlining tour, which took place throughout the fall of ’09, called the “Not Fucking Around tour.” It was named after the track on the new album (in the same way “the Steady Riot tour” supported Strictly Rude). Ill Scarlett served as direct support for the majority of the tour. The band is currently on tour in the UK with Reel Big Fish and plans to continue touring with State Radio in the upcoming months. Currently, Sean P. Rogan, while still officially in the band, is not touring. Instead, Suburban Legends' guitarist, Brian Klemm, is Big D's current touring guitarist.

Members

*David McWane — vocals, melodica

*Steve Foote — bass

*Sean P. Rogan — guitar

*Derek Davis — drums

*Dan Stoppelman — trumpet

*Ryan O'Connor — tenor saxophone

*Paul E. Cuttler (Halpainy) — trombone

*Brian Klemm — touring guitarist

Former members

*Jon Reilly — drums (Strictly Rude, Salem Girls, Beijing to Boston)

*Marc Flynn — vocals, Trumpet, Valve Trombone (Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)

*Chris Bush — tenor saxophone (Shot by Lammi, Good Luck, Gipsy Hill EP, How It Goes)

*Jon Lammi — tenor saxophone, Guitar (Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)

*Aaron Sinclair — guitar (Shot By Lammi)

*Gabe Feenberg — trombone (Shot by Lammi, Good Luck)

*Jason Gilbert — drums (Gipsy Hill EP, How it Goes)

*Max McVeety — drums (now with Crown City Rockers, reunited with Big D for six shows in February 2009) (Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)

*Chris Sallen — tenor saxophone (Shot By Lammi, Good Luck)

*Jeremy Barnes — guitar

Discography

Studio albums

* Good Luck (1999, Asian Man Records)

* The Gipsy Hill LP (2002, Household Name Records)

* Porch Life (2003, Fork In Hand Records)

* How It Goes (2004, Springman Records)

* Strictly Rude (2007, SideOneDummy Records)

* Fluent In Stroll (2009, SideOneDummy Records)

EPs

* Live EP (1998, Fork In Hand Records)

* The Gipsy Hill EP (2002, Fork In Hand Records)

* Salem Girls (2005, Springman Records)

* Noise Complaint EP (2007, SideOneDummy Records) iTunes Only Exclusive

* Wicked Hardcore Christmas (2009, Springman Records)

Splits

* Split 7" with Lounge (1997, n/a)

* Shot By Lammi (Split with Drexel) (1997, Fork In Hand Records)

* Look What You've Done (Split with Five Knuckle) (2003, Household Name Records)

* Split 7" with Melt Banana (2003, Fork In Hand Records)

* Beijing to Boston (Split with Brain Failure) (2007, Bad News Records)

Remix albums

* Strictly Mixed and Mashed (remix album with dj BC) (2008, Fork In Hand Records)

* Rude Remix Revolution (remix album with various artists) (2009, Silver Sprocket)

Compilations

* Mailorder is Still Fun