Along with similarly-inclined neo-swing acts like Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy helped to revive big-band music and popularize swing dancing for the MTV generation and beyond. As with many of their neo-swing contemporaries, BBVD concentrated on the swinging days of the ’40s and ’50s, borrowing some of the Rat Pack lingo in addition to the zoot suits that cloaked each bandmate. Though heavily associated with the ’90s swing movement, the band has thrived on touring and continued to mature, deepening their jazz influences.

In 2017, they celebrated their 25th anniversary in the music business with the release of their 11th studio album Louie Louie Louie. An homage to Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, and Louis Jordan, the album featured reworkings of many the three jazz and blues legends’ most well-known tunes.